Military Bases

(asked on 25th November 2015) - View Source
Questioner
Madeleine Moon Portrait
Madeleine Moon
(Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will detail what accommodation has been available for trainees at (a) MOD Grantown-on-Spey, (b) MOD Llanwrst, (c) MOD Fairbourne and (d) MOD Crickhowell in each of the last 10 years; whether external bed and breakfast accommodation is used for trainees at any of those centres; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Portrait
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
This question was answered on 2nd December 2015

The military bed space capacity at each of the centres is as follows:


Training Centre

Bed Spaces

Force Development Training Centre (FDTC) Crickhowell

260

FDTC Fairbourne

60

FDTC Grantown-on-Spey

40

Joint School for Adventurous Training Instructors (JSATI) Llanwrst

40


On occasions, for example when Ministry of Defence accommodation is at full capacity a local bed and breakfast would be used. Records dating back 10 years are not available. However during financial year 2014-15 bed and breakfast accommodation has been utilised as follows:

FDTC Fairbourne (18 nights’ accommodation) and as at December 2016 for financial year 2015-16: FDTC Grantown (64 nights’ accommodation).


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