Written Question:

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on the Defence Estate in West Sussex. [299780]

Member Answering Question: Kevan Jones MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State:

Answer: The Department, both centrally and at a local level, maintains a wide variety of information on the Defence estate, including that in West Sussex. This includes databases of land and property owned and disposed of, environmental information (such as land quality assessments) and site maps.

Current Ministry of Defence sites in West Sussex are:

Arun Valley Army Training Centre (ATC)

Baker Barracks, Thorney Island

Barnet Territorial Army Centre (TAC)

Bognor Joint Cadet Centre

Building at Pease Pottage (Met Office)

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Burgess Hill ATC

Chichester Army Careers Information Office

Chichester Cadet Centre

Crawley ATC

Crawley TAC

East Grinstead ATC

Government Pipeline and Storage System-Chichester Depot

Grave Snell Hatch Cemetery

Haywards Heath Cadet Centre

Horsham Cadet Centre

Hurstpierpoint (Army Cadet Force-ACF)

Littlehampton (ACF)

New Barnet Army Training Centre (ATC)

Plot at Clymping Cemetery

Semi-Automated Observation Site (Met Office)

Shoreham Cadet Centre

Steyning Joint Cadet Centre

Storrington ATC

Thorney Island TAC

Worthing ATC

Worthing TAC

There are in addition a number of combined cadet forces facilities connected with colleges or schools in the area.