BAHRAIN
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces are attached to the Bahraini armed forces or are advising the Bahraini Government. [125394]
Mr Robathan, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence [holding answer 29 October 2012]: No members of the UK armed forces are permanently attached to the Bahraini armed forces, or to the Bahrain Government as advisers. The UK does regularly deploy short term training teams to Bahrain to provide specific training to the Bahrain defence force in niche areas. These deployments are temporary in nature and linked to specific capacity building projects.