To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received about possible soil contamination at the REME building at Woolwich Common; and if he will publish the results of his Department's inquiries on the matter.

Representations have been received from a local resident; the health, environment and public protection committee of the London borough of Greenwich; the Ministry of Defence's Council of Civil Service Unions; and from some members of the garrison work force. The small amount of contamination poses no danger to members of the public and we are formulating plans for its removal. Results of the Department's monitoring survey have been made available to the local authority and to Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution.