Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 70759, what plans are in place to expand existing sport and recreation facilities on his Department's St Athan site; and if he will make a statement.

A detailed assessment of the future development at St Athan is on-going in order to make the site fit for purpose as one of our centres of mass for light infantry battalions which was announced in November 2016 in the estate optimisation strategy "A Better Defence Estate". The Ministry of Defence will identify any requirement for the development of additional sports and recreation facilities as part of this assessment.