HL Deb 22 July 1993 vol 548 cc60-1WA
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Where they propose to accommodate the two additional infantry battalions they announced on 3rd February 1993 (H.L. Deb. col. 266).

Viscount Cranborne

A number of options for providing sufficient accommodation to house the two additional infantry battalions have been examined. I am pleased to announce we 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 permanent infantry barracks required. Possible locations for a second infantry barracks are still under review.