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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the sites in the UK occupied by the US, giving in each case the (a) acreage and (b) purpose of occupation. [145147] Mr. Caplin: The following table lists the sites made available to the United States Visiting Forces in the UK, together with their purpose of use and size in hectares. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Site/Purpose of use Hectares Main Operating Bases RAF Lakenheath 727.00 RAF Mildenhall 469.62 Standby Deployment Base RAF Fairford 470.64 Storage/Support Facilities RAF Alconbury 81.13 RAF Church Fenton Presence RAF Daws Hill 21.12 Defence Estates Eastcote 7.76 Glasgow Docks 0.10 High Wycombe offices Presence RAF Hythe 6.80 Kennington Barracks 0.11 Marchwood Military Port 1.93 RAF Molesworth 270.94 RAF Spadeadam Presence RAF Upwood 2.45 RAF Welford 300.16 RAF West Ruislip 13.96 Communications Facilities RAF Barford St. John Comms. Site 196.18 RAF Barkway 0.90 Botley Hill Communications Site Presence RAF Bovingdon 0.89 DCSA Chelveston 0.33 RAF Christmas Common 1.03 RAF Cold Blow Lane 0.14 RAF Croughton 278.95 RAF Daventry 0.70 RAF Digby Presence Dunkirk Communications Site Presence RAF Feltwell 129.48 RAF Menwith Hill 220.57 DCSA Oakhangar Presence DCSA St. Eval 6.09 RAF St. Mawgan 5.16 Swingate Communications Site 0.22 RAF Uxbridge Presence _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Those sites listed as "Presence" are where the US Visiting Forces have a small presence on site in certain buildings but do not have a measurable hectarage allocated to them. In addition to the sites in the above table, the US Visiting Forces also have family quarters housing allocated to them, in a variety of locations in the UK.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

145147; 416 c98-9W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment Location Military bases USA

Contains statistics

Yes

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