HC Deb 19 July 1999 vol 335 c426W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what additional annual staff costs will be incurred as a result of moving HQ command of the 2nd Division from York to Edinburgh. [91142]

Mr. Doug Henderson

The staff establishment of the new Headquarters 2nd Division in Edinburgh has yet to be finalised but annual staff costs are expected to be £650,000 lower than those of the existing Divisional Headquarters in York. Taking into account the other consequences of the amalgamation of the Scottish District and 2nd Division Headquarters, the resultant savings in staff costs are expected to be of the order of £3 million per annum.