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Mr. Madden
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will detail the total cost of all works carried out at Forest Moor, in North Yorkshire, since March 1990.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
No major maintenance or new build has been carried out at Forest Moor since March 1990. Minor works and routine maintenance costs since then have been as follows:
£ | |
1990–91 | 345,000 |
1991–92 | 501,000 |
1992–93 | 620,000 |
Total | 1,466,000 |
Mr. Madden
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role is performed by the Forest Moor naval communications base in North Yorkshire.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
HMS Forest Moor is the Royal Navy's major HF receiver station.