HC Deb 03 December 1987 vol 123 cc710-1W
Mr. Salmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list, for each year since 1979, the total numbers of United States military personnel at the military installations at(a) Thurso, (b) Mormond Hill, (c) Edzell, (d) Prestwick, (e) Machrihanish, (f) Holy Loch and (g) Glen Douglas;

(2) what was the total number of United States military personnel stationed in Scotland in each year since 1979;

(3) if he will list, for each year since 1979, the total numbers of United States civilian personnel at the military installations at: (a) Thurso, (b) Mormond Hill, (c) Edzell, (d) Prestwick, (e) Machrihanish, (f) Holy Loch and (g) Glen Douglas;

(4) if he will list, for each year since 1979, the total numbers of dependants of United States civilian and military personnel at the military installations at (a) Thurso, (b) Mormond Hill, (c) Edzell, (d) Prestwick, (e) Machrihanish, (f) Holy Loch and (g) Glen Douglas, who are resident in the area.

Mr. Ian Stewart

The numbers of United States service and civilian personnel assigned to and the numbers of dependants located at installations in Scotland and the total numbers of each category in Scotland, collated from information provided by various United States sources to the Ministry of Defence, in each year since 1979. are as follows:

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Holy Loch 2 6 70 28 33 17 47 42 42
Glen Douglas — — — — — — — — —
Others — — — — — — — — —
Total 25 25 121 67 87 38 133 175 138
United Slates dependants
Thurso 138 183 174 158 130 148 154 152 197
Mormond Hill 25 25 24 22 21 24 25 26 26
Edzell 726 599 660 655 622 723 695 684 604
Prestwick — — — — 7 23 6 8 8
Machrihanish 46 37 73 43 110 103 103 97 119
Holy Loch 1,248 1,499 1,408 1,597 1,848 1,368 1,651 1,617 1,371
Glen Douglas — — — — — — 17 17 —
Others — — — — 8 14 10 10 9
Total 2,183 2,343 2,339 2,475 2,746 2,403 2,661 2,611 2,334

Note: The lines marked "others" represent the small numbers of United States servicemen and their dependants attached to or on exchange at United Kingdom bases in Scotland or studying in Scotland.