Angus Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many redundancy letters in each tranche have been delivered to personnel stationed at (a) RAF Lossiemouth, (b) RAF Leuchars, (c) HMNB Clyde, (d) RM Condor, (e) Headquarters 2nd Division, (f) Headquarters 51 Brigade, (g) Redford Barracks, (h) Dreghorn Barracks, (i) Kinloss Barracks, (j) Fort George Barracks, (k) Glencorse Barracks, (l) Crombie Defence Munitions Centre, (m) Beith Defence Munitions Centre, (n) Glen Douglas Defence Munitions Centre, (o) HMS Gannet, (p) Royal Naval Armament Depot Coulport, (q) MOD Hebrides Ranges, (r) British Underwater Training and Evaluation Centre, (s) Loch Ewe Fuel Depot, (t) Garelochead Defence Fuel Depot, (u) HMS Caledonia, (v) Rosyth Defence Estate and (w) West Freugh Training Ranges.
[Official Report, 1 July 2013, Vol. 565, c. 399-400W.]
Letter of correction from Mark Francois:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson) on 1 July 2013.
The full answer given was as follows:
Mr Francois
The information requested about numbers of redundancy letters is set out in the following table:
Location | Tranche 1 | Tranche 2 | Tranche 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
RAF Lossiemouth | 40 | 50 | 0 |
RAF Leuchars | 30 | 20 | — |
HMNB Clyde | 20 | — | 0 |
RM Condor | 20 | — | 0 |
HQ 2 Div | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HQ 51 Bde | — | 10 | 10 |
Redford Barracks (Bks) | — | 10 | 30 |
Dreghorn Bks | — | 20 | 30 |
Kinloss Bks | 70 | 20 | 70 |
Fort George Bks | — | 10 | 30 |
Glencorse Bks | — | 10 | 20 |
Crombie Defence Munitions Centre (DMC) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beith DMC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glen Douglas DMC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HMS Gannet | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RN Armament Depot Coulport | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MOD Hebrides Ranges | 0 | 0 | 0 |
British Underwater Training and Evaluation Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Loch Ewe Fuel Depot (FD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Garelochead Defence FD | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HMS Caledonia | — | 0 | 0 |
Rosyth Defence Estate | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Freugh Training Ranges | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— = less than 5. Note: When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. |
Neither the post nor the location in which individuals are serving are taken into account by armed forces redundancy selection boards. The selection of an individual for redundancy cannot be assumed to imply that the post they occupy on the date of notification is no longer required. In addition, service personnel move between posts and locations regularly, and the location at which they will be serving on their exit date may be different from that at which they were notified. For these reasons, neither the geographical distribution nor the units within which individuals were serving when notified for redundancy are a valid basis for assumptions about the longer term disposition of future military posts.
The correct answer should have been:
Mr Francois
The information requested about numbers of redundancy letters is set out in the following table:
Location | Tranche 1 | Tranche 2 | Tranche 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
RAF Lossiemouth | 40 | 50 | 0 |
RAF Leuchars | 30 | 20 | — |
HMNB Clyde | 30 | 10 | 0 |
RM Condor | 0 | — | 0 |
HQ 2 Div | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HQ 51 Bde | — | 10 | 10 |
Redford Barracks (Bks) | — | 10 | 30 |
Dreghorn Bks | — | 20 | 30 |
Kinloss Bks | 70 | 20 | 70 |
Fort George Bks | — | 10 | 30 |
Glencorse Bks | — | 10 | 20 |
Crombie Defence Munitions Centre (DMC) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beith DMC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glen Douglas DMC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HMS Gannet | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RN Armament Depot Coulport | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MOD Hebrides Ranges | 0 | 0 | 0 |
British Underwater Training and Evaluation Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Loch Ewe Fuel Depot (FD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Garelochead Defence FD | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HMS Caledonia | — | 0 | 0 |
Rosyth Defence Estate | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Freugh Training Ranges | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— = less than 5. Note: When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. |
Neither the post nor the location in which individuals are serving are taken into account by armed forces redundancy selection boards. The selection of an individual for redundancy cannot be assumed to imply that the post they occupy on the date of notification is no longer required. In addition, service personnel move between posts and locations regularly, and the location at which they will be serving on their exit date may be different from that at which they were notified. For these reasons, neither the geographical distribution nor the units within which individuals were serving when notified for redundancy are a valid basis for assumptions about the longer term disposition of future military posts.