Joint Service Command and Staff College

HL Deb 19 July 1995 vol 566 cc23-4WA

Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, further to the Answer of Lord Henley on 30th March (HL Deb., WA54) on location of the proposed Joint Service Command and Staff College, the costings referred to therein include the removal of the nuclear reactor currently installed in the college; and if not, why not.

Earl Howe

The low power training reactor at the Royal Naval College Greenwich supports the naval Department of Nuclear Science and Technology. This organisation is not part of the staff colleges at Greenwich and therefore is not related to the decision to locate the Joint Service Command and Staff College at Camberley.

In reaching our conclusion on the best site for the Joint Service Command and Staff College, however, we were conscious of the potential costs of disposing of the reactor, if separate work in hand at present recommends this. We are confident that these would not affect our conclusion on the staff college.