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CONFIDENTIAL

ANNEX E TO

D/ACDS (CONCEPTS) 108/5

OCT 91

DATED

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH TRAINING

1.

Service training organizations exist to meet the training needs of the British Armed Forces. It is MOD policy to welcome F&C students on Service training courses where capacity exists, subject to security and political

considerations. The MOD currently spends some £40.50M annually on providing military training for F&C students, of which about one half is recouped through charges. The current charging policy, agreed by the Prime Minister in 1983, is to base charges for training provided specifically for F&C students on the full cost of the training but to charge only Extra Costs, which are approximately 45-50% of Full Costs, where F&C students occupy spare places on UK training courses. Charges set at Extra Costs reflect an appropriate share of the operating cost of the training establishments (including headquarters) concerned, while full cost charges are set to recover, in addition, an appropriate share of the Department's

overheads.

2.

The provision of F&C training makes a major contribution to the UK's OOA policy (1) and is important in the NATO context. The UK's objectives in providing F&C training can be

summarized as follows:

a.

To further NATO co-operation and to help to secure reciprocal training facilities. NATO students comprise over on third of the F&C intake.

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b. To maintain and strengthen UK links with Commonwealth countries.

'CDS 38/88.

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