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Army bases: Fewer than expected troops to return to Scotland Army bases: Fewer than expected troops to return to Scotland
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The number of Army personnel based in Scotland is to increase by more than 600, the defence secretary has said.The number of Army personnel based in Scotland is to increase by more than 600, the defence secretary has said.
Philip Hammond told MPs that the Craigiehall Camp near Edinburgh would close and Kirknewton would not now be developed as an Army barracks, but Deghorn Barracks would remain. Philip Hammond told MPs that the Craigiehall Camp near Edinburgh would close and Kirknewton would not now be developed as an Army barracks, but Dreghorn Barracks would remain.
Mr Hammond has been outlining where troops withdrawing from Germany will be re-housed in the UK.Mr Hammond has been outlining where troops withdrawing from Germany will be re-housed in the UK.
UK ministers said in 2011 up to 7,000 personnel would return to Scotland. Opposition parties said the minister had failed on his troop numbers pledge.
The coalition government had said in 2011 that up to 7,000 personnel would return to Scotland.
Some 16,000 troops and their families will be moved back to the UK over the next five years.Some 16,000 troops and their families will be moved back to the UK over the next five years.
The reorganisation will cost about £2bn and it will see some UK bases expanded, while others will close.The reorganisation will cost about £2bn and it will see some UK bases expanded, while others will close.
Both Labour and the SNP attacked Mr Hammond's statement.
Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy said the decision to base fewer staff at Leuchars than had been previously been planned would have a political cost.
The SNP accused Mr Hammond of breaking promises over the number of Army personal to be based north of the border.
Its defence spokesman Angus Robertson said there would now be fewer troops in Scotland than under plans for independence.
Former Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ming Campbell, whose constituency includes the Leuchars base, accused the government of basing its decisions on political rather than security concerns.