§ Sandra OsborneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the MoD will begin pilot projects on the selected sites to trial Pay as you Dine for military sites. [71800]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 24 July 2002]: Pay As You Dine (PAYD) trials are to be progressively launched at 10 military sites within Great Britain over the next eight months. The first two trials will begin at Hyde Park Barracks, London (target start early September 2002) and HMS Seahawk, Helston, Cornwall (target start by the end of September 2002). A start date for the third trial at RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire has not yet been finalised, but is expected to be towards the end of October 2002.
The remaining seven trial sites will be:
315WNorton Manor Camp, Taunton; Marchwood Military Port; Cawdor Barracks, Haverfordwest; Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster; Wattisham Airfield, Ipswich; Fort George, Inverness and RAF Leuchars, North East Fife.Negotiations with industry about launching trials at these remaining sites will not begin until the first two trials are successfully underway, so it is not possible to be precise about start dates, but the aim is to have all ten trials running by April 2003.