§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future location of the two additional infantry battalions he announced on 3 February,Official Report, column 320.
§ Mr. HanleyA number of options for providing sufficient accommodation to house the two additional infantry battalions have been examined. I am pleased to announce I have decided that Sir John Moore barracks, Shorncliffe, which would otherwise have been disposed of as a result of the cessation of infantry junior leaders training there, will be retained in the Army estate as one of the two new permanent infantry barracks required.
Possible locations for a second infantry barracks are still under review.