To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current estimated value is of RAF Kinloss; and how much is planned to be spent on its redevelopment. (312622)

Details of all Ministry of Defence holdings over £1 million, together with their latest asset valuations can be found in Chapter Seven of the National Asset Register, on HM Treasury’s website:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/psr_investment_nar_2007_index.htm

The latest figure published for RAF Kinloss is £93.116 million in 2007.

We estimate that some £39 million (at today’s costs) will be spent at RAF Kinloss to meet known requirements over the next nine years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent under each budgetary heading on running RAF Kinloss in Moray in each of the last five financial years; and what the equivalent budget is for 2009-10. (312624)

The direct operating costs for RAF Kinloss since financial year 2004-05 are included in the following table, together with the equivalent budgetary allocation for financial year 2009-10. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £100,000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) civilian staff and (b) armed forces staff were employed at RAF Kinloss in each of the last five years. (312627)

The number of civilian staff and armed forces staff employed at RAF Kinloss in each of the last five years is shown in the following table. Prior to 2007 and the introduction of the Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) data on the number of Service personnel based at specific RAF bases were not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the maintenance costs were for RAF Kinloss in each of the last five years. (312628)

Planned and reactive maintenance costs for RAF Kinloss for each of the last five years are provided in the following table:

Projects outside the scope of this response include changes to operational requirements, condition improvements, and lifecycle replacements.