HC Deb 13 January 1988 vol 125 c326W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many acres of land in the United Kingdom are currently used for the purposes of military training.

Mr. Freeman

The area of United Kingdom land used for military training, ranges and camps totalled 459,318 acres as at 1 April 1987, the latest date for which complete figures are available. This figure includes both land and foreshore and 81,000 acres which MOD has rights over only.

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