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Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 March 2004. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 22 March 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of maintaining United Kingdom Land Command headquarters at Wilton is for 2003-04; how many (a) service and (b) civilian personnel were employed at the United Kingdom Land Command headquarters in Wilton (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2001, (iii) in 2002 and (iv) at the latest available date. - Inc table.
Answer

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the cost of maintaining United Kingdom Land Command headquarters at Wilton is for 2003-04; [162570] (2) how many (a) service and (b) civilian personnel were employed at the United Kingdom Land Command headquarters in Wilton (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2001, (iii) in 2002 and (iv) at the latest available date. [162569] Mr. Ingram: The annual cost of maintaining Headquarters Land Command for the financial year 2003-04 is estimated at £50 million. This figure includes pay, utilities, IT and other costs of those elements at Wilton that form the Headquarters. Where possible, the costs of lodger units based at the site have been excluded. The numbers of military and civilian personnel included within the above costs are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Military Civilian 2001-01 537 626 2001-02 532 630 2002-03 413 639 2003-04 360 625 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The number of Service personnel located in Essex in 1992, 1997 and 2002 were as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1 July 1992 3,800 1 July 1997 3,190 1 July 20021 3,710 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Location data as at 1 July 2002 are the latest available All figures have been rounded to the nearest ten. Figures are for UK regular forces (including both trained and untrained personnel), and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, mobilised reservists and Naval Activated Reservists.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
419 c549W;419 c550-1W; 162570;162569
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Army Military bases Operating costs Wiltshire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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