HC Deb 09 June 1988 vol 134 cc658-60W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has about United States military construction projects in the United Kingdom and its dependent territories for which funding approval is being sought for the United States fiscal years 1989 and 1990, giving for each project its location, the nature of the facilities to be constructed arid the project cost.

Mr. Ian Stewart

Funding approval for United States military construction projects for fiscal year 1989 is currently being sought for the following projects:

RAF Alconbury

Dormitories

RAF Bentwaters

  • Add to and upgrade fire station
  • Security police operations facility
  • Sound suppressor support facility
  • Central Post Office
  • Airmen's community centre

RAF Fairford

Add to and alter physical fitness centre

RAF Feltwell

Passive defence equipment storage facility

High Wycombe Air Station

Medical aid station replacement

RAF Lakenheath

  • Semi-hardened communications facility
  • Digital European backbone facility
  • Chemical warfare protection squadron operations facility
  • Dormitory
  • Composite medical facility

Menwith Hill Station

Expansion of operations facility

RAF Mildenhall

  • Add to and alter operations facility
  • Child development centre
  • Upgrade water storage and distribution system
  • Administration support facility

RAF Upper Heyford

  • Add to and upgrade vehicle maintenance shop
  • Combat ammunition control centre
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  • Passive defence equipment storage facility

RAF Welford

  • Fire station
  • Munitions storage igloos

Antigua

Boat shop and pier construction

United States military construction projects in fiscal year 1990 for which funding is currently being sought:

RAF Alconbury

  • Alternate combat runway
  • Deputy commander: operations complex
  • Squadron operations facility
  • Aircraft maintenance facility
  • Conventional munitions shop
  • Combat repair equipment storage
  • Passive defence equipment storage warehouse
  • Combat readiness centre
  • Add to and alter physical training facility

RAF Bentwaters

  • Semi-hardened telecommunications facility
  • Chemical warfare protection—avionics maintenance facility
  • Dormitory

RAF Chessington

Add to and upgrade contingency hospital

RAF Fairford

  • Jet fuel storage and hydrant refuelling system
  • Upgrade water storage and distribution system

High Wycombe air station

  • Dormitory
  • Add to civil engineering building
  • Physical protection upgrade (at various sites administered by High Wycombe air station)

RAF Lakenheath

  • Chemical warfare protection—squadron operations facility
  • Chemical warfare protection—squadron operations facility
  • Chemical warfare protection—ready crew facility
  • Combat repair equipment storage facility
  • Alter dormitory
  • Storm drainage disposal

RAF Lanark

Contingency hospital

RAF Locking

Contingency hospital

RAF Machrinhanish

  • Dining facility expansion
  • Enhance physical protection for combined operations
  • Centre

Menwith Hill station

Administration building and cafeteria

RAF Mildenhall

  • Combat repair equipment storage facility
  • Add to and alter gymnasium
  • Alter sewage treatment plant
  • Operations intelligence facility

RAF Upper Heyford

  • Chemical warfare protection—squadron operations facility
  • Alter munitions storage facilities
  • Combat repair equipment storage facility
  • Dormitory

Ascension Island

  • HF antenna installation
  • Ground installation for satellite navigation system

Diego Garcia

  • Ground installation for satellite navigation system
  • Budgetary estimates are a matter for the United States authorities.

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