Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the training facilities available at Gamecock Barracks, Nuneaton and Strensall Station, York are of the same standard.

The Better Defence Estates Strategy aims to enhance military capability; this includes providing good training facilities. Gamecock Barracks is currently optimised for a different capability but the future collocation there of medical units will create opportunities to deliver the required training facilities. Gamecock Barracks is much closer to the specialist defence medical centres in Birmingham and Lichfield and so also provides better synergies in terms of training delivery and continuity of skills for Army medical personnel. Relocation of medical units to locations close to these centres brings a number of additional benefits, including enabling greater stability for Service families by reducing the mobility requirement for Service personnel.