§ 79. Mr. RENDALLasked the Secretary of State for Air whether all the land and premises owned by the Government at Halton, Dorset, are now occupied by the Air Ministry; if not, in whose hands the remainder is; for what purposes the Air Ministry is using the Halton property; and how many airmen, mechanics and cadets he intends shall be stationed at Halton when the buildings now in progress are completed?
The SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Captain Guest)The answer to the first and second questions is, about 60 per cent. of the original land and premises, the remainder being either already sold or about to be sold by the Disposal and Liquidation Commission; to the third, as a training station for mechanics and also as a hospital serving a group of stations; to the fourth, about 3,000.