§ Commander Purseyasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the total number of separate buildings occupied by the Admiralty at Bath, Somerset; by which departments they are used; and what consideration has been given to combining the work of separate buildings, reducing the staff and releasing sites and buildings.
§ Mr. C. Ian Orr-EwingThe Admiralty Offices in Bath and the occupying departments are as follows:
Foxhill—Director General Ships; Director of Armament Supply.
Ensleigh—Director General of Weapons; Director General of Dockyards and Maintenance; Director of Contracts (part); and certain secretariat and accounting units.
Warminster Road—Principal Director of Accounts (part).
Empire Hotel—Certain Secretariat and Common Services units. Superintendent of Admiralty Material Standardisation.
1 Pulteney Street—Principal Director of Accounts (part).
James Street, W.—Director of Stores (part) providing garage for Admiralty vehicles.
The sites at Foxhill, Ensleigh and Warminster Road have a number of separate buildings of the "hutments" type. The long-term aim is to concentrate all Admiralty staff in Bath on one site and to relinquish the surplus hutments and other buildings. Discussions have taken place with the Ministry of Works about the possibilities of making a start on this.