§ Mr. Kershawasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many barrack places are in use at present; how many are unused; and how many will become available in each of the next three years, specifying whether these will be of new construction, or rehabilitated;
(2) how many barrack places are at present empty at Perth, Edinburgh, Catterick, Barnard Castle, Scarborough, Ripon, North Weald, Pembroke, Crow- 194W borough and Warminster, respectively; at what other locations there are barrack places empty; and how many of these there are at each place.
§ Mr. ReynoldsBarrack accommodation is allocated to units and modified according to their needs. Disproportionate effort and expenditure would be involved in calculating the number of barrack places available.
§ Mr. Kershawasked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the essential services in Phase I of the barrack complexes.
§ Mr. ReynoldsThe essential works services in Phase I of the rehabilitation of Barracks for soliders withdrawn from overseas are designed to ensure that all services, including heating, are in proper order, and the essential requirements of the unit including single accommodation, messing and ablutions, together with recreational and training facilities are functioning properly and a reasonable state of decoration is secured.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Defence in which barracks in Northern Ireland there is capacity to house a further battalion.
§ Mr. ReynoldsNone.