§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of his Department's airfields are now surplus to requirements; and what is the timetable for their disposal.
§ Mr. SoamesThe following airfields are surplus to requirement and are in disposal or earmarked for disposal:
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Airfields Expected disposal timetable DRA Bedford (Thurleigh Airfield) Completion of sale anticipated June 1995. RAF Bentwaters Disposal projected for FY 95/96. RAF Binbrook Disposal projected for FY 95/96. RAF Greenham Common Sale of airfield anticipated summer 1995. Old Sarum Airfield Freehold of airfield expected to be sold in February/March 1995. St. David's Airfield, Dyfed Completion of sale anticipated 31 December 1995. RAF Sculthorpe Disposal projected for FY 95/96 subject to confirmation of no further Defence use. RAF Swinderby Disposal projected for FY 95/96 subject to confirmation of no further Defence use. RAF Upper Heyford No timetable available at present as the method of disposal is still to be decided. Wroughton Airfield To be transferred to the National Museum of Science & Industry 31 March 1995
The table below gives details of airfields that have been declared surplus to requirements but which are still in use and/or under consideration for alternative Defence use. Airfields Status RAF Alconbury USAF to vacate by September 1995. Disposal projected for FY 96–97. RAF Binbrook Projected disposal dated FY 96–97. RAF Chivenor Under consideration for alternative Defence use. HMS Daedalus Due to close in April 1996. Disposal is projected for FY 96–97. DRA Farnborough Currently operational but expected to be accepted for disposal in April 1995. The disposal of the airfield is linked to that of the "factory area" which is not expected to become surplus until early 1997. RAF Newton Under consideration for alternative Defence use. RAF Swanton-Morley To be released 1995. Disposal projected for FY 96–97. RAF Upwood USAF Contingency Hospital. Site (minus Clinic) to be handed back to. MOD in September 1995. Disposal projected for FY 96–97 subject to confirmation of no further Defence use. RAF West Raynham Closed Autumn 1994. Under consideration for alternative Defence use. RAF Woodbridge Station closed. Under consideration for alternative Defence use.