§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when RAF Chicksands is due to close; and when activities conducted there will be transferred to the National Security Agency of America base at Edzell.
§ Mr. SoamesThe US Air Force will leave RAF Chicksands by the end of September 1995. RAF Chicksands is a US Department of Defense communications centre managed by the United States Air Force. It is not our policy to comment further on operational matters.