Maria Eagle – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training places he plans to make available for the UK’s international partners in his Department’s military training facilities in each year from 2016 to 2020.
Mr Julian Brazier
The number of International Defence Training places provided to partners at UK training establishments over the last five Financial Years (FY) is as follows:
2010-11 – 3,418
2011-12 – 3,087
2012-13 – 3,048
2013-14 – 2,674
2014-15 – 3,078
We provide International Defence Training places on a wide variety of military training courses. The allocation and take-up of places is a flexible process, driven partly by demand, and managed through arrangements particular to each course. Allocations are generally not programmed more than a year in advance. We cannot quantify in advance the total number of training places which will be offered in each year but intend to increase the training we offer to international partners. We have identified additional places on a number of specific courses including, for example, at the Defence Academy and the Royal College of Defence Studies.
