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Lord Robathan corrected the Commons record on Military Bases

16 September 2010 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections

Lord Robathan made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 16 September 2010. The correction replaced 2 figures (1,476, 1075) with 3 figures (1,233, 1,856, 986). Altogether 75 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many permanent UK military headquarters there are; where each is located; who has command at each such headquarters; and what the staff is of each. Letter of correction from Andrew Robathan: Errors have been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames) on 20 July 2010. The full answer given was as follows:

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OriginalCorrected
[holding answer 15 July 2010]: There are five permanent military headquarters (HQ) in the UK. Details of the location, who has command and staff employed at each are shown in the following table:
Of which: Military HQ
| Location
| Commanded by
| Number of staff
| Military
| Civilian
Ministry of Defence (MOD)—Head Office
| MOD Main Building London
| Secretary of State for Defence
| 2,920
| 1,070
| 1,850
Navy—HQ Navy Command
| Portsmouth
| Commander in Chief Fleet
| 1,420
| 863
| 557
Army—HQ Land Forces
| Andover
| Commander in Chief Land Forces
| 2,077
| 1,075
| 1,002
RAF—HQ Air Command
| High Wycombe
| Commander in Chief Air
| 2,099
| 1,476
| 623
Permanent Joint HQ—Operations Joint HQ
| Northwood
| Chief of Joint Operations
| 593
| 476
| 117
The answer should have been:		The information is provided in the following table.
Of which: Military HQ
| Location
| Commanded by
| Number of staff
| Military
| Civilian
Ministry of Defence (MOD)—Head Office
| MOD Main Building London
| Secretary of State for Defence
| 2,920
| 1,070
| 1,850
Navy—HQ Navy Command
| Portsmouth
| Commander in Chief Fleet
| 1 1,420
| 863
| 557
Army—HQ Land Forces
| Andover
| Commander in Chief Land Forces
| 1,988
| 986
| 1,002
RAF—HQ Air Command
| High Wycombe
| Commander in Chief Air
| 1 1,856
| 1,233
| 623
Permanent Joint HQ—Operations Joint HQ
| Northwood
| Chief of Joint Operations
| 593
| 476
| 117
1 Figures include staff co-located into the Navy and Air Command HQs, covering a number of functions, particularly in the personnel and training areas.
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The correction in Hansard.

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Read fromhttps://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/10091619000004.json
Date read15 October 2026
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