asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the location by parliamentary constituency of (a) all United States non-nuclear bases in the United Kingdom and (b) all United Kingdom non-nuclear bases in the United Kingdom;(2) if he will list the location by parliamentary constituency of
(a) all Royal Air Force facilities in the United Kingdom and (b) all United States bases and facilities in the United Kingdom;
(3) if he will list the location by parliamentary constituency of (a) all royal ordnance factories, (b) all royal dockyards and (c) all Ministry of Defence facilities, itemising them also;
(4) if he will list the location by parliamentary constituency of (a) all Army barracks and (b) all Royal Navy bases in the United Kingdom.
[pursuant to his reply, 19 November 1985, c. 199]: The following bases and facilities have been made available for use by United States forces in the United Kingdom. It is a longstanding convention of this and previous Governments not to confirm or deny the presence of nuclear weapons at any location; accordingly, the role of bases and facilities are not specified in this respect.
| Constituency | |
| Main Operating Base | |
| RAF Alconbury | Huntingdon |
| RAF Bentwaters | Suffolk, Coastal |
| RAF Fairford | Cirencester and Tewkesbury |
| RAF Lakenheath | Bury St. Edmunds |
| RAF Mildenhall | Bury St. Edmunds |
| RAF Upper Heyford | Banbury |
| RAF Woodbridge | Suffolk, Coastal |
| Holy Loch | Argyll and Bute |
| Standby Deployment Bases | |
| RAF Greenham Common(1) | Newbury |
| RAF Scunthorpe | Norfolk, North |
| RAF Wethersfield | Braintree |
| Storage/Support Facilities | |
| RAF Bicester | Banbury |
| Bramley | Basingstoke |
| RAF Brawdy | Pembroke |
| Broughton Moor | Workington |
| RAF Burtonwood | Warrington, North |
| RAF Caerwent | Monmouth |
| RAF Chelveston | Bedfordshire, North |
| RAF Chilwell | Broxtowe |
| Eastcote | Ruislip-Northwood |
| Felixstowe | Suffolk, Coastal |
| RAF Feltwell | Norfolk, South-West |
| Framlingham | Suffolk, Coastal |
| Glen Douglas | Dumbarton |
| High Wycombe Air Station (Daws Hill) | Wycombe |
| RAF Hullavington | Wiltshire, North |
| RAF Hythe | Romsey and Waterside |
| RAF Kemble | Cirencester and Tewkesbury |
| London USN Europe HQ | City of London and Westminster, South |
| RAF Machrihanish | Argyll and Bute |
| Marchwood | Romsey and Waterside |
| RAF Molesworth(2) | Huntingdon |
| Oakington | Cambridgeshire, South-East |
| Ridgewell | Saffron Walden |
| RAF Ruislip | Ruislip-Northwood |
| RAF Spadeadam | Penrith and The Border |
| RAF St. Mawgan | Cornwall, North |
| RAF Upwood | Huntingdon |
| RAF Welford | Newbury |
| RAF Walton | Norfolk, South-West |
Constituency
| |
Contingency Wartime Hospitals
| |
| RAF Chessington(3) | Surbiton |
| RAF Little Rissington | Cirencester and Tewkesbury |
| RAF Nocton Hall | Grantham |
Communications Facilities
| |
| Aberdeen | Kincardine and Deeside |
| RAF Barford St. John | Banbury |
| RAF Barkway | Hertfordshire, North |
| Botley Hill | Surrey, East |
| Bovingdon | Hertfordshire, South-West |
| RAF Chicksands | Mid-Bedfordshire |
| Coldblow | Mid-Kent |
| Christmas Common | Henley |
| RAF Croughton | Daventry |
| Daventry | Daventry |
| Dunkirk | Canterbury |
| RAF Edzell | Kincardine and Deeside |
| RAF Fylingdales | Ryedale |
| Great Bromley | Colchester, North |
| RAF Inverbervie | Kincardine and Deeside |
| RAF Kinnabeer | Angus, East |
| Latheron | Caithness and Sutherland |
| Martlesham | Suffolk, Coastal |
| Menwith Hill | Skipton and Ripon |
| Mormond Hill | Banff and Buchan |
| Fort Murkle | Caithness and Sutherland |
| RAF Uxbridge | Uxbridge |
Notes
(1) Also base for ground-launched cruise missiles.
(2) Planned GLCM base as well as storage and property disposal facility used by the United States Department of Defence.
(3) RAF Chessington has recently been made available for use by the United States army as a peacetime storage facility and as a war time hospital.
Records of the locations of bases and facilities used by the Ministry of Defence and the armed services bases and facilities are not maintained in the form requested, and I regret that this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Royal ordnance factories are located in the following constituencies:
Constituency
| |
| Royal ordnance factory, Burghfield | Newbury |
| Royal ordnance factory, Cardiff | Cardiff North |
The following factories and facilities were transferred to Royal Ordnance plc on 2 January 1985. I am advised that they are located in the following constituencies:
Constituency
| |
| Birtley | Blaydon |
| Bishopton | Renfrew, West and Inverclyde |
| Blackburn | Rossendale and Darwen |
| Bridgwater | Bridgwater |
| Chorley | Chorley |
| Enfield | Enfield, North |
| Featherstone | Staffordshire, South |
| Glascoed | Monmouth |
| Leeds | Leeds, East |
| Nottingham | Nottingham, South |
| Patricroft | Eccles |
| Powfoot | Dumfries |
| Radway Green | Congleton |
| Summerfield | Wyre Forest |
| Waltham Abbey | Epping Forest |
| Westcott | Buckingham |
The royal dockyards are situated in the following constituencies:
Constituency
| |
| Rosyth | Dunfermline, East |
| Devonport | Plymouth, Devonport |