To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will state the purpose for which service personnel are on loan service in (a) Bahrain, (b) Brunei, (c) Jordan, (d) Oman, (e) Qatar, (f) Sudi Arabia and (g) the United Arab Emirates;(2) if he will state the purpose for which service personnel are on loan service in
(a) Botswana, (b) the Gambia, (c) Ghana, (d) Kenya, (e) Lesotho, (f) Namibia, (g) Nigeria, (h) Sudan, (i) Swaziland and (j) Zimbabwe;
(3) if he will state the purpose for which service personnel are on loan service in (a) Bangladesh, (b) Hong Kong, (c) Indonesia, (d) Malaysia, (e) Mauritius, (f) new Zealand and (g) Singapore;
(4) if he will state the purpose for which service personnel are on loan service in (a) Dominica, (b) Barbados, (c) Belize, (d) Bermuda, (e) Fiji, (f) Grenada, (g) St. Lucia, (h) St. Vincent and (i)the Turks and Caicos Islands
Loan service personnel are employed on a variety of military assistance tasks for overseas Governments. Details are normally confidential between Her Majesty's Government and the country concerned.