Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of all conditioning reports on the approximate costs of repairing Ashchurch subsequent to that commissioned from Babcock dated 3 February 2011 in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2014 to Questions UIN 210596 and UIN 210745, which can be found at the following link: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=210596
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cost for repairing his Department's site at Ashchurch was estimated in the report commissioned by Babcock International dated 3 February 2011.
Answered by Philip Dunne
In January 2011, the Defence Support Group (DSG) commissioned a study on behalf of the Ministry of Defence through their existing facilities' management provider, Babcock, to assess the maintenance work required to enable the DSG to safely undertake vehicle and equipment operation from specified buildings on the site at Ashchurch until 2016. The study, submitted in February 2011, estimated that the cost 'to make safe' the site for the five year period would be £2.863 million excluding VAT. The study report was passed to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Defence Equipment and Support for the recommendations to be acted upon.
I am unable to place a copy of the document in the Library as it's disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place copies of all reviews carried out by his Department into the phased site closure of MoD Ashchurch in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is still undertaking studies into the future of the site at MOD Ashchurch. Once all functions currently undertaken at MOD Ashchurch have been relocated to other facilities, appropriate supporting documentation will be placed in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites used by the land-focused business of the Defence Support Group will be (a) sold, (b) leased to the buyer and (c) closed with a view to being put on the open market for development.
Answered by Philip Dunne
Other than the proposed closure of the site at Ashchurch for subsequent sale for development, it is not the intention of the Ministry of Defence to sell any of the sites used by the Defence Support Group (DSG) or to close any with a view to putting them on the market. The following facilities which the DSG occupy exclusively will be leased to the new company:
Andover
Bicester
Bovington (main DSG facility)
Lulworth
Catterick
Colchester
Donnington
Sennybridge
Stirling
Warminster (main DSG facility)
The DSG will be granted a licence to occupy facilities at the following locations:
Abingdon
Aldershot Sites
Ashchurch (pending closure)
Bovington (In-Barracks Support)
Brawdy
Chivenor
Edinburgh
Kinnegar
Longmoor
Portsmouth
St Athan
Stirling (Bldg 135)
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Stranraer
Tidworth
Waddington
Warminster (In-Barracks Support)
Wattisham
Woodbridge
Woolwich
Wyton
Aug. 07 2014
Source Page: Defence Support Group annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014Found: The sale of DSG™s Land businesses and retention of DSG™s Electronics and Components Business Unit (ECBU
Aug. 07 2014
Source Page: Defence Support Group annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014Found: The sale of DSG™s Land businesses and retention of DSG™s Electronics and Components Business Unit (
Oral Evidence Jan. 07 2015
Inquiry: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14Found: Q67 Mrs Moon: Finally, DSG has also been sold off, to Babcock.