The Government wants to make gifts totalling more than £5 million to boost counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan and Somalia, MPs were told today.

In a series of written statements to the Commons, Foreign Secretary William Hague detailed the donations of equipment and training aimed at developing "effective and sustainable counter-terrorism capabilities".

Mr Hague said the gifts from Britain would also help ensure the two countries operate within a proper human rights framework while they work to tackle terror.

The costs of the gifts will be met from the Government's counter-terrorism programme, Mr Hague said. The Danish government is covering £750,000 of the cost of the gifts to Pakistan.

The Foreign Secretary told MPs: "As part of the Government's approach to counter-terrorism, the UK assists key partner nations to improve their counter-terrorism capabilities.

"By helping countries to undertake counter-terrorism activities locally, it targets the problem at source and reduces the risk of terrorist attack against the UK."

Mr Hague outlined £3.5 million of support to the Pakistan police, civil defence and military, of which £3.2 million will be equipment and the remainder to cover training.

The equipment includes £2.1 million of kit to counter improvised explosive devices, £700,000 for search equipment and £300,000 for vehicles. A further £120,000 is set aside for storage and flights.

Training aims to "enhance Pakistani police, civil defence and military capacity", Mr Hague said.

And he added: "The package of equipment and training will provide the military and law enforcement agencies with a valuable and sustainable capability to deal with the threat."

To Somaliland, Mr Hague said the police would receive £643,225 to build a headquarters and pre-trial detention facility. This will include £387,909 in build costs, £43,389 for generators, £88,863 for office furnishing and equipment, £85,064 for vehicles and maintenance, plus £38,000 in a contingency fund.

A further £710,000 will be spent on training to "enhance the Somaliland police force's ability to investigate terrorist threats, recover and examine evidence from crime scenes, and build cases for prosecution". Officials have agreed the package will not compromise human rights.

Nothing in the package to the Somaliland police is subject to export controls, Mr Hague said, but he added that the gift had been scrutinised by a cross-Whitehall counter-terrorism programme approval board. The Foreign Office has also reviewed them for human rights concerns.

Mr Hague said the Somaliland ministry of civil aviation and air transport, and the Somaliland department of immigration would be gifted a package worth £699,465, including £457,263 in equipment and vehicles.

The Foreign Secretary said: "The proposal in this case is to gift security equipment and vehicles to a) the Somaliland ministry of civil aviation and air transport to use at Berbera and Hargeisa airports, and b) the Somaliland department of immigration to use at land/sea/air border crossings to ensure that persons entering/leaving Somaliland pass through robust security and immigration checks, allowing Somaliland authorities to identify and disrupt threats to aviation and border security."

Explosive trace detection equipment, which is included in the package, is subject to export controls. Mr Hague said Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence officials had scrutinised the package and raised no objections.

A minute outlining the gifts was laid in Parliament yesterday and final approval of the gifts will be suspended if any MP lodges an objection.

If no objections are received within 14 sitting days - Thursday December 5 - then the gifts will be cleared to go ahead.