§ Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for Defence when the Royal Air Force stations at Chessington, Hullavington and West Raynham were vacated by the Royal Air Force; and to what use they are currently being put.
§ Mr. WellbelovedNone of these stations has yet been vacated by the RAF. RAF Chessington will be offered for disposal when the joint services medical rehabilitation unit moves to RAF Headley Court on completion of works services there. RAF Hullavington is occupied by the Defence Codification Agency and the RAF parachute support unit. The work of the agency will move to Devizes in 1980. The possibility is being studied of transferring the station to Army use and of retaining the parachute support unit as a lodger unit. The airfield at West Raynham is closed, but the station continues to house an RAF bloodhound unit.