Hebrides Range Mr. MacNeil To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what expenditure has been incurred in respect of (a) upgrading facilities and (b) other purposes for missile testing facilities at (i) the Hebrides Range and (ii) each other such range in the UK in each of the last three years. Mr. Quentin Davies Three of the ranges operated by QinetiQ on behalf of the MOD under the terms of the Long Term Partnering Agreement (LTPA) specialise in missile testing—MOD Hebrides, MOD Aberporth and MOD West Freugh. Annual investment at each range since FY 2006-07 is provided in the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | |Financial year| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Range |Expenditure |2006-07 |2007-08|2008-09|2009-10 (to end Q1)1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |MOD Hebrides |LTPA Funded Equipment Investments |955,981 |1,306,587|47,251|113,184| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Significant Estate Investments |210,000 |1,800|530,441|132,990| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Non-LTPA Funded Equipment and Infrastructure |0 |250,000|0|300,000| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | |||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |MOD Aberporth |LTPA Funded Equipment Investments |25,809 |6,268,027|95,043|2,260,970| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Significant Estate Investment |0 |0|0|0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Non-LTPA Funded Equipment and Infrastructure |0 |0|0|0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | |||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |MOD West Freugh |LTPA Equipment Investments |12,257 |41,731|28,933|85,753| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Significant Estate Investment |0 |0|0|0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Non-LTPA Funded Equipment and Infrastructure2|0 |0|47,000|0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | |||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Multi-Site |LTPA Funded Equipment Investments |0 |1,408,167|8,002,125|1,083,225| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Includes currently committed expenditure falling in-year.2 Excludes commercially confidential expenditure by BAE Systems.| | |||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------