HC Deb 26 January 1996 vol 270 c469W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the British bases as part of the implementation force operating in(a) Bosnia and (b) Croatia; and how much Britain is charged for these bases to be situated in each of those areas. [12114]

Mr. Soames

British forces contributing to the IFOR operation in Bosnia and Croatia occupy 34 major sites and a number of smaller buildings. Some of these sites are transitional and may be relinquished when the dispositions of troops within the British area of operations is finalised. Others have been occupied only recently and in many cases, negotiations with owners, where known, are continuing. The details of the bases and the charges so far agreed, are as follows:

Monthly charge
Location—Croatia
Split—Divulje Barracks No charge. Croatian
Government property.
Split—port sites and facilities Remains under UN lease at
present.
Split—port warehouses £17,045
Split—Dalma warehouse £83,681
complex
Split—workshops and £44,545
warehouse
Split—factory £42,610
Location—Bosnia
Tomislavgrad—factory and £25,000 for warehouse, charge
warehouse for factory not yet known.
Lipa Not yet known.
Kupres £34,090
Gornji Vakuf—3 factories £15,909 for one factory, others
not yet known.
Sipovo—3 factories, sawmill Not yet known.
and hotel
Bugojno—factory Not yet known.
Glamoc—sawmill and transport £2,272 for saw mill, charge for
depot depot not yet known.
Sanski Most—2 factories Not yet known.
Mrkonjic Grad—2 factories, Not yet known.
sawmill and dam
Banja Luka—factory and offices Not yet known.
Vitez—bulk fuel installation £636 for BFI, charge for school
(BFI) and school not yet known.
Jajce—factory Not yet known.
Kljuk—depot £909
Bosanski Petrovac—depot Not yet known.
Krupa—factory £2,500