HC Deb 13 February 1946 vol 419 cc112-3W
Mr. Renton

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many huts formerly used for accommodation of R.A.F. or U.S.A.A.F. personnel in Huntingdonshire are now unoccupied and unused.

Mr. Strachey

The number of huts in use at Royal Air Force stations is subject to such fluctuations, mainly on account of movements connected with demobilisation, that I am afraid the figures for which the hon. Member has asked are not readily available. I can, however, say that at seven of the 11 airfields in Huntingdonshire about 70 per cent, of the available accommodation is occupied by members of the Royal Air Force; the remaining huts there may also be needed. I should add that the accommodation at the four stations which the Royal Air Force does not require at present is to be transferred to other Government use.