Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the military site closures in York on levels of employment in (a) local military facilities that will remain open and (b) the local area.

The Ministry of Defence has a requirement to deliver its defence tasks as efficiently as possible and where sites are no longer required this includes their disposal. Individual social/economic assessments are not routinely conducted as part of this, however, the Department continues to work closely with local authorities to determine the impact of these decisions on local communities and how we can release surplus military sites for meaningful future use.