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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the defence estates the Department has overseas. - Includes list.

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Jim Cunningham (Labour)

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Ministry of Defence

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Answered

Tabled on

3 February 2005

For answer on

21 February 2005

Answered on

21 February 2005

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the defence estates the Department has overseas. [215175] Mr. Caplin: The MOD overseas estate comprises airfields, ports, warehousing, barracks, schools, technical facilities and supporting infrastructure (power, water, wastewater, communications, etc.), Service Family Accommodation (SFA), commercial facilities and training areas. Details are as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Country Facility Bahamas Autos Island Belize Price Barracks--HQ British Army Training Support Unit Belize 4 other training areas adventure training facility Brunei (facilities owned and operated by Brunei Government) Canada Suffield--British Army Training Unit Suffield Goose Bay--in process of handback Wain right Camp--in process of handback Kenya Kifaru Camp Nairobi--British Army Training Unit Kenya Extensive leased up-country training areas Nepal Kathmandu--HQ Brigade of Gurkhas Nepal, Pokhara Norway Stavangar, Bardufoss Singapore Sembawang South Atlantic Falkland Islands, Ascension Island and St. Helena-- weather station USA Washington DC (leased SFA) Cyprus Episkopi Garrison RAF Akrotiri Dhekelia Garrison Troodos/Olympus Aya Nikolaos Station Diego Garcia Port and Storage facilities (all other facilities owned and operated by the USAF) Gibraltar Gibraltar Garrison and other facilities Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant Airfield Various hill top Radar/Tech sites Various helicopter Re-fuelling sites _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All of the estate in Germany is owned by the German government and occupied by MOD under SOFA and its supplementary agreements. The German estate is located within five main garrison areas: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Country Facility Hohne Garrison, including: Fallingbostel and Celle Osnabruck Garrison, including: Munster and Rhiene Gutersloh Garrison, including: Herford, Bielefeld, Lubbecke and Bunde Paderborn Garrison, including: Sennelager and Hameln Rhine Garrison, including: JHQ Rheindahlen, Dulmen and Elmpt _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Additionally there are major training areas located at Senne and Haltern and smaller training areas in Paderborn, Gutersloh, Osnabruck and Rhine Garrisons. In addition, a small numbers of leased properties are occupied in: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Country Facility Belgium Brussels, Antwerp, Mons Germany Ramstein Holland Brunssum Italy Rome, Milan, Naples, Verona Norway Stavangar Portugal Lisbon Spain Madrid, Valencia Turkey Izmir, Istanbul Russia Moscow (one residence) _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

21 February 2005

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431 c121-2W; 215175

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