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1105492

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date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Uganda: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the UK Government provides to Uganda’s Special Forces Command.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	237709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ugandan Special Forces Command is not provided with direct support by HM Government.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/04/2019 15:28:03 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1105493

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Uganda: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 176667 on Uganda: Military Aid, which Ugandan units the UK Government provided support to in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019; and whether any of those units are part of the Ugandan Special Forces Command.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	237710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has provided military support to the Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) during 2017 - 2019, and to the Ugandan Wildlife Authority and the Uganda Police Force in 2017 and 2018. Support to the Wildlife Authority and Police was in countering the illegal wildlife trade, and the Police also received training in countering improvised explosive devices.</p><p>Support to the UPDF consisted of activity with several different units; none of these units is part of the Ugandan Special Forces Command.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/04/2019 15:28:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

997242

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Uganda: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 176667 on Uganda: Military Aid, what training and support the Government offers to (a) Uganda's Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence and (b) Uganda's Police Rapid Response Unit.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	185121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that members of the Ugandan armed forces have received intelligence training provided by the UK, but it is not our practice to comment in detail on the nature of intelligence relationships with other nations. HM Government provides no support to Uganda's Police Rapid Response Unit. As part of our engagement we emphasise the importance of professional forces operating within the framework of international law.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/11/2018 16:57:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

983143

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Uganda: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military support the Government provides to Uganda.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	176667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The majority of UK military support to Uganda is training to prepare Ugandan troops for duty in the African Union Mission to Somalia, which includes training officer cadets at Sandhurst and senior officers at the UK Defence Academy. In addition, we train officers from Uganda and other countries for future peace support operations by the Eastern Africa Standby Force. We also provide legal and staff training to the Ugandan People's Defence Force, and have been supporting the Ugandan Wildlife Authority and Ugandan Police Force in their work to combat the illegal wildlife trade, by providing training and secure facilities for weapons and recovered animal products. In partnership with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Czech Republic and others we have also funded and delivered training for Uganda and other East African Community countries on chemical risk assessment and response planning. All of our support emphasises the importance of professional forces operating within the framework of international law and, wherever appropriate, our training includes elements of International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, and Women, Peace and Security.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/10/2018 14:12:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams