HC Deb 24 October 1978 vol 955 cc775-7W
Mrs. Winifred Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many buildings the Ministry of Defence owns in the Greater London Area; how many employees work in each building; and if he will list the buildings.

Dr. Gilbert

The accommodation in the Greater London area occupied by Ministry of Defence staff falls into two categoriesA. Civil estate buildings which are owned, or leased, by the Property Services Agency of the Department of the Environment. B. Defence estate buildings or sites which are either owned, or have been leased, by the Secretary of State for Defence.

The majority of the Ministry of Defence's London based office staff is housed in 31 buildings in Central London, but there are also several in the outskirts. All the buildings listed in Table 1 fall into Category A.

Details of the buildings in Category B housing major units of the three Services are given in Table 2. Married quarters have been excluded.

TABLE 1
MOD OCCUPIED BUILDINGS/SITES IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA (CIVIL ESTATE)
Building and No. of Occupants
Adelphi 520
Golden Cross House 168
King Charles Street 55
Main Building 3,630
Metropole Building 872
Northumberland House 567
Old Admiralty Building 977
Old War Office Building 1,163
Queen Anne's Chambers 131
Savoy Hill House 104

73–75 The Strand 43
St. Stephen's House 32
Adastral House 420
Castle wood House 435
First Avenue House 279
Lacon House 695
Penderel House 86
Prospect House 440
St. Georges Court 495
St. Giles Court 1,218
Sentinel House 347
Stuart House 173
Tavis House 109
Turnstile House 301
Woburn Place 103
Charles House 130
Empress State Building 1,275
Fleetbank House 621
Landsdowne House 672
Orbit House 130
St. Christopher House 904
Barnes (Station Road) 13
Battersea (St. Johns Hill) 26
Baynards House (Notting Hill Gate) 100
Chessington (Government Offices) 311
Eastcote (Government Buildings) 82
Feltham (Elmwood Avenue) 59
Gavrelle House (Bunhill Row) 10
Hayes (PRO Repository).. 152
Mottingham (Leysdown Road) 489
St. Mary Cray (Station Square House) 114
Sidcup (Marlowe House) 23
Stanmore (Government Offices) 691
Surbiton (Government Buildings) 120
Teddington (National Physical Laboratory) 19
Tolworth Tower 53
Wandsworth (Strathville Road) 48
Woolwich Arsenal. 103
TOTAL (CIVIL ESTATE): * 19,508
* This figure includes 4,078 Service personnel.

TABLE 2
BUILDINGS/SITES IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA OCCUPIED BY MOD (DEFENCE ESTATE)
1. FREEHOLD ACCOMMODATION
Address and Number of Civilian Employees
RN Yard, Deptford 221
RN Offices, Queens Gate Terrace 13
Chelsea Barracks 40
Army Mapping and Charting Establishment, and Storage Depot, Feltham 654
Southern Command HQ, Hounslow 97
Army Camp, Beavers Lane, Hounslow 82
Army Store, Brompton Road 7
Hyde Park Barracks 41
Army Barracks and Postal Depot, Mill Hill 292
Army Ranges, Purfleet and Rainham 19
Army Central TA Depot, White City 13
Army School of Music, Kneller Hall 35
Army Forms Store, Kimleer Road, Wandsworth 45
Woolwich Garrison 1,500
Administrative HQ Strike Command, Stanmore 45
RAF Aircrew Selection Centre and Personnel Training School, Biggin Hill 78

Joint Services Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Hook 48
Joint Services Air Trooping Centre, RAF Computer Centre and Museum, Hendon 224
RAF Airfield Station HQ Establishment, Harrow 97
RAF Station, HQ Hospital and School of Music, Uxbridge 123
RAF Station HQ Establishment, West Drayton 66
EQD Bickley 910
RSAF Enfield 1,192
AQD Harefield 277
AMTE Teddington 351
PERME Waltham Abbey 668
NGTE West Drayton 239
EQD and Royal Arsenal and Barracks, Woolwich 1,782
Total civilian employees: 9,159

There are also 17 RNVR/TAVRA/ATC centres employing 87 civilian staff and 3 Careers Information Offices employing 5 civilian staff occupying freehold accommodation.

2. LEASEHOLD ACCOMMODATION
RN College, Greenwich 286
Navy Audit Office, Blackfriars 30
Army Institute of Education, Eltham 85
Army Records Office, Sidcup 167
RAMC College, Millbank 102
Army Barracks, Albany Street 120
Army Barracks, Ordnance Hill, NW8 11
Army Medical Centre, Surbiton 3
Army Forms Store, Strathville Road, Wandsworth 105
Army Offices, Great Scotland Yard 4
Army Provost Marshal, Rochester Row 3
BFBS, Dean Stanley Street 13
Imperial Defence College, Belgrave Square 22
Meteorological Observatory, Kew 6
RAF Medical Centre, Kelvin House 25
Total 982
Grand total civilian employees in Defence Estate accommodation 10,141

There are also eight RNVR/TAVRA/ATC centres employing 42 civilian staff and 13 careers information offices employing five civilian staff occupying leasehold accommodation.

The total number of Services personnel in Defence estate buildings or sites at 30th June 1978 was 10,427. Figures for individual buildings are not available.

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