HC Deb 02 March 1998 vol 307 c490W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of US Visiting Forces based in the UK; and where they are located. [31917]

Dr. Reid

Some 13,500 members of the United States Visiting Forces are present in the UK. Numbers, which include both United States Service and civilian personnel at each site, are shown below:

Site Numbers at each site
Abbey Wood 1
RAF Alconbury/Molesworth/Upwood 1,429
RAF Bentley Priory 2
Boscombe Down 1
RAF Bracknell 1
RAF Brampton 2
RAF Brize Norton 4
RAF Coltishall 1
RAF Cranwell 2
RAF Croughton 438
RAF Digby 12
RAF Daws Hill/Hythe/West Ruislip 600
Eastcote 80
RAF Fairford 193
RAF Farnborough 2
RAF Fylingdales 1
RAF High Wycombe 4
RAF Honington 2
RAF Lakenheath/RAF Feltwell 5,332
RAF Leuchars 3
Loudwater 6
RAF Lyneham 3
RAF Marham 1
RAF Menwith Hill 1,200
RAF Mildenhall 4,230
RAF Oakhanger 1
RAF Spadeadam 4
RAF Uxbridge 1
RAF Valley 1
RAF Waddington 1
Waterbeach 10
RAF Wittering 1
RAF Wyton 2
Ipswich 8
London 2