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Firing Ranges: Cape Wrath

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours of firing time have been lost at Cape Wrath Training Centre due to (a) physical incursion into the range danger area by (i) members of the public and (ii) animals, (b) aerial incursion into the range danger area by...
Asked by
James Cartlidge (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 March 2025
Reference
39884
House
House of Commons
Topical Questions

As the hon. Gentleman knows, although that road runs through MOD land, it is an adopted road. Having said that, MOD contractors have filled in potholes and cleared ditches and culverts, and we will see what we can do. I am more than happy to meet the hon. Gentleman.
Answered by
Jeremy Quin (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
21 September 2020
Reference
680 c620
House
House of Commons
Topical Questions

The Ministry of Defence has a live firing range near Cape Wrath in the north-west of my constituency. Running through the firing range is a road, which, when the military is not using the range, is popular with visitors and locals alike, particularly because Cape Wrath lighthouse, at the top left-hand corner of our country, is one of the great destinations of the United Kingdom. The road is in bad nick. Would the Ministry of Defence be willing to put its hand in its pocket to help get the road done up?
Asked by
Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
21 September 2020
Reference
680 cc619-620
House
House of Commons
Topical Questions

Will the Minister publish the environmental impact assessment of the MOD’s operations at Cape Wrath?
Asked by
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
3 February 2020
Reference
671 c21
House
House of Commons
Topical Questions

I will write to the hon. Member.
Answered by
Johnny Mercer (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
3 February 2020
Reference
671 c21
House
House of Commons
Cape Wrath

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish any environmental audit it has carried out on its activities on Cape Wrath.
Asked by
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 September 2019
Reference
285057
House
House of Commons
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
My Lords, I join my noble friend in offering condolences to the families and friends of the soldiers who tragically lost their lives yesterday. I declare an interest in the Question, as one of my daughters is a shareholder in the Keoldale Sheepstock Club in Durness. Is my noble friend aware that the Joint Warrior exercise, which consisted of some 36 ships and 70 aircraft, coincided with the lambing season? While the population in Durness and north-west Sutherland has always been supportive of the use of the Cape Wrath range, is she aware that that relationship seems to have deteriorated somewhat since the Army took over responsibility from the Royal Navy in the past couple of years? Does she agree with me that the training needs of the United Kingdom and NATO forces can still be well met by avoiding such crucially important times for a fragile local economy as the lambing season?
Asked by
Lord MacKenzie of Culkein (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1024
House
House of Lords
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
My Lords, I am sure that the whole House will wish to join me in offering sincere condolences to the families and friends of the four British soldiers who were killed on operations in Afghanistan yesterday. This brings home to us the huge sacrifice made by our Armed Forces and the significant debt of gratitude that we owe them. The Joint Warrior military training exercise takes place twice a year in the north-west coastal region of Scotland. There is regular consultation between defence officials and the local communities both before and after the exercise, including meetings with the Durness community council and the Cape Wrath Conservation Group.
Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1023-4
House
House of Lords
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
My Lords, my noble friend is right to say that the local community has been very supportive of the training exercises that take place in this area. It is an area where certain training can be done that cannot be done anywhere else in the United Kingdom. The fact that the training exercise takes place during part of the lambing season is to be regretted, but the lambing season has extended and there were local consultations about when the best time for this exercise would be. As I mentioned, we consult as widely as possible, but my noble friend will be interested to hear that an integrated rural management plan for Cape Wrath went out for consultation today, which includes matters such as military activity, nature conservation and local farming interests. We expect local people to respond to it.
Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1024
House
House of Lords
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
My Lords, on behalf of these Benches I offer most sincere condolences to the families of the four soldiers whose sad deaths we heard about today. Is there a definite rule concerning consultations in circumstances such as those mentioned? Is there, indeed, an established method of communication between local military bases and the relevant local authorities as well as those further afield? I refer, of course, to one-off military exercises and not those conducted down a fixed line of flight.
Asked by
Lord Luke (Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1024-5
House
House of Lords
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
My Lords, has there been any consultation between the Army and the Navy, as the latter obviously got on better with the locals?
Asked by
Lord Mackie of Benshie (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1025
House
House of Lords
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
My Lords, when we engage in military exercises we try to ensure that the local community is given as much notice as possible. We are not always able to accede to all the demands but we try to take into account issues such as conservation or disruption to the local population by, for example, low-flying aircraft. We endeavour to give as much information as possible.
Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1024-5
House
House of Lords
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
My Lords, I associate these Benches with the condolences offered for the recent casualties in Afghanistan. Will the Minister finally nail this down? If there is severe disruption to farming activities, will the Government agree to offer some form of compensation as to do so cannot be that expensive?
Asked by
Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1025
House
House of Lords
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
My Lords, to my knowledge, the matter of compensation in Cape Wrath has not come up recently. We have tried to engage with the local community to find the best way to conduct these operations without causing disruption. To that end, we have amended flight paths or the times at which aircraft are in an area; we have provided fencing to try to protect some of the sheep; and we have used practice weapons instead of high explosives. Therefore, we have modified our plans in response to local concerns.
Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1025
House
House of Lords
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
My Lords, it is not a question of which is the lead service but of trying to ensure that we tailor our requirements in a sensitive way so that we co-operate with people locally. There is a good dialogue, and it must be maintained.
Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1025
House
House of Lords
Armed Forces: Joint Warrior
What consultations took place with the local communities in north-west Sutherland on the timing of the military training exercise Joint Warrior.
Asked by
Lord MacKenzie of Culkein (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2008
Reference
702 c1023-4
House
House of Lords
Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the dates on which the Cape Wrath Range has been subject to Short Notice Activation in (a) 2004 and (b) each of the preceding four years; and on which dates no activity took place at the Range. -...
Asked by
Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 December 2004
Reference
200921; 428 c1568-9W;428 c1566-7W
House
House of Commons
Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on consent to applications received from (a) UK forces and (b) overseas forces for the use of depleted uranium-based ammunition at Cape Wrath Range; if depleted uranium-based ammunition has been authorised for use at the Cape Wrath Range...
Asked by
Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 2002
Reference
381 c34W; 40329;40328
House
House of Commons
Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if depleted uranium-based ammunition has been authorised in the past for use at (a) Tain Air Weapons Range and (b) Cape Wrath, by (i) UK forces and (ii) overseas forces.
Asked by
Lord Maclennan of Rogart (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 February 2001
Reference
149212; 362 c522W
House
House of Commons
Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if depleted uranium-based ammunition is authorised for use at (a) the Tain Air Weapons Range and (b) the Cape Wrath Range by (i) UK forces and (ii) overseas forces; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 17 January 2001).
Asked by
Lord Maclennan of Rogart (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 January 2001
Reference
361 c576W;361 c578W; 145909
House
House of Commons