HC Deb 21 July 1998 vol 316 c477W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when work will commence on new buildings at the Defence NBC Centre at Winterbourne Gunner; and what contingency plans have been made with police, fire and emergency planning authorities. [51251]

Mr. Spellar

On current planning, contracts for the work to be undertaken at the Defence NBC Centre, Winterbourne Gunner are expected to be let in October 1998, with a view to construction starting in November 1998. Construction work will take place on areas that have been cleared of old buildings. Archaeological and technical surveys of the site have not revealed anything which would require specific contingency plans other than the normal responses from the emergency services.