HC Deb 27 October 1994 vol 248 cc737-8W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will delay any decision on replacement of the Hercules fleet until the result of the full feasibility study of the future large aircraft is available.

CVWW commercial accommodation financial year 1993–94
Organisation Location Usage Rental £
Church Army Sennelager Canteen/Bookshop 6,269
Herford Office/Stores 2,359
1Minden Bookshop 706
1Hildesheim Bookshop/Flat 4,016
Hameln Club/Canteen 13,278
1Hannover Bookshop/Office 1,451
Osnabrück Bookshop 22,290
Osnabrück Bookshop/Canteen 2,988
Salvation Army 1Münsterlager Bookshop/Canteen 903
Herford Office/Cellar 3,012
Detmold Club/Store 9,000
Gütersloh Club 1,499
Iserlohn Shop/Canteen 703
1Lemgo Shop 330
1Soest Paper stall 624
1Soest Club 1,982
TOC H Paderborn Accommodation 12,175
Paderborn Store 2,188
Münster Club 1,243
Münster Shop 649
Münster Club 6,180
Herford Offices 1,457
1Verden Bookshop 9,673
YMCA Herford Offices 5,952
Bielefeld Shop/Office/Store 4,942
Dortmund Shop/Office/Store 2,622
Dortmund Bookshop 2,733
Celle Bookshop 3,565
Hohne Bookshop/Giftshop/Canteen 21,495
1Bergen Bookshop 820
Nienberg Bookshop 3,475
1Bunde Bookshop 1,671

Mr. Eastham

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to await the results of the full feasibility study due to be available in the first quarter of 1995 by British companies for the pending order of the RAF Hercules aircraft.

Mr. Freeman

It would not be appropriate to delay a timely and cost-effective decision on the pressing operational needs of the Royal Air Force. The FLA is already being taken into account in our assessment.

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his estimate of the date when he will make his decision concerning the replacement or otherwise of the Hercules transporter; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Freeman

I hope to make an announcement on the way forward for the first tranche of the Hercules rolling replacement programme around the turn of the year.