Defence Attachés Mr. Menzies Campbell To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 15 May 2003, Official Report, column 329W, on defence attachés, how many defence attachés are in place in each of the locations listed. [118656] Mir. Caplin A total of 128 UK defence attachés/ advisers are currently deployed in 82 locations as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------- |Country |City |Number of attachés at post| --------------------------------------------------------------- |Albania |Tirana |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Angola |Luanda |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Argentina |Buenos Aires |2 (1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Australia |Canberra |2(1 RN, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Austria |Vienna |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Bahrain |Manama |1 RN | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Barbados |Bridgetown |1 RN | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Belgium |Brussels |1 RAF | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Brazil |Brasilia |2(1 RN, 1 Army) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Brunei |Bandar Seri Begawan|1 RN | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Bulgaria |Sofia |2(1 RN, 1 Army) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Canada |Ottawa |2(1 RN, 1 Army) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Chile |Santiago |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |China |Beijing |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Colombia |Bogota |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Congo DRC |Kinshasa |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Croatia |Zagreb |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Cyprus |Nicosia |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Czech Republic|Prague |2 (1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Denmark |Copenhagen |1 RN | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Egypt |Cairo |2(1 RN, 1 Army) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Ethiopia |Addis Ababa |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Finland |Helsinki |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |France |Paris |3 (1 RN, 1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Georgia |Tbilisi |1 RAF | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Germany |Berlin |4 (1 RN, 2 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Ghana |Accra |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Greece |Athens |2(1 RN, 1 Army) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Guatemala |Guatemala City |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Hungary |Budapest |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |India |New Delhi |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Indonesia |Jakarta |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Ireland |Dublin |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Israel |Tel Aviv |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Italy |Rome |3(1 RN, 1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Jamaica |Kingston |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Japan |Toky |1 RN | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Jordan |Amman |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Kazakhstan |Almaty |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Kenya |Nairobi |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Korea |Seoul |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Kuwait |Kuwait City |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Latvia |Riga |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Lebanon |Beirut |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Lithuania |Vilnius |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Macedonia |Skopje |1 Army | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Malaysia |Kuala Lumpur |2(1 RN, 1 Army) | --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- |Country |City |Number of attachés at post| ------------------------------------------------------------- |Morocco |Rabat |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Nepal |Kathmandu |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Netherlands |The Hague |1 RN | ------------------------------------------------------------- |New Zealand |Wellington|1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Nigeria |Abuja |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Norway |Oslo |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Oman |Muscat |2(1 RN, 1 Army) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Pakistan |Islamabad |2(1 RN, 1 Army) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Philippines |Manila |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Poland |Warsaw |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Portugal |Lisbon |1 RN | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Qatar |Doha |1 RAF | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Romania |Bucharest |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Russia |Moscow |6(2 RN, 2 Army, 2 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Saudi Arabia |Riyadh |3(1 RN, 1 Army, 1 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Serbia and Montenegro|Belgrade |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Sierra Leone |Freetown |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Singapore |Singapore |2(1RN, 1 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Slovak Republic |Bratislava|2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Slovenia |Ljubljana |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |South Africa |Pretoria |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Spain |Madrid |2(1RN, 1 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Sri Lanka |Colombo |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Sweden |Stockholm |1 RAF | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Switzerland |Berne |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Syria |Damascus |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Thailand |Bangkok |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Turkey |Ankara |2(1 Army, 1 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Uganda |Kampala |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Ukraine |Kyiv |2(1 RN, 1 Army) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |United Arab Emirates |Abu Dhabi |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |USA |Washington|8(3 RN, 3 Army, 2 RAF) | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Uzbekistan |Tashkent |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Venezuela |Caracas |1 RN | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Zimbabwe |Harare |1 Army | ------------------------------------------------------------- There are a total of four officers (two RN, two RAF) employed in Canada, Russia, India and USA as office managers; these are not accredited diplomatic posts.