Army Base Repair Organisation (Hansard, 22 November 1994)

§ Mr. Duncan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who from Coopers and Lybrand visited the Army Base138W Repair Organisation Old Dalby site for the purposes of preparing the study to recommend its closure; when they visited; and for how long they visited.

§ Mr. Freeman
Coopers and Lybrand assisted the ABRO rationalisation study team with the investment appraisal element of the study; it was not part of the consultancy contract for it to make recommendations on any closures. During the study, the consultant accountant provided by Coopers and Lybrand made a familiarisation visit to Old Dalby on 26 May 1994 and visited as part of a larger team on 11 June 1994. The latter visit included a lengthy discussion with the ABRO Old Dalby accountant on the requirements for financial information. Once this liaison visit had been made, the detailed investment appraisal information from all workshops was received by fax at HQ ABRO Andover, where the study team was based. It is not departmental policy to release the names of individual consultants employed under contracts with consultancy firms.

§ Mr. Fatchett
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the level of expenditure on the Army Base Repair Organisation in Old Dalby, Leicestershire, in each of the last five financial years; what further expenditure is planned; and what was the date and value of the final payment for the work on building No. 1.

§ Mr. Freeman
The level of expenditure at the Army Base Repair Organisation workshops at Old Dalby is given in the attached table. Some £600,000 further expenditure is planned for fire protection work, but this is dependent on the future of the workshop. The final payment on building No. 1 will be made in January 1995 at a value of £85,000. It should be noted that a new repair facility was opened at Old Dalby in 1992. This was originally required to meet a pre-options for change work load; the current and predicted work load is much lower.

Expenditure at ABRO Old Dalby 1989–90 to 1993–94

Financial Year Major Works £000 Running Costs £000

1989–90 200 18,377

1990–91 23,000 10,162

1991–92 100 10,202

1992–93 571 12,118

1993–94 522 12,312

Expenditure at ABRO Old Dalby 1989–90 to 1993–94
Financial Year	Major Works £000	Running Costs £000
1989–90	200	18,377
1990–91	23,000	10,162
1991–92	100	10,202
1992–93	571	12,118
1993–94	522	12,312