Military Construction (Hansard, 30 November 1990)

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the NATO-funded military construction projects that will be in construction for United States forces at bases in the United Kingdom in the fiscal year 1991;
(2) if he will list the NATO-funded military construction projects that will be in construction for United States forces at bases in the United Kingdom in the fiscal year 1990.

§ 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 was requested in fiscal years(a) 1988, (b) 1989 and (c) 1990 that (i) were given funding approval by the United States Congress, (ii) were approved for construction by Her Majesty's Government, (iii) have started construction and (iv) have had construction halted.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
I understand that Congress has granted funding approval for the following United States military construction projects in the following fiscal years.

1988

RAF Alconbury

Chemical weapons protection

Squadron operations facility

Installation of a fire support system^*

RAF Bentwaters

Consolidated support centre^*

Alteration to unaccompanied enlisted personnel housing^*

Digital European backbone (DEB)

RAF Chicksands

(DEB) telephone exchange^*

Croughton

Improvements to water storage system^*

RAF Edzell

Security Gatehouse^*

RAF Lakenheath

Base operations facility^*

Combat arms range^*

Control tower^*

RAF Welford

Base ground defence igloo^*

RAF Wethersfield

DEB telephone exchange

1989

RAF Bentwaters

Recreation centre^*

Security Police operations facility^*

Sound suppressor support^*

RAF Feltwell

Passive defence equipment store^*

RAF Lakenheath
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DEB communications building^*

Construct unaccompanied enlisted personnel housing^*

Semi-hardened communications facility^*

RAF Machrihanish

Bachelor enlisted quarters^*

RAF Mildenhall

Child development centre^*

Alter/add to water storage^*

Alter/add to operations facility^*

RAF Upper Heyford

Alter/add to vehicle maintenance facility^*

RAF Welford

Fire station^*

Munitions igloos^*

1990

RAF Alconbury

Munitions storage

RAF Barford St. John

Physical protection^*

RAF Bentwaters

Add/alter fire station

Add/alter munitions storage

Add/alter flight simulator facility

Bovingdon

Site Security^*

Christmas Common

Site Security^*

RAF Edzell

Operations building annex

RAF Fairford

DEB telephone exchange

RAF Machrihanish

Operations facility

RAF Mildenhall

Upgrade sewage treatment plant^*

RAF Upper Heyford

Alter munitions storage

Department of Defence schools

Bicester Elementary School

Upwood Elementary School
Those projects indicated thus (^*) are known to have started construction. All projects under construction have been approved by Her Majesty's Government. Such approval is a matter for discussion between the Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom. In no cases where construction has started has it been halted.

§ 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 1991, giving for each project its location, the nature of facilities to be constructed, and stating for each project whether Her Majesty's Government have given approval for that project being carried out.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
The only United States military construction project which is listed against the United Kingdom, in those projects approved by Congress for fiscal year 1991, is for water storage at Menwith Hill. 537W Given that any necessary planning consents are received, Her Majesty's Government are content that the project go ahead.