Introduction

The UK maintains a range of UK overseas bases which provide a variety of functions for the military personnel and assets that are located there or transit through.

Bases by Location and Cost

• Belize: £1.4m.
• Oman: £3.5m.
• Bahrain: £4.2m.
• Brunei: -£0.3m.
• Cyprus: £80.0m.
• Qatar: £2.6m.
• Singapore: £1.2m.
• Chagos Islands: £3.4m (the annual running cost for the British Indian Ocean Territory).
• Kenya: £9.3m.
• Canada: £27.9m.
• UAE: £7.7m.
• Falklands Islands: £23.3m.
• Ascension Islands: £5.5m.
• Gibraltar: £19.7m.

Notes:

• All the costs provided are for financial year 2018/2019 and include Hard and Soft Facilities Management, Rent rates, Utilities and Communication costs.
• All figures have been rounded to one decimal place.
• The costs provided are net of any income received from third parties in occupation.
• Budgets are not available as they are not set at operational base level.
• The cost relating to Brunei is negative as some costs are paid for by the Kingdom of Brunei, but income is received from third parties in occupation.

Reference

FOI 2020/00051 dated 29 January 2020.