Defence written question – answered at on 17 July 2013.
Angus Robertson
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Defence), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what personnel of what rank will work at the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre at Torrejon de Ardoz; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of those personnel being stationed there.
Andrew Murrison
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
The United Kingdom has been allocated 16 posts in the Combined Air Operations Centre Torrejon, which as of
Three x Wing Commander (OF4)
Six x Squadron Leader (OF3)
Three x Flight Lieutenant (OF2)
One x Warrant Officer (OR9)
Two x Flight Sergeant (OR7)
One x Sergeant (OR6).
Location allowances for 16 personnel stationed in Spain are estimated at £150,000 per annum. Nation-borne support costs are estimated at £395,000 per annum.
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