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date	03/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK airforce personnel were trained by the Royal Air Force in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16; which countries those personnel were from; what the cost to the RAF of such training was; and whether those costs were reimbursed.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	39271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, it has been possible to provide a list of countries from which non-UK personnel were trained by the Royal Air Force. The list is attached.</p><p>International Defence Training is an important part of our International Defence Engagement Strategy, which seeks to use our national capabilities to extend the influence of the UK in the world.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/06/2016 16:04:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name List of countries from which non-UK personnel were trained by the RAF.docx title 39271 - Annex A - RAF Training
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

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date	15/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK overseas personnel the RAF plans to recruit or loan from other countries' armed forces for each year up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	12139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>The RAF has no plans to recruit from non-UK armed forces. However, if individuals choose to apply to join the RAF their application will be considered on a case by case basis.</p><p>The number of personnel on loan to the RAF from non-UK armed forces is based on the availability of opportunities and requirement at the time. Therefore there are no projected figures up to 2020.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2015 14:52:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones