The Guardian newspaper also report that they have learned that the PFI project that was proposed to finance a military training academy in Wales is likely to be scrapped:
The Guardian has also learned that a £14bn PFI project – one of the largest ever – to finance a military training academy in Wales is likely to be scrapped as part of the strategic defence review, to be published later this month. The new centre at a 1,000-acre site near Barry is intended to consolidate the three armed services’ existing training facilities around the country, able to cater for up to 3,000 students at any one time. The 30-year contract, awarded to defence firm Qinetiq and US firm Raytheon, covers staff, catering and maintenance.
But the cost has already increased from the original estimate of £12bn to a figure closer to £14bn, while the government has made clear its dislike of PFI-style contracts.
One senior defence source described its future as “pretty bleak” and its fate could also be sealed at the national security council meeting. Officials say the work by the consortium – already costing the MoD more than £80m – has not provided what is required. A spokesman for the consortium argued that it would be “illogical” to scrap the new centre because it would free up 1,200 sailors, soldiers and airmen involved in the military’s existing training programme.
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