HC Deb 01 November 1976 vol 918 c487W
Mr. R. C. Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many army training establishments there are in the United Kingdom; and what is the total annual cost of maintaining them.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

There are about 70 Army training establishments in the United Kingdom. The estimated costs of these in the financial year 1975–76, excluding capital costs and the pay of those being trained, were approximately £140 million.