HC Deb 28 July 1978 vol 954 cc944-9W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those areas of defence land which were disposed of during the last 12 months; and what other recommendations contained in the Nugent report on defence lands he still intends to implement.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

The following property was passed to the Property Services Agency for disposal within the last 12 months:

MARRIED QUARTERS: ENGLAND
Bedfordshire
Bedford 137
Berkshire
Didcot 17
Newbury 8
Reading 19
Shinfield Park 55
Buckinghamshire
High Wycombe 122
Marsworth 1
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 3
Comberton 32
Cheshire
Chester 1
Warrington 17
Cumbria
Carlisle 12
Devon
Honiton 36
Dorset
Bournemouth 2
Dorchester 1
East Sussex
Eastbourne 6
East Grinstead 1
Sharpthorne 3
Uckfield 60
Essex
Canewdon 7
Colchester 2
Fingringhoe 1
North Weald 154
Shoeburyness 59
Gloucestershire
Gloucester 1
Innsworth 20
Sedbury 6

Greater London
Ashford 1
Edgware 4
Enfield 26
Islington 13
Kenley 3
Stanmore 1
Surbiton 1
Upminster 1
Uxbridge 1
Greater Manchester
Ashton under Lyne 2
Hampshire
Andover 1
Basingstoke 7
Bramley 40
Fareham 4
Gosport 1
Lindford 60
Longmoor 44
Portsmouth 23
Shipton Bellinger 1
Weyhill 1
Hereford and Worcester
Pershore 107
Redditch 1
Worcester 46
Kent
Dymchurch 11
St. Mary's Bay 6
Tunbridge Wells 1
Lancashire
Leyland 1
Leicestershire
Leicester 1
Lincolnshire
Binbrook 1
Broughton 19
Coningsby 153
Gainsborough 18
Manby 36
North Coates 1
Scampton 128
Waddington 78
Merseyside
Bebington 1
Norfolk
Swafham 1
Swanton Morley 145
North Yorkshire
Bridlington 1
Fylingdales 4
Harrogate 1
Selby 2
Whitby 5
Oxfordshire
Bicester 3
Croughton 2
Watlington 1
Salop
Bridgnorth 38
Somerset
Taunton 77
Watchet 133
Yeovil 1

Staffordshire
Marchington 13
Suffolk
Wattisham 5
Surrey
Camberley 1
Warwickshire
Gaydon 64
Hampton-on-the-Hill 2
West Midlands
Birmingham 4
Coventry 2
Wolverhampton 1
West Sussex
Thorney Island 230
Worthing 2
Wiltshire
Boscombe Down 223
Chiseldon 42
Enford 2
Figheldean 1
Haxton 1
Little Cheverell 4
Netheravon 3
Tidworth 1

MARRIED QUARTERS: SCOTLAND
Central
Grangemouth 2
Dumfries and Galloway
Stranraer 12
Fife
Leuchars 4
Rosyth 9
South Queensferry 6
Highland
Inverness 3
Lothian
Edinburgh 35
Penicuik 7
Strathclyde
Arrochar 17
Greenock 58
Glasgow 12
Tayside
Arbroath 30
Western Isles
Benbecula 1

MARRIED QUARTERS: WALES
Clywd
Wrexham 10
Gwent
Newport 1
South Glamorgan
Cardiff 1

MARRIED QUARTERS:NORTHERN IRELAND
Antrim
Antrim 60
Belfast 1

OTHER PROPERTIES: ENGLAND
Acreage
Berkshire
Reading 13
Buckinghamshire
Marsworth 45
Medmenham 52
Cambridgeshire
Brampton 5
Oakington 2
Devon
Dartmouth 4
Fremington 5
Dorset
Christchurch 117
Essex
Shoeburyness 21
Gloucestershire
Colerne 24
Fairford 9
Greater Manchester
Audenshaw 9
Hampshire
Barton Stacey 19
Bordon 25
Bramley 10
Church Crookham 20
Portsmouth 2
Sopley 20
Kent
Dover 3
Leicestershire
Old Dalby 37
Lincolnshire
Grantham 290
Northumberland
Killingworth 38
North Yorkshire
Barlow 192
York 2
Oxfordshire
Watlington 5
Salop
Nesscliffe 7
Somerset
Yeovil 51
Surrey
Nutfield 16
West Sussex
Langhurst 106
Thorney Island 1,300
Wiltshire
Bratton 14
Copenacre 54
Devizes 54
East Chisenbury 1
Keevil 11
Old Sarum 1
Salisbury 10
Westbury 5

OTHER PROPERTIES: SCOTLAND
Acreage
Lothian
Edinburgh 16
Tayside
Barry Buddon 151

OTHER PROPERTIES: WALES
Dyfid
Aberporth 3
Gwynedd
Llanberis 54

OTHER PROPERTIES: NORTHERN IRELAND
Londonderry
Duncreggan 7
Eglington 9
Rossdowney 7

The following is the list of those recommendations of the Defence Lands Committee which it is still intended to implement: Bedford, Bedfordshire (page 71, paragraph 6b) Penhale, Cornwall (page 91, paragraphs 9b, c and d) Predannack, Cornwall (page 93, pagagraph 5b) Lympstone (Straight Point), Devonshire (page 131, paragraph 10b and c) Lydney, Gloucestershire (page 174, paragraph 3) Purfleet, Greater London/Essex (page 178, paragraph 8b) Christchurch (Steamer Point), Dorset (page 190, paragraph 5a) Netley, Hampshire (page 198, paragraph 4) Ross on Wye, Hereford and Worcester (page 203, paragraph 7c) Dover/Folkestone Complex, Kent (page 215, paragraph 18b) Maidstone (Sandling Wood) Kent (page 217, paragraph 4) Cranwell, Lincolnshire (page 228, paragraph 6) Fulbeck, Lincolnshire (page 229, paragraph 3) Swinderby, Lincolnshire (page 232, paragraph 3b) Otterburn, Northumberland (page 244, paragraph 6b and e) Ollerton (Dukeries), Nottinghamshire (page 250, paragraph 9) Wrekin, Shropshire (page 258, paragraph 5) Yoxter, Somerset (page 262, paragraph 5b) Lichfield (Whittington Barracks), Staffordshire (page 265, paragraph 6d) Orfordness, Suffolk (page 272, paragraph 5) Kenley, Surrey (page 278, paragraph 8c) Warwick (Wedgnock), Warwickshire (page 287, paragraph 3) Pershore, Hereford and Worcestershire (page 303, paragraph 3) Llansilin, Clwyd/Shropshire (page 337, paragraph 3) Manorbier, Dyfed (page 354, paragraph 6d) St. Davids, Dyfed (page 354, paragraph 5c) Eastriggs, Dumfries (page 361, paragraph 4) Rosneath, Dunbartonshire (page 364, paragraph 3c) Edinburgh (Dreghorn and Castlelaw Hill), Midlothian (page 375–6, paragraph 24b, c, d, g, h and i) Dungiven, Co. Londonderry (page 387, paragraph 5b) Magillihan, Co. Londonderry (page 390, paragraph 12b and c).

General recommendations Nos. 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 21 on pages 4–7 of the report have been partially implemented but more work remains to be done.

Page and paragraph numbers relate to the Defence Lands Committee's Report.