Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what pre-planned work took place requiring the re-location of staff from building 201 at Royal Navy Armament Depot (RNAD) Coulport to building 41; and on what dates that re-location take place.

Building 201 was taken out of service to enable pre-planned infrastructure upgrades managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). The contract for this work was awarded in December 2018, work commenced in September 2019 and was completed in October 2020. Staff from Building 201 were fully involved in preparing the facility for handover to the DIO contractor and were accommodated in building 41 from September 2019 until completion of the works.