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Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether a service helicopter was flying at grid reference GR 214 384, over land at Fiddington, adjacent to Clayton Lane, near Tewkesbury, on 4 December 2007, between 4.15 pm. and 4.45 pm. [211236]

Derek Twigg: One Army Gazelle helicopter was operating in and out of the Ashchurch vehicle depot, and passed near to the stated location at 16.32 on the day in question.

Military Attaches

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many defence attachés his Department had in post in each (a) city and (b) country outside the UK in each month since September 2007. [210644]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following table shows resident Attachés/Advisers by country and city over the period in question.


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Number of Attachés/Advisers at Post on 1( st) Day of Month
2007 2008
Country City Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Afghanistan

Kabul

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Albania

Tirana

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Closed

Algeria

Algiers

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Argentina

Buenos Aires

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Australia

Canberra

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Austria

Vienna(1)

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

3

3

Bahrain

Manama

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Bangladesh

Dhaka

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Barbados

Bridgetown

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Sarajevo

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Brazil

Brasilia

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Bulgaria

Sofia

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Canada

Ottawa

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Chile

Santiago

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

China

Beijing

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Colombia

Bogota

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Kinshasa

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Croatia

Zagreb

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Closed

Cyprus

Nicosia

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Czech Republic

Prague

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Denmark

Copenhagen

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Egypt

Cairo

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Finland

Helsinki

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

France

Paris

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

Georgia

Tbilisi

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Germany

Berlin

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Ghana

Accra

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Greece

Athens

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

Guatemala

Guatemala City

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Closed

India

New Delhi(2)

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Indonesia

Jakarta

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Iraq

Baghdad

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Ireland

Dublin

1

1

Closed

Israel

Tel Aviv

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Italy

Rome

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Jamaica

Kingston

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Japan

Tokyo

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Jordan

Amman

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Kazakhstan

Astana

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Kenya

Nairobi

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Republic of Korea

Seoul

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Kuwait

Kuwait City

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Lebanon

Beirut

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Lithuania

Vilnius

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Macedonia

Skopje

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Closed

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Morocco

Rabat

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Nepal

Kathmandu

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Netherlands

The Hague

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

New Zealand

Wellington

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Nigeria

Abuja

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Norway

Oslo

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Oman

Muscat

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Pakistan

Islamabad(3)

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

Poland

Warsaw

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Portugal

Lisbon

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Qatar

Doha

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Romania

Bucharest

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Russia

Moscow

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

5

5

5

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Serbia

Belgrade

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Sierra Leone

Freetown

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Singapore

Singapore City

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Slovakia

Bratislava

1

1

Closed

South Africa

Pretoria

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Spain

Madrid

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Sri Lanka

Colombo

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Sudan

Khartoum

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Sweden

Stockholm

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Syria

Damascus

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Thailand

Bangkok

1

1

1

1

1

1

Closed

Turkey

Ankara

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Uganda

Kampala

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Ukraine

Kyiv

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

United States of America

Washington

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

UK Mission to UN New York

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Yemen

Sana’a

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Zimbabwe

Harare

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

(1) Vienna has been established as a regional hub with three Attachés based there covering Austria and another six countries on a non-residential basis: Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Switzerland.
(2) 2 Senior Advisers (the Defence and Military Adviser and the Naval and Air Adviser) are supported by an Assistant Defence Adviser.
(3) 2 Senior Advisers (the Defence and Military Adviser and the Naval and Air Adviser) are supported by an Assistant Defence Adviser. An additional Adviser is now at post in the role of Assistant Military Adviser.
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