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Written question asked by Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) on Thursday, 24 March 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 29 March 2011. It was answered by Peter Luff (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 March 2011 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Departmental Land

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what area of land in (a) public and (b) private ownership his Department uses for military purposes in (i) Wales, (ii) England and (iii) Scotland.
Answer

The details of public land in Wales, England and Scotland, and private land in England and Scotland used for military purposes are published in the UK Defence Statistics 2010, chapter six, and can be found at the following link:"http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/UKDS/UKDS2010/c6/intro.php"A copy of chapter six has been placed in the Library of the House.The table contains the majority of the private land used for military training purposes, except where this is negotiated locally. It does not include such land in Wales, where some 503,000 hectares is used for military purposes annually.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
49868; 526 c208-9W
Session
2010-12
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2011-0607
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Land Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk