§ Mr. ViggersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes are planned for the numbers of service personnel to be based in service establishments in the Gosport constituency. [9771]
§ Mr. IngramI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 July 2001,Official Report, columns 334–35W to my hon. Friend the member for Warrington, North (Helen Jones) in which I advised the House that as part of the implementation of the Defence Training Review the Ministry of Defence is conducting a series of studies into rationalisation of training facilities. Under this programme HMS Sultan in Gosport will be the benchmark or Public Sector Comparator for electromechanical engineering training. As Project Definition work is not due to be completed until next March it is, however, too early to judge the outcome of this study.