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Us Forces (Scotland)

Volume 114: debated on Thursday 9 April 1987

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asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the breakdown of the annual payments received from the Government of the United States of America for the upkeep of their facilities located in Scotland for each of the past four years.

Payments received from the Government of the United States of America for the upkeep of facilities made available to US forces in Scotland, that is maintenance and minor works services, for each of the last four years were:

£
1983–841,140,126
1984–851,174,000
1985–861,221,059
1986–87785,638

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the current number of Ministry of Defence service and civil personnel in Ministry of Defence facilities located in Scotland.

The number of United Kingdom service personnel deployed in Scotland on 1 January 1987 was 20,846 and the number of full-time equivalent civilian staff was 18,130.Service numbers include RN/RM personnel serving on ships whose home port is in Scotland and which were in home waters on 1 January.Civilian numbers exclude casual staff.