§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 27 July 1998,Official Report, column 39, what factors led him to exclude the income from the ETC and the demilitarisation facility in his calculation of the income accruing to the ranges at Shoeburyness; and if he will make a statement. [53822]
§ Mr. SpellarThe income from the ETC and the demilitarisation facility were shown separately so that a direct comparison of the income achieved by the range at Shoeburyness could be made with the income achieved by the other ranges. Similarly, the income from the operation of airfield was not included in the West Freugh income.
The income achieved by the ETC and the demilitarisation facility is not income achieved by the Shoeburyness range, but is income achieved at the Shoeburyness site.
§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he intends to make a decision on the proposed transfer of work from Shoeburyness to Eskmeals. [53824]
§ Mr. SpellarWe expect to make a decision shortly.
§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the total income accruing to the Shoeburyness and Eskmeals ranges in respect of all458W income raising activities in each of the past five years and separately identifying that part of the site income which stems from the strategic pricing initiative. [53823]
§ Mr. SpellarThe total income accruing to the Shoeburyness and Eskmeals ranges in respect of all income raising activities in each of the previous three years is as follows:
£000 Shoeburyness Eskmeals 1995–96 25,603 5,365 1996–97 17,834 5,180 1997–98 20,896 8,759 Information on a comparable basis prior to the inclusion of the ranges in the Trading Agency in 1995 is not available.
The income accruing to the Shoeburyness and Eskmeals ranges in respect of the Strategic Pricing Initiative which operated for 1997–98, and is included in the above figures, was as follows:
£000 1997–98 Shoeburyness 6,244 Eskmeals 600
§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 27 July 1998,Official Report, column 39, for what reasons in his summary of the income accruing to the various ranges, he included in note 1 the SPI total of £600,000 within the income of the Eskmeals range and in note 3 deducted the SPI total of £6,244,000 from the total income of the Shoeburyness establishment; and if he will make a statement. [53821]
§ Mr. SpellarThe reported income for the Eskmeals range of £8.759K included the Strategic Pricing Initiative, SPI, support of £600K as this was for a specific facility within the range.
The reported income for the Shoeburyness range of £14,223K was reported net of the contribution from the SPI, as the support payment contributed to the costs of the Shoeburyness site which includes the Environmental Test Centre and the demilitarisation facility as well as the range.