Support Services (Hansard, 29 June 1992)

§ Mr. Robert Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will quantify the savings in co-locating the support management groups and logistic support services; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
The recurring savings which would accrue from the collaboration of all the support management group and logistic support services are estimated to be in the order of £6 million per annum.

§ Mr. Robert Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide details of the valuations placed on buildings which would be available for disposal under option II of his consultation document "The Wyton Option".

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
No. Provision of the valuations would disclose information which is commercially sensitive.
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§ Mr. Robert Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the costs for new buildings necessitated by the proposed move of the support management group to RAF Wyton; and what are the costs of refurbishing existing buildings for the same purpose at RAF Wyton.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
This information is commercial in confidence.

§ Mr. Robert Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the numbers of posts for RAF service men and civilian employees provided for in his proposal to co-locate the support management group and the associated units of logistic support services.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
The number of service and civilian posts proposed at RAF Wyton is estimated to be about 3,000.

§ Mr. Robert Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated cost in redundancy payments arising from his review of the support management groups and logistic support services and reduction in staff levels.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
It is not possible to be precise about anticipated redundancy costs at this stage. The same basis for assessing potential redundancy costs was, however, used for every option which involved non-mobile staff. Every effort will be made to minimise redundancy.

§ Mr. Robert Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make available a copy of the RAF's relocation implementation working group study report.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
No. This is an internal document which contains information confidential to management. Summary details of the report have, however, been made public in a consultative document.