HC Deb 19 March 2001 vol 365 cc81-2W
19. Mr. Rapson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his plans for HMS Excellent and Whale Island. [152716]

Mr. Spellar

The Royal Navy has conducted a comprehensive study of its training estate to identify the estate necessary for training beyond 2010. HMS Excellent, the training establishment based at Whale Island, is part of that study, but no decision on its future has yet been made.

Whale Island is also under consideration as a potential site for the relocation of the major part of Commander in Chief Fleet's Headquarters from Northwood.