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1694910

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Attachés
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 17 November 2023 to Question 1027 on Military Attachés, if he will publish an updated list of countries without a resident UK Defence Attache.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	17797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Global Defence Network (GDN) utilises Resident and Non-Resident Defence Attachés (DA), who engage in Defence diplomacy in over three-quarters of the world’s nations. The table below has a list of countries covered on a Non-Residential Accreditations (NRA) basis, where a UK DA is not resident in country, but a DA elsewhere has the responsibility.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country (NRA)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location of DA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>Mozambique - Maputo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla (British overseas territory)</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua &amp; Barbuda</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>Georgia – Tbilisi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>Georgia – Tbilisi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahamas</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>Ukraine – Kyiv</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belize</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benin</p></td><td><p>Accra - Ghana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda (British overseas territory)</p></td><td><p>USA – Washington DC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>Harare - Zimbabwe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Virgin Islands (British overseas territory)</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>Ghana - Accra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burundi</p></td><td><p>Uganda – Kampala</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>(In process of transferring to) Vietnam - Hanoi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands (British overseas territory)</p></td><td><p>Jamaica – Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chad</p></td><td><p>Cameroon - Yaoundé</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cuba</p></td><td><p>Mexico – Mexico City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Djibouti</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia – Addis Ababa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic of the Congo</p></td><td><p>Kampala - Uganda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eritrea</p></td><td><p>Sana’a - Yemen (temporarily relocated to Riyadh)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>Bogota - Colombia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone – Freetown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guatemala</p></td><td><p>Mexico – Mexico City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea-Bissau</p></td><td><p>Senegal - Dakar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haiti</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>Croatia - Zagreb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>Norway - Oslo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ivory Coast</p></td><td><p>Ghana – Accra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Khartoum</p></td><td><p>Egypt - Cairo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>Macedonia - Skopje</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>Kazakhstan – Astana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laos</p></td><td><p>(in process of transferring to) Vietnam - Hanoi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>South Africa - Pretoria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone - Freetown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>Belgium - Brussels</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>Zimbabwe – Harare</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mali</p></td><td><p>Senegal - Dakar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>Rome - Italy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>Morocco – Rabat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>France – Paris</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p>Japan – Tokyo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>Thailand - Bangkok</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat (British overseas territory)</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>South Africa – Pretoria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Niger</p></td><td><p>Cameroon – Yaoundé</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>Australia – Canberra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paraguay</p></td><td><p>Argentina – Buenos Aires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>Colombia - Bogota</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>Uganda – Kampala</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>Kenya - Nairobi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Kitts &amp; Nevis</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>Czech Rep - Prague</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>Austria – Vienna</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sudan</p></td><td><p>Addis Ababa – Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>Vienna - Austria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>Lebanon - Beirut</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>Kazakhstan – Astana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>Kenya – Nairobi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Gambia</p></td><td><p>Senegal - Dakar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Timor-Leste (East Timor)</p></td><td><p>Indonesia - Jakarta</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>Ghana – Accra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>Fiji – Suva</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkmenistan</p></td><td><p>Uzbekistan - Tashkent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turks &amp; Caicos Islands (British overseas territory)</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>Argentina - Buenos Aires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>Fiji – Suva</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>Bogota - Colombia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>Zimbabwe - Harare</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Supported by MOD from in the UK</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cape Verdi Islands</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congo</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gabon</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Puerto Rica</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 14/03/2024 17:22:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1693836

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Attachés
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of British (a) embassies and (b) high commissions do not have a serving defence attaché.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	17074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>There are 288 British Embassies and High Commissions maintained internationally. 136 of these are served by Defence Attachés (88 residential and 48 non-residential), leaving 152 without.</p><p> </p><p>Within these 136 locations, there are 21 High Commissions and 115 Embassies that are served by permanent Defence Attachés.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 12/03/2024 11:22:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1670332

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Attachés
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to facilitate meetings between UK Defence Attaches.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	2069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Regional meetings with our Defence Attachés (DAs) are held annually around the world. In addition, throughout the year, meetings on various defence policy issues are held in London to which individual DAs may attend in person or via audio/video conferencing. Ministers, officials and Service personnel are also briefed by our attachés when visiting the countries to which they are accredited.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/11/2023 11:28:12 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1668981

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Attachés
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK Defence Attaches were stationed in (a) the Indo-Pacific, (b) the Middle East, (c) North Africa and (d) the Sahel regions in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	1026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally, and it has not been possible to obtain it in the time available. I will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 17/11/2023 11:19:10 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1668982

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Attachés
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries do not have a resident UK Defence Attache.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	1027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The table below has a list of countries covered on a Non-Residential Accreditations (NRA) basis, where a UK Defence Attaché (DA) is not resident in country, but a DA elsewhere has the responsibility. This ensures that we have coverage across the world’s regions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country (NRA)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location of DA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>Pretoria – South Africa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua &amp; Barbua</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>Georgia – Tbilisi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>Georgia – Tbilisi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahamas</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>Ukraine – Kyiv</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belize</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benin</p></td><td><p>Accra - Ghana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>USA – Washington DC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>UK – London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>Harare - Zimbabwe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Virgin Islands</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>Ghana - Accra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burundi</p></td><td><p>Uganda – Kampala</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>Singapore</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cape Verde Islands</p></td><td><p>UK-London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>Jamaica – Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congo</p></td><td><p>UK - London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cuba</p></td><td><p>Mexico – Mexico City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Djibouti</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia – Addis Ababa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic of the Congo</p></td><td><p>Kampala - Uganda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eritrea</p></td><td><p>Sana’a - Yemen</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>Bogota - Colombia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gabon</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone – Freetown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guatemala</p></td><td><p>Mexico – Mexico City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea-Bissau</p></td><td><p>Senegal - Dakar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haiti</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>Croatia - Zagreb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>Norway - Oslo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ivory Coast</p></td><td><p>Ghana – Accra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Khartoum</p></td><td><p>Egypt - Cairo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>Macedonia - Skopje</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>Kazakhstan – Astana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>South Africa - Pretoria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone - Freetown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>Libya - Tripoli</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>Zimbabwe – Harare</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>Rome</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>Morocco – Rabat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>France – Paris</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p>Japan – Tokyo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montenegro</p></td><td><p>Tirana – Albania</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>Singapore (BDS SEA)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>South Africa – Pretoria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama City</p></td><td><p>Puerto Rico</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>South Africa – Pretoria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Niger</p></td><td><p>Mali - Bamako</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>Australia – Canberra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paraguay</p></td><td><p>Argentina – Buenos Aires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>Colombia - Bogota</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>Uganda – Kampala</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>Kenya - Nairobi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Kitts &amp; Nevis</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>Czech Rep - Prague</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>Austria – Vienna</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Somaliland</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Mogadishu, Somalia</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sudan</p></td><td><p>Addis Ababa – Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>Vienna - Austria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>Lebanon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>Kazakhstan – Astana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>Kenya – Nairobi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Gambia</p></td><td><p>Senegal - Dakar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Timor-Leste (East Timor)</p></td><td><p>Indonesia - Jakarta</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>Ghana – Accra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>Fiji – Suva</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkmenistan</p></td><td><p>Uzbekistan - Tashkent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turks &amp; Caicos Islands</p></td><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>Argentina - Buenos Aires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>Fiji – Suva</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>Bogota - Colombia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>Zimbabwe - Harare</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 17/11/2023 11:19:53 question first ministerially corrected 23/11/2023 10:20:22 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 1502 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey