§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the sites on UK territory outside the UK occupied by the US, giving in each case the(a) location, (b) acreage and (c) purpose of occupation. [145148]
§ Mr. RammellSites occupied by the United States in UK Overseas Territories are as follows:
On Ascension Island, the US Air Force uses a total of 3.600 acres of land, comprising 1,196 acres for Wideawake airfield and a further 2,404 acres mainly for buildings and communications equipment. On Diego Garcia, which is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, the United States maintains a naval and air support facility consisting of an anchorage, airfield, support and supply elements and ancillary services, personnel accommodation and transmitting and receiving services, as well as a hydro-acoustic monitoring facility. It is not feasible to calculate the precise acreage occupied for these various purposes.
89WThere is no US-occupied land on other UK Territories apart from 0.47 acres occupied by the US Consulate-General in Bermuda.