§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the number of empty Royal Air Force houses at RAF Wittering over the past five years on a yearly basis.
§ Mr. FreemanThe number of empty houses otherwise available for RAF use over the past five years at RAF Wittering were as follows:
July Empty houses 1982 166 1983 281 1984 238 1985 125 1986 122 Of these quarters, 26 are held for allocation to RAF personnel. The USAF has asked to make use of 41 and is considering its possible need for the remainder.
In addition, 253 houses on the base are already earmarked for use by United States forces rather than the RAF, and about 50 per cent. of these are at present unoccupied awaiting modernisation.