Back in the relatively low-tech 80s MOD was 'rusticating' like mad - shifting various departments from London into the countryside mainly to keep the costs down. Is that still happening to any degree or is MOD still cluttering up Central London? In these high-tech noughties there seems to be litttle point in keeping any MOD departments at all in London, particularly as 'briefing the minister' can easily be done by phone/tv/video/internet or whatever. So 100,000 MOD jobs (Civil Sevice and military) could be spread about the UK and would make sensible use of acres of established office buildings with on-site accommodation and plenty of parking space. And it would still be quiet enough for the locals. And it would help Red Ken in is aim of making London a traffic-free zone.