§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans there are for alternative units to use the accommodation at RM Condor when the Fleet Royal Marines Protection Unit completes its move to Faslane. [150948]
§ Dr. MoonieAs a result of an initiative emerging from the Strategic Defence Review, the Army is seeking to identify suitable locations for five planned new Army Medical Regiments in the UK, each comprising some 250 Regular personnel. RM Condor, Arbroath is being considered as a location for such a unit.
Even if Arbroath were finally selected as a future location for an Army unit of this sort, it would not form there until 2005 at the earliest.