Barracks (Hansard, 20 November 2002)

§ Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many persons constitute the capacity of Catterick barracks; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments form the permanent staffing component of this sum; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments are regularly accommodated on a temporary basis; how many(a) suicides and (b) other deaths have occurred in each year since 1990; how many of these incidents were firearms-related; which of these incidents (i) were subject to investigation by the Royal Military Police,(ii)were the subject of an external investigation, (iii)were the subject of a coroner's inquest and (iv) gave rise to courts martial or criminal proceedings; and what the outcome was in each case; 80690]

(2) how many persons constitute the capacity of Bindon barracks, Hameln; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments form the permanent staffing component of this sum; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments are regularly accommodated on a temporary basis; how many (a) suicides and (b) other deaths have occurred in each year since 1990; how many of these incidents were firearms-related; which of these incidents (i) were subject to investigation by the Royal Military Police,(ii)were the subject of an external investigation, (iii)were the subject of a Coroner's inquest and (iv) gave rise to courts martial or criminal proceedings; and what the outcome was in each case; [80669]

(3) how many persons constitute the capacity of the Army barrack at Deepcut, Surrey; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments form the permanent staffing component of this sum; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments are regularly accommodated on a temporary basis; how many (a) suicides and (b) other deaths have occurred in each year since 1990; how many of these incidents were firearms-related; which of these incidents (i) were 114W subject to investigation by the Royal Military Police, (ii)were the subject of an external investigation, (iii)were the subject of a Coroner's inquest and (iv) gave rise to courts martial or criminal proceedings; and what the outcome was in each case; [80671]

(4) how many persons constitute the capacity of Cavalry barracks, Hounslow, Middlesex; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments form the permanent staffing component of this sum; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments are regularly accommodated on a temporary basis; how many (a) suicides and (b) other deaths have occurred in each year since 1990; how many of these incidents were firearms-related; which of these incidents (i) were subject to investigation by the Royal Military Police, (ii)were the subject of an external investigation, (iii)were the subject of a Coroner's inquest and (iv) gave rise to courts martial or criminal proceedings; and what the outcome was in each case. [80688]

(5) how many persons constitute the capacity of Army barracks in Bielefield, Germany; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments form the permanent staffing component of this sum; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments are regularly accommodated on a temporary basis; how many (a) suicides and (b) other deaths have occurred in each year since 1990; how many of these incidents were firearms-related; which of these incidents (i) were subject to investigation by the Royal Military Police,(ii) were the subject of an external investigation (iii)were the subject of a Coroner's inquest, and (iv) gave rise to courts martial or criminal proceedings; and what the outcome was in each case; [80670]

(6) how many persons constitute the capacity of Drumadd barracks, Northern Ireland; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments form the permanent staffing component of this sum; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments are regularly accommodated on a temporary basis; how many (a) suicides and (b) other deaths have occurred in each year since 1990; how many of these incidents were firearms-related; which of these incidents (i) were subject to investigation by the Royal Military Police, (ii)were the subject of an external investigation, (iii)were the subject of a Coroner's inquest and (iv) gave rise to courts martial or criminal proceedings; and what the outcome was in each case. [80687]

(7) how many persons constitute the capacity of Quebec barracks, Osnabruck; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments form the permanent staffing component of this sum; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments are regularly accommodated on a temporary basis; how many (a) suicides and (b) other deaths have occurred in each year since 1990; how many of these incidents were firearms-related; which of these incidents were subject to investigation by the Royal Military Police, (ii) were the subject of an external investigation, (iii) were the subject of a Coroner's inquest and(iv) gave rise to courts martial or criminal proceedings; and what the outcome was in each case; [80668]

(8) how many persons constitute the capacity of Browning barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments form 115W the permanent staffing component of this sum; how many officers and other personnel from what regiments are regularly accommodated on a temporary basis; how many (a) suicides and (b) other deaths have occurred in each year since 1990; how many of these incidents were firearms-related; which of these incidents (i) were subject to investigation by the Royal Military Police, (ii)were the subject of an external investigation, (iii)were the subject of a Coroner's inquest and (iv) gave rise to courts martial or criminal proceedings; and what the outcome was in each case. [80689]