Military Bases: Glencorse

(asked on 8th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultation took place with the local community in advance of the announcement of the closure of Glencorse Barracks.


Answered by
Mike Penning Portrait
Mike Penning
This question was answered on 14th November 2016

Better Defence Estates is a military plan to ensure that the UK's defence estate can be modernised to develop a better defence structure for Scotland and the rest of the UK. These changes will keep us all safer and more secure and save £3 billion of taxpayers' money by 2040.

Ministers have acted on the advice of our military who conducted the review and Glencorse Barracks will be closed by 2032 as part of the strategy. During the next 16 years, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will work closely with Midlothian Council and all interested parties. Given the long lead time, it will allow the Council to plan and explore ways in which the site could be best used to support the needs of the local community.

Following negotiations with the Treasury, all the monies raised by the disposal of current MOD sites will be re-invested in Defence, helping support better accommodation and defence facilities for our Service men and women and their families as part of a £4 billion programme. This Government will make sure our Armed Forces have the housing and training areas a strong, modern Armed Forces need whether based in Scotland or any other part of the UK.

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