§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he, or the Civil Aviation Authority, possesses concerning the amount, categories and general monitoring of all air traffic in uncontrolled air space below and surrounding the London terminal control area.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyCivil aviation safety regulation is wholly the responsibility of the Civil Aviation Authority. There is no requirement for pilots of aircraft flying in uncontrolled air space to inform air traffic services units of their presence or of their intended routings. I understand that the authority has no comprehensive information of the amount and categories of aircraft flying in the uncontrolled air space below and surrounding the London terminal control area, but that the authority monitors air traffic in uncontrolled air space on a sample basis so as to establish requirements for specific air traffic services.