To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the role of the Royal Air Force facility on Wardlaw hill, Ayrshire; what construction has taken place there in the past five years; and what new facilities are planned there.

The Royal Air Force facility on Wardlaw hill, Ayrshire, provides a communications link between the mainland and the Scottish islands. It was constructed during the last five years and consists of two aerial masts, a building housing the associated communications equipment, and power supplies.We have plans to erect a further radio mast and an unmanned digital telephone exchange by the end of 1992.