32 Base Workshop, Bicester

HC Deb 14 December 1990 vol 182 cc532-3W

Mr. Janman

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future at 32 base workshop, Bicester.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

A wide-ranging review of the Army's base repair organisation is under way. Consultants have provided early advice specific to the future of 32 base workshop, Bicester. They assess that the facilities and capacity there are surplus to the requirements of the base repair organisation and recommend that the workshop should close as soon as possible. We are consulting the trade unions on this recommendation in accordance with agreed procedures.