Skip to main content

Iraq: Military Equipment

Volume 467: debated on Monday 19 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British personnel have roles in (a) training and (b) mentoring Iraqi forces. (163072)

A battlegroup of approximately 600 based on the 1st Battalion Irish Guards are dedicated to delivering the training, mentoring and monitoring of the Iraqi security forces in Basra and in Baghdad. A small number of naval personnel are also based at Umm Qasr mentoring the Iraqi Navy.

Other elements of the British forces based in Southern Iraq carry out training and mentoring to different elements of the Iraqi security forces, where it is considered that their expertise is most appropriate for the task.