Royal Air Force (RAF)

Type
Relocation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
South West (England); Gloucestershire and Wiltshire; Gloucestershire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Innsworth
Sector
Public Administration / Defence
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84.2 - Provision of services to the community as a whole
84.22 - Defence activities
1,700 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
16 June 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008

Description

The RAF Innsworth base is to close with the loss of up to 1,700 posts, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The personnel and training command at RAF Innsworth, in Gloucestershire, is to be relocated to RAF High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire. The MoD said the decision would save £420 million over 25 years and make the RAF command more efficient. The merger, due by October 2006, will result in the loss of 1,000 posts, with further posts gone by 2008.

Sources

  • 16 June 2005: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Royal Air Force (RAF), Relocation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61765, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61765.