§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any plans for a review of the functions of all Royal Navy and Royal Navy Reserve establishments in the Aberdeen area.
§ Mr. JuddAll commitments of the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Reserve are kept under constant examination. However, there are no plans to review any specific functions of Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve establishments in the Aberdeen area.
§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all Royal Naval Reserve communication training centres with their geographical areas of responsibility.
§ Mr. JuddThere are 18 Royal Naval Reserve communication training centres organised in five geographical areas of responsibility as follows:
Area and CTC Location
South-East
- Bexhill-on-Sea.
- Norwich.
- Ipswich Southend.
South-West
- Exeter.
- Swansea.
Midland
- Birmingham.
- Nottingham.
- Northampton.
- Nuneaton.
- Sheffield.
- Grimsby.
Northern
- Preston.
- Manchester.
- Leeds.
- Hull.
- Stockton.
Scotland and Northern Ireland
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- Aberdeen.
§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he intends to close any Royal Naval Reserve communication training centres; and, if so, what the estimated annual savings will be in each case.
§ Mr. JuddThe Royal Naval Reserve Communications Training Centre at Henley was closed on 7th October 1975. The training centre at Aberdeen will be closed on 31st December 1975 and those at Northampton and Nuneaton will be merged to form a new unit in Coventry from 1st January 1976. In each case the average estimated annual savings will be about £12,000.
§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the complement of the Aberdeen Royal Naval Reserve Communication Training Centre on 1st November 1974 and 1st November 1975, respectively.
§ Mr. JuddThe numbers borne were three officers and seven ratings and four officers and eight ratings respectively.