To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 13 May 2008, Official Report, column 1519W, on armed forces training, how many of his Department's Fighting in Built-Up Areas training facilities were designed to replicate Afghan compounds. (217031)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 June 2008, Official Report, column 675W.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 13 May 2008, Official Report, column 1519W, on armed forces training, whether further Fighting in Built-Up Areas training facilities other than those listed are (a) under construction and (b) planned. (217033)

There are facilities under construction on Salisbury Plain related to fighting in built-up areas (FIBUA) which will enhance the training facility.

Additional FIBUAs are planned for the Stanford training area in Norfolk and the Sennelager training area in Germany, both of which are at the planning application stage. The latter is also currently at the environmental appraisal stage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 13 May 2008, Official Report, column 1519W, on armed forces training, in what year each of the Fighting in Built-Up Areas training facilities was constructed. (217034)

The following table shows the year in which each fighting in built up areas (FIBUA) was either constructed or adopted as a FIBUA training facility.