Jun. 23 2022
Source Page: DIO awards £117m worth of contracts to support US Visiting ForcesFound: Organisation (DIO), will provide hard facilities management services to United States (US) Air Force bases at; RAF
Jun. 13 2022
Source Page: MOD Acquisition PipelineFound: Energetic Material.N/ADESCEO-Progs-Pipeline@mod.gov.uk61295752Automated Freight handling Facility at RAF
Jun. 13 2022
Source Page: MOD Acquisition PipelineFound: N/A DESCEO-Progs-Pipeline@mod.gov.uk 61295752 Automated Freight handling Facility at RAF Brize Norton
Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (LAB - Rochdale) “McAlpine’s Fusiliers” declares:“As down the glen came McAlpine’s menWith their shovels slung behind - Speech Link
2: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) , during which time he was employed harvesting sugar beet and constructing the new runway at Biggin Hill - Speech Link
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the planned upgrades at (a) NSA/NRO Menwith Hill and (b) USAF Fairford will cost; and (b) who will pay for those upgrades.
Answered by James Heappey
Planned upgrades at Menwith Hill and Fairford will be funded by the United States.
An approximation of planned upgrade costs can be found below.
Menwith Hill | $40 million |
Fairford | $300 million |
Written Evidence Sep. 08 2021
Inquiry: Tech and the future of UK foreign policyFound: Menwith Hill, RAF Croughton, RAF Molesworth, and RAF Digby Πare known to form a crucial link within
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional agreements the Government has entered into in respect of the US Military’s use of RAF Menwith Hill, aside from the NATO Status of Forces Agreement of 1951; and whether those agreements govern the US’s use of the facilities at the base to support military operations overseas.
Answered by James Heappey
The United States (US) military's use of RAF Menwith Hill is enabled through the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (1951), the Visiting Forces Act (1952) and UK/US Cost Sharing Agreement (1973).
Under these arrangements, at the consent of the UK Government, the United States has the use of certain bases in the United Kingdom. The services and facilities at these sites, including RAF Menwith Hill, are predominantly provided by the US Air Force; therefore the US are given the responsibility to operationally run these sites.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many radomes at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill are used for the Space-based Infra-Red Sytem; what proportion of those radomes are fully operation; and when did those radomes first become operational.
Answered by James Heappey
There are three radomes at RAF Menwith Hill that form part of the US space-based infra-red System (SBIRS). These radomes are a fully operational part of the US Defence Support Program Missile Warning facilities.
The system achieved operational status during 2011.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill; and how many of those people are (a) US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, (b) US contractors, (c) US civilians, (d) NSA, (e) NRO personnel, (f) US CIA, (g) British military, (h) RAF personnel, including the RAF Liaison Officer, (i) his Department's personnel, (j) GCHQ personnel, (k) British contractors, (l) British civilians and (m) Ministry of Defence Police.
Answered by James Heappey
The number of personnel based at RAF Menwith Hill is set out in the table below:
(a) US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines | 20 |
(b) US contractors | 320 |
(c) US civilians | 270 |
(g, h, i) British military | 10 |
(k) British contractors | 70 |
(j, l, m) British civilians | 400 |
The personnel figures released by the US government are correct as of August 2020 when this information was last collated. The US authorities do not release a detailed breakdown of US civilian personnel; therefore, the overall total of US civilians has been provided.
Figures have been amalgamated, and rounded to the nearest 10, where further granularity is not available, or where data may not be released for reasons of national security.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British personnel working at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill have tested positive for covid-19 since March 2020.
Answered by James Heappey
There have been no positive test results for members of the UK Armed Forces working at RAF Menwith Hill reported.