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Written question asked by Madeleine Moon (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 November 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 November 2015. It was answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 December 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Military Bases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maintenance, improvement and development costs of (a) MOD Grantown-on-Spey, (b) MOD Llanwrst, (c) MOD Fairbourne and (d) MOD Crickhowell were in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Original answer

The RAF does not hold the costs for the last ten years. However, the costs for the last financial year are shown below:

Site

Maintenance Costs financial year 2014-15

Improvement Costs financial year 2014-15

Development Costs financial year 2014-15

Joint School for Adventurous Training Instructors (JSATI) Llanrwst

£15,500

nil

nil

Force Development Training Centre (FDTC) Fairbourne

£25,500

nil

nil

FDTC Crickhowell

£60,000

nil

nil

FDTC Grantown-On-Spey

Costs cannot be broken out

£7,000

nil


The answer was corrected by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative)

on Friday, 18 December 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Corrected answer

The RAF does not hold the costs for the last ten years. However, the costs for the last financial year are shown below:

Site

Maintenance Costs financial year 2014-15

Improvement Costs financial year 2014-15

Development Costs financial year 2014-15

Joint School for Adventurous Training Instructors (JSATI) Llanrwst

£15,500 £22,500

nil

nil

Force Development Training Centre (FDTC) Fairbourne

£25,500 £34,500

nil

nil

FDTC Crickhowell

£60,000 £39,000

nil
£200,0001

nil

FDTC Grantown-On-Spey

Costs cannot be broken out £13,400

£7,000 2

nil

1£200,000 is transferred to the Council of Reserve Forces and Cadet Association (CRFCA) each year to spend on their cadet buildings at Crickhowell.

2Spent on lifestyle improvements and funded through a centralised grant.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
17679
Session
2015-16
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Deposited Paper DEP2015-1007
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Subjects
Expenditure Military bases
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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