HC Deb 01 December 1980 vol 995 cc44-5W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the areas of land at Woolwich Arsenal which are currently surplus to his Department's requirements or which are likely to become so in the foreseeable future, indicating the approximate size of each.

Mr. Hayhoe

An 11.7 acre site in the western enclave of Woolwich Arsenal, adjoining Beresford Square, is with the Property Services Agency for disposal.

A site of some 75 acres in the eastern enclave of Woolwich Arsenal will become available for other Defence purposes or for disposal in about 1985 after the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment section located there has moved to Fort Halstead.

Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the various Government establishments currently occupying land in (a) the eastern enclave and (b) the western enclave of Woolwich Arsenal, indicating the approximate number of employees and the approximate area of land occupied in each case.

Mr. Hayhoe

The following Government establishments occupy Defence land at Woolwich Arsenal:

Eastern enclave

  • Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (approx 75 acres);
  • Material Quality Assurance Directorate (approx 17 acres).

b.Western enclave (67 acres)

  • Army Cataloguing Authority (ACA);
  • Complete Equipment Schedule RAOC Secretariat (CESS);
  • Air Publications and Form Store (APFS);
  • British Library Repositories;
  • Defence Codification Authority;
  • District Works Officer PSA (and their term contractors, currently Messrs Crispin and Borst);
  • Her Majesty's Customs and Excise;
  • MOD Police Inspectorate (Chief Inspector of Police for Woolwich Arsenal and Aquila);
  • Common Services (PS)3;
  • Quality Assurance Directorate (Ordnance);
  • RAF Movements Unit London;
  • Special Signals Unit (RAF);
  • Materials Quality Assurance Directorate;
  • Directorate of Weapons Quality Assurance (Naval);
  • Project Management Team 115 mm systems.
The approximate numbers of Defence employees are 550 in the eastern enclave and 2,500 in the western enclave.

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