Chapter 4 – Protect Our People 39 4.94 Aviation security requires good intelligence, and robust security arrangements. Airlines, airports and governments all have a role to play. We will more than double our spending on aviation security around the world, with more British experts able to act overseas, working side by side with host nations in the most vulnerable locations. We will invest in developing new technologies to keep pace with evolving risks, and to help airports and airlines to screen out threats. 4.95 We will work with other countries where British nationals are most at risk from terrorism, to build protective security capacity and capability in order to reduce the risk to the countries themselves and to British interests. Wherever possible, we will collaborate with our allies in this work. We will create a bigger and more capable global security and intelligence network to protect British citizens at home and abroad, and to work with our partners. Preparing to respond to terrorist attacks 4.96 Our ability to respond to terrorist actions relies on our broader crisis response. We have taken significant action to enhance our ability to respond to attacks, hazards and accidents. We will continue to train police, fire and ambulance personnel to work together when responding to major incidents, including chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incidents before specialists arrive. 4.97 We continue to enhance the ability of emergency services specialists to deal with multiple, major terrorist attacks and to save lives under high-risk conditions. We regularly exercise at local and national levels our response to a potential terrorist firearms attack or siege. We will monitor the threat, and learn lessons from our exercises and from international terrorist atrocities to inform and strengthen our procedures. We will invest in enhanced rapid reaction intelligence collection capabilities to respond to marauding attackers or hostage incidents in the UK. 4.98 Our Armed Forces are also ready to provide support, if needed, in the event of a terrorist attack. We have 10,000 military personnel available on standby to assist the civil authorities for significant terrorist incidents at short notice, supported by a wide range of niche military experts and equipment, such as bomb disposal specialists. International collaboration 4.99 We will continue to work with close allies and partners including NATO and the EU, and with vital partners, such as Saudi Arabia, in the Middle East. In particular, we will work closely with France under the 2010 Lancaster House Treaty to enhance further our shared efforts to prevent and protect ourselves from terrorism, and pursue those responsible for attacks. 4.100 We will collaborate with a range of countries where we have identified a high threat and a high risk to British interests. We will increase our network of counter-terrorism and counter-extremism experts in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with staff from across government and the police. This network will build the capacity and encourage the willingness of governments in these regions to tackle terrorism and extremism, reinforcing our wider efforts to tackle conflict and build stability. We will share UK insights and expertise in counter-extremism, counter-radicalisation and communications; exchange information and conduct joint operations to tackle specific threats; train law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges; help other countries to develop effective protective security standards and enforce them; and share the latest techniques in responding effectively to attacks.