§ Lord Brockwayasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the estimated cost of constructing the bunker at Naphill, near High Wycombe, and whether this estimate provides for the increase of inflation and of the wage claims of the workers employed; and what rent the Ministry of Defence will be paying to the National Trust for the lease of the site for 99 years.
§ The Minister of State for Defence Procurement (Viscount Trenchard)It is estimated that the total cost of the new underground operations and communications centre at RAF High Wycombe will be about £40 million at current prices, of which about half will be paid by NATO. This does not contain an allowance for future inflation. Wage claims are a matter for the contractors concerned. It is not our practice to reveal the payments made for leases and licences for the use of land by the Ministry of Defence.