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Training (Foreign Personnel)

Volume 906: debated on Monday 23 February 1976

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asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the States which have serving members of their armed forces currently undergoing training in Great Britain; and if he will list the numbers in each case.

At the end of January 1976 serving members of the armed forces of the following countries were undergoine: training in Great Britain:

AlgeriaFrance
ArgentineGambia
AustraliaWest Germany
BangladeshGhana
BarbadosGreece
BelgiumGuyana
BrazilHong Kong
BruneiIndia
BurmaIndonesia
CanadaIran
ChileIraq
DenmarkIsrael
EcuadorItaly
EireJamaica
EgyptJapan

table lists the countries concerned, the numbers involved at 31st December of each year, and the numbers currently serving.

JordanSaudi Arabia
KenyaSierra Leone
KuwaitSingapore
LebanonSri Lanka
LibyaSudan
MalawiSweden
MalaysiaSwitzerland
MauritiusThailand
NepalTonga
NetherlandsTrinidad and Tobago
New ZealandTurkey
NigeriaUnited Arab Emirates
NorwayUnited States of America
Oman
PakistanVenezuela
PeruYemen
PhillipinesZaire
PortugalZambia
Qatar

The number involved in such training was about 2,250.