HL Deb 16 March 1981 vol 418 c650WA
Baroness Elliot of Harwood

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many passengers arriving last year from overseas at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick flew on to Scotland and

How many passengers from Scotland arriving last year at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick flew on to (i) North America, (ii) Europe or (iii) to another overseas destination.

Lord Trefgarne

Information of the type requested is available only from the CAA Origin and Destination (O/D) Surveys which do not contain estimates of passengers by direction of flow. The latest information for Heathrow and Gatwick refers to 1978.

Heathrow

International air passengers flying between Heathrow and Scotland:

O/D North America 93,000
O/D Europe 257,000
O/D Other areas 144,000

Gatwick

International air passengers flying between Gatwick and Scotland:

O/D North America 23,000
O/D Europe 18,000
O/D Other areas 9,000

House adjourned at twenty-six minutes past eleven o'clock.