Roger Godsiff – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2016-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2016 to Question 47793, if he will publish a full description of defence training which the UK has provided to Gulf state armed forces; and whether human rights training was included in such training.

Mike Penning

Further to my answer of 13 October 2016 to Question 47793, I will provide a full list of the training we have provided to Gulf States Armed Forces at the end of the current military training year. This list will cover the training provided in the current military training year which runs from 1 April 2016 until 31 March 2017 and will be provided on 7 April 2017.

UK defence training exposes international partners to UK policy, and promotes concepts of accountability, human rights and transparency.