Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the financial implications of re-deploying military units from Strensall to Gamecock Barracks, Nuneaton.

The Defence Estate Optimisation Programme takes a long-term portfolio approach to transforming the Defence Estate into one fit for the future military needs of the Armed Forces.

Taken as a whole the programme is proven to provide value for money by using the receipts from disposal sites and other allocated funding to enable new investment into the Ministry of Defence retained core estate. This will then deliver enduring efficiencies in infrastructure operating costs.

Initial assessments into relocating the units presently based in Strensall to Gamecock Barracks are being undertaken with the costs considered as part of the whole programme.