To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which parts of the Royal Artillery estates, other than those parts designated as housing, would need to be closed to enable shooting events during the London 2012 Olympics to take place at Woolwich. (233741)

Discussions between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and the Ministry of Defence on hosting the shooting events at the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich are continuing. A priority is to minimise any disruption to the army units, soldiers and their families based at Woolwich but as yet no firm decision has been made on the design of the venue so it is too early to say if any areas will need to be closed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Olympics on the staging of the London 2012 Olympic events at Woolwich army base. (233743)

The current Secretary of State for Defence has not had any such discussions. His predecessor had several discussions with the Minister for the Olympics about the 2012 games that included the use of Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of army families who would have to vacate their accommodation to enable shooting events to take place at Woolwich army base as part of the London 2012 Olympics. (233745)

It is a priority for the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Culture Media and Sport, and the London Organising Committee for the Olympic games to minimise any disruption to the army units, soldiers and their families based at Woolwich. However, until a decision is made on the final design of the venue, I cannot give an estimate of the number of families, if any, who may have to vacate their accommodation.