Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Earl Howe on 7 November (HL Deb, cols 941–43), whether they have recently had, or intend to have, discussions with the government of the United States on the future of RAF bases in the UK which are primarily or exclusively used by American service personnel.

The United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) have routine discussions regarding the United States Visiting Forces (USVF) in the UK. The future of the RAF bases in the UK that are used by the USVF remains unchanged since the statement I made on 7 November 2016. This followed the publication in January 2015 of the outcomes of the US 'European Infrastructure Consolidation Review', which included an announcement of the intention to withdraw from RAF Alconbury, Mildenhall and Molesworth.