HC Deb 08 March 1955 vol 538 c30W
83. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for War the total extent, in money, area, and personnel, in Cyprus of the plans now in preparation and being implemented for accommodation of British troops there.

Mr. F. Maclean

For the Army we plan to spend something of the order of £30 million on buildings and land in the next ten years, and we occupy over 7,000 acres of land. The Joint Headquarters of the Middle East Command and certain Army and Royal Air Force units forming part of the British Garrison to be kept in the Middle East are among the troops to be stationed in Cyprus. It is not our practice to give actual numbers.