HC Deb 27 May 1993 vol 225 c681W
Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will detail the total cost of all works carried out at Forest Moor, in North Yorkshire, since March 1990.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

No major maintenance or new build has been carried out at Forest Moor since March 1990. Minor works and routine maintenance costs since then have been as follows:

£
1990–91 345,000
1991–92 501,000
1992–93 620,000
Total 1,466,000

Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role is performed by the Forest Moor naval communications base in North Yorkshire.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

HMS Forest Moor is the Royal Navy's major HF receiver station.