§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the anticipated remediation costs will be, including munitions and chemical retrieval, prior to the market sale of Dean Hill munitions depot; and when he expects to put it on the market. [65734]
§ Mr. IngramDefence Munition (DM) Dean Hill's primary task is (and has been) the storage of munitions. The limited (compared to other Defence Munitions sites) processing facilities at the Dean Hill site have primarily been used for maintenance of munitions and associated stores. There has been no explosives manufacturing on site and hence little anticipated contamination to remediate. This has been confirmed by Land Quality Assessment action and a sum of £216,000 has been included in the Investment Appraisal to cover any "industrial site" remediation identified as necessary during run down and closure activities.
It is anticipated that Defence Estates will market the sale of the Dean Hill site in 2004–05 once all closure activities have been completed.
§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Ministry of Defence police are employed at West Dean Munitions Depot; and how they will be deployed following the closure of the depot. [65706]
§ Mr. IngramThere are currently 21 MDP officers stationed at Defence Munitions (DM) Dean Hill. DM Dean Hill is scheduled for closure by 1 April 2004 and the MDP officers stationed there will be subject to redeployment procedures. We do not envisage any compulsory redundancies of MDP officers.
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§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the employees at the West Dean Munitions Depot are(a) under 25, (b) under 45, (c) under 60 and (d) over 60 in each category, broken down by sex. [65707]
§ Mr. IngramThe age profile and gender of the bearing of 57 Defence Munitions civilian staff currently employed at DM Dean Hill near West Dean village in south Wiltshire is as follows:
Age Male Female Total Under 25 4 1 5 26 to 45 119 4 23 46 to 60 18 6 24 Over 60 5 — 5 Total 46 11 57 1Includes two members of civilian staff on long term detached duty due to return to DM Dean Hill.