A Better Defence Estate Strategy
This material has been collated ahead of the Westminster Hall debate on 'A Better Defence Estate Strategy', to be held on Tuesday 21 February 2017 at 9.30am. The debate has been initiated by Mrs Helen Grant MP.
Defence Estate Strategy, Commons Briefing papers CBP-7862, 12 January 2017
The Ministry of Defence holds one of the largest estates in the country and plans to reduce it in size by 30% by 2040. This Commons Library briefing paper outlines the Government's plans and critical analysis by the National Audit Office.
Further informationA Better Defence Estate, Ministry of Defence, November 2016
The better defence estate strategy aims to support military capability by providing a smaller but better estate for the armed forces and their families out to 2040 and beyond.
It is a detailed, long term plan to reduce the defence built estate by 30% and provides a framework for the geographical lay down of our forces in the UK for at least a generation.
The strategy has been developed in partnership with military leaders and sets out where investment will be concentrated and where sites will be sold to deliver a significantly smaller estate which is more efficient and better enables military capability.
Delivering the defence estate, National Audit Office, HC 782, Session 2016-17, 15 November 2016
The MoD has developed a strategy that identifies the estate it needs and the 25% of its estate it can dispose of by 2040. However, the strategy and current funding levels allow only for a partial reversal of the decline in the condition of the remaining estate. There is a significant risk that the poor condition of the estate will affect the Department’s ability to provide the defence capability needed.
Strategic Defence and Security Review: Army
Written Statement, 15 December 2016
Oral Statement, 7 November 2016