HC Deb 30 March 1955 vol 539 cc40-3W
Mr. D. Jones

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will publish a list of aerodromes in Great Britain, both civil and Royal Air Force, where on-call Customs facilities are available.

Mr. H. Brooke

On-call Customs facilities are available at the following aerodromes:

(a) Civil
Bournemouth (Hurn)
Bristol (Whitchurch)
Cardiff (Rhoose)
Edinburgh (Turnhouse)
Exeter
Newcastle (Woolsington)
Renfrew
Southampton Water
(b) R.A.F.
Aldergrove
Kinloss
Marham
Pembroke Dock
Scampton
St. Eval
Valley.

Mr. D. Jones

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will publish a list of aerodromes in Great Britain where Customs facilities are continuously available.

Mr. H. Brooke

Customs facilities are continuously available at the following aerodromes:

(a) Civil:
London Airport.*
Croydon.*
Prestwick.*
Birmingham (Elmdon).
Blackbushe.
Bovingdon.
Gatwick.

[At those aerodromes marked * Customs attendance is on a 24-hour basis; at the remainder, Customs attendance is continuous during ordinary working hours and on-call at other times.]

Liverpool (Speke).
Lydd (Ferryfield).
Manchester (Ringway).
Southampton (Eastleigh).
Southend (Rochford).
Stansted.
(b) R.A.F.:
Benson.
Hendon.
Lyneham.
Manston.
Northolt.
Tangmere.

Mr. D. Jones

asked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will publish a list of the civil aerodromes in Great Britain where on-call Customs facilities have been applied for in the past 18 months and have been refused.

Mr. H. Brooke

The civil aerodromes at which on-call Customs facilities have been applied for and refused in the past 18 months are:

West Hartlepool (Greatham), Haverfordwest. Ramsgate.

Mr. D. Jones

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will publish a list of the separate Customs and Excise stations around the shores of Great Britain where Customs and Excise officers are stationed continuously for the purpose of facilitating the arrival and departure of goods and passengers by ship.

Mr. H. Brooke

The following seaports are approved and permanently staffed by the Customs for the clearance of both goods and passengers arriving from, or going abroad, by ship:

Bristol. Immingham.
Cardiff. Leith and Granton.
Dover. Liverpool.
Falmouth. London.
Fishguard. Manchester.
Folkestone. Middlesbrough.
Glasgow. Newhaven.
Goole. Newport (Monmonth
Greenock. Plymouth.
Grimsby. Southampton.
Harwich. Swansea.
Holyhead. Tyne Ports.
Hull. Weymouth.

In addition, permanent Customs staff is available for the clearance of goods usually in combination with other duties, at the following places:

Aberdeen. Jarrow.
Aberystwyth. Killingholme.
Alloa. King's Lynn.
Arbroath. Kirkcaldy.
Ardrossan. Kirkwall.
Ayr Lancaster.
Barnstaple. Lerwick.
Barrow-in-Furness. Littlehampton.
Berwick. Llanelly.
Bideford. Lowestoft.
Billingham. Maldon.
Birkenhead. Margate
Blyth. Methil.
Bo'ness. Milford Haven.
Boston. Montrose.
Bowling. Newlyn.
Bridgwater. Oban.
Brixham. Penzance.
Burntisland. Perth.
Bromborough. Peterhead.
Caernarvon. Poole.
Cardigan. Portsmouth.
Castletown. Port Talbot.
Preston. Chatham.
Chester. Ramsgate.
Chichester. Rhyl.
Colchester. Rochester.
Cowes. Rothesay.
Deal. Runcorn.
Dumfries. St. Ives.
Dundee. Scarborough.
Ellesmere Port. Seaham Harbour.
Exeter. Shoreham.
Faversham. Silloth.
Fawley. Sittingbourne.
Felixstowe. Southwold.
Finnart. Stanlow.
Fleetwood. Stockton-on-Tees.
Fowey. Stornoway.
Fraserburgh. Sunderland.
Garston. Teignmouth
Gateshead. Thurso.
Gloucester. Truro.
Grangemouth. Warrington.
Granton. West Hartlepool.
Gt. Yarmouth. Whitby.
Heysham. Whitehaven.
Ilfracombe. Wick.
Inverness. Wisbech.
Ipswich. Workington.
Irvine.

Mr. D. Jones

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will publish a list of the separate Customs and Excise stations around the shores of Great Britain where Customs and Excise officers are stationed on call for the purpose of facilitating the arrival and departure of goods or passengers by ship.

Mr. H. Brooke

Customs and Excise officers are assigned to places where there is permanent full-time work, and it is not the practice to post them to separate stations around the shores for employment "on call" elsewhere. But at certain approved places where freight traffic is occasional, provision is made for the clearance of goods by arranging for the attendance of an officer stationed in the neighbourhood who is mainly employed on other duties. For such attendances arrangements have to be made in advance of the arrival of the ship. These places areArdrishaig, Campbeltown, Invergordon, Kircudbright, Largs, Lochgilphead, Lyme Regis, Maryport, Millom, Northam, Padstow, Portland, Rye, Stranraer, Tobermory, Topsham, Troon, Whitstable, Wigtown, Wirral, Woodbridge.