Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost (a) in total and (b) to the public purse will be of the planned development of the Joint Intelligence Operations Centre Europe Analytic Centre at RAF Croughton.

The costs of the planned Joint Intelligence Analysis Centre at RAF Croughton will be primarily funded by the United States, with some costs falling to the Ministry of Defence. However, as the Department will shortly be tendering for the works it would not be appropriate to release the costs as to do so would prejudice commercial interests.