HC Deb 07 March 1990 vol 168 cc702-3W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the military construction projects in the United Kingdom for support of United States forces funded from the NATO infrastructure fund currently under construction, giving for each project its location, the nature of the facilities to be constructed, the date that construction started and the scheduled date of completion.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

It is not the practice to publish information of this kind.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the United States military construction projects in the United Kingdom for which funding approval was given in fiscal year 1990, giving for each project its location, the nature of the facilities to be constructed and the scheduled dates for the start and completion of the construction.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

I understand that the US authorities have received US congressional funding approval for fiscal year 1990 for the following military construction projects in the United Kingdom. The detailed start and completion dates for these projects are a matter for the US authorities, although it should be noted that Her Majesty's Government have not yet given approval for all these projects to be carried out.

  • RAF Alconbury
    • Conventional Munitions Shop
  • RAF Barford St. John
    • Physical Security
  • RAF Bentwaters
    • Add/Alter Fire Station
    • Alter Munitions Storage
    • Add/Alter Flight Simulator Facility
  • RAF Christmas Common
    • Site Security
  • RAF Edzell
    • Operations Building Annex
  • RAF Fairford
    • Digital European Backbone Facility
  • RAF Macrihanish
    • Operations Facility
  • RAF Mildenhall
    • Upgrade Sewage Treatment Plant
  • RAF Upper Heyford
    • Alter Munitions Storage
  • Bovingdon
    • Site security
  • Department of Defense Dependants Schools
    • Bicester Elementary School
    • Upwood Elementary School

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the United States military construction projects in the United Kingdom for which funding approval is being sought for the United States fiscal years 1991 and 1992, giving for each project its location, the nature of the facilities to be constructed and the scheduled dates for the start and completion of the construction;

(2) pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Carlisle (Mr. Martlew), Official Report, 6 February, columns 603–4, whether he has now been informed by his United States counterpart of any United States military construction projects additional to those listed in that answer for which funding is being sought for the fiscal year 1991.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

My answer to the hon. Member for Carlisle (Mr. Martlew) on 6 February (columns 603–4) listed projects in the United Kingdom for which the United States Air Force had sought funding in fiscal year 1991. In addition, funding approval is being sought for a Department of Defense dependants' school at Harrogate, and by the United States Navy for a dental clinic at RAF Edzell and for a fleet hospital facility at RAF Lanark. I understand that the United States authorities have not yet sought funding approval for military construction projects for their fiscal year 1992.