I propose to take Questions Nos. 461 and 476 together.
Under the Good Friday Agreement, the British Government is committed to securing "as early a return as possible to normal security arrangements, consistent with the level of threat". In the joint statement by the two Governments on 1 August 2001, the British Government indicated that normal security arrangements will mean the "vacation, return or demolition of the great majority of army bases, the demolition and vacation of all surveillance towers, no further army presence in police stations and the use of Army helicopters for training purposes only".
To date, some 40 military installations have been closed, vacated or demolished since 1995, with about 60 installations remaining. In addition, troop levels have been reduced by 3,500 to 13,500.