§ Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many association football, rugby football and hockey pitches are currently being maintained at the Army base at Aldershot; and what is the annual cost of such maintenance.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownI have been asked to reply.
The Aldershot garrison area maintained 65 pitches during the 1975–76 financial year, at a cost of £70,000. Of those 65 pitches, 13 were used for hockey and the remaining 52 for either Association football or rugby.