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Military Aid

Asked by Andrew GeorgeLiberal DemocratMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 25 June 2025UIN 60411

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries armed forces have been trained by British armed forces in each of the last five years.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The UK has a long history of providing assistance to other nations in the security and justice fields and continues to do so around the world. In 2024-25 alone, that spanned 140 different partner nations, with similar levels of engagement across each of the past five years. In the interests of national security and upholding trust and confidentiality in our international partnerships, it is not appropriate for the Government to provide a full breakdown of countries that received military training from the UK over this period. All training is carried out in adherence to International Humanitarian Law.

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