HC Deb 27 June 1994 vol 245 cc441-3W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the bases his Department has(a) sold since 1991, (b) is currently attempting to sell and (c) intends to sell in whole or in part;

(2) if he will list the purchasers and purchase price of the bases his Department has sold since 1991.

Mr. Hanley

The bases that my Department, sold between 31 March 1991 and 1 June 1994 areBase and Location

  • OFD Brixham, Devon
  • OFD Willand, Devon
  • OFD Swanvale, Cornwall
  • Hamoaze House, Plymouth
  • Royal William Yard, Plymouth
  • RAF Mount Batten, Plymouth
  • Mount Wise West, Plymouth
  • Old Infirmary, Plymouth
  • Leavesden Airfield, Hertfordshire
  • Stoughton Barracks, Guildford
  • RNSM Risley, Cheshire
  • Cove Radio Station, Hampshire
  • Filton Airfield, Avon
  • Former Wilmslow MU, Cheshire
  • RNAD Milford Haven, Dyfed:
    1. 1. Depot
      2. 442
    2. 2. Land and Building
    3. 3. Land
    4. 4. Farmland
    5. 5. Farmland
    6. 6. Houses
  • Wood Farm Camp, Malvern
  • Wood Top Mill, Burnley
  • Former Western District HQ, Shrewsbury:
    1. 1. Mess
    2. 2. MT Depot
    3. 3. HQ Houses
    4. 4. Land Burniston Barracks, Scarborough
  • RAF Chessington, Surrey
  • HMS St. Vincent (Furze House), London
  • Harefield House
  • Former ARE Depot, Bapaume Road, Portsmouth
  • Ex RN Repair Depot, Fareham
  • Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth
  • HMS Mercury, Petersfield
  • Signals Training Centre,
  • Former RAF Sopley, Hampshire
  • Jellalabad Barracks, Taunton
  • RAF Escrick, North Yorkshire
  • OFD Invergordon:
    1. 1. Depot
    2. 2. Tomich Pumphouse
  • Storage Depot, Lathalmond
  • Primrose Camp, Rosyth, Fife
  • USN Radio Station, West Murkle, Thurso Bay
  • Radio Station, Inverkip, Strathclyde
  • SEMO Gillingham, Kent
  • RAF Ely, Cambridge
  • Gibraltar Bat-racks, Northampton
  • RAF Orfordness (Site included an area owned by FCO)
  • USN Facilities, Holy Loch:
    1. 1. Commissary, Queen Street, Dunoon
    2. 2. Dolphin Hall, Queen Street, Dunoon
    3. 3. Ardnadam Complex, Sandbank
    4. 4. Families Service Centre
    5. 5. Medical/Dental Centre
    6. 6. Land at Sandbank
    7. 7. Supply Depot and Pier
    8. 8. Sailing Club
    9. 9. Rankin Complex
  • Inveraray Pier
  • RAF Biggin Hill, Kent
  • Aerial Site, Hawklaw, Fife
  • RAF Greatworth, Northamptonshire:
    1. 1. Land and Buildings
    2. 2. Land
    3. 3. Land (2 plots)
    4. 4. Land
    5. 5. Land
  • RAF Northcoates, Lincolnshire

The bases that my Department intends to dispose of and is currently marketing are:

Base Location
RNSD Broughton Moor Cumbria
CVD Hilton Derbyshire
RNAD Trecwn Dyfed
OFD Sully South Glamorgan
PE & E Cold Meece Stone, Staffordshire
DRA Swynnerton Stone, Staffordshire
Meteorological Office Aughton Nr Ormskirk, Lancashire
ROC HQ Church Lawford Nr Rugby, Warwickshire
RAF Jurby Head Isle of Man
Former HMS Phoenix Portsmouth, Hampshire
Old Park Barracks Dover
OFD Radford Woods Plymouth
Renncy Lentney Camp Plymouth
HMS Royal Arthur Corsham, Wiltshire
Priddy's Hard Gosport, Hampshire
Peninsula Barracks Winchester, Hampshire
DRA Christchurch Dorset
RAF Bentwaters Nr Saxmundham, Suffolk
DRA Bedford Bedford
DRA Farnborough Hampshire

Base Location
324 Engineering Park Lathalmond, Fife
RAF Hendon (East Camp) Greater London
RAF Greenham Common Newbury, Berkshire
Beavers Lane Camp Hounslow, Greater London
RNSD Lathalmond Dunfermline, Fife
PTS Medmenham Medmenham, Buckinghamshire
OSDD Ruddington Nottingham
RAF Swinderby Nr Lincoln
DRA Waltham Abbey Greater London
Royal Arsenal East and West Woolwich, Greater London
Winston Barracks Lanark
Former USN Communications Station Forss, Caithness
'St Lukes', Regimental HQ and Museum, Aberdeen Grampian
Fairfield House, Aberdeen Grampian
CSOS Hawklaw Cupar, Fife
Meteorological Office Site Shanwell, Tayport
RAF Chicksands Shefford, Bedfordshire
RAF Bicester Oxon

It is my Department's practice not to disclose details of purchasers or purchase prices on the ground of commercial confidentiality. The sale prices did, however, represent the market value at the time of the sale.

Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the individuals or commercial enterprises which have expressed an interest in buying each base his Department is currently trying to sell.

Mr. Hanley

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.