Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what geographical area, expressed(a) by county and (b) by parliamentary constituency, is covered by low-flying area 4.
§ Mr. FreemanLow-flying area 4 covers(a) the county of Hereford and parts of the counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and the west midlands and (b) the parliamentary constituencies of Cheltenham, Worcester, Mid-Worcestershire, Worcestershire South. Wyre Forest, Leominster, Gloucester and Hereford and parts of the parliamentary constituencies of Ludlow, Staffordshire South, Bromsgrove, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick and Leamington, Banbury, Witney, Cirencester and Tewkesbury, Stroud and Gloucestershire, West.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what geographical area, expressed(a) by county and (b) by parliamentary constituency, is covered by low-flying area 6.
§ Mr. FreemanLow-flying area 6 covers(a) the county of Northamptonshire and parts of the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire and (b) the parliamentary constituencies of Rutland and Melton, Leicester, East, Leicestershire, South, Leicester, West, Harborough, Peterborough, Corby, Mid-Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, North, Huntingdon, Wellingborough, Kettering, Northampton, North, Northampton, South, Blaby, Milton Keynes, and Luton, North, and parts of the parliamentary constituencies of Loughborough, Rushcliffe, Gedling, Sherwood, Newark, Grantham, Stamford and Spalding, Holland with Boston, Norfolk, North-West, Norfolk, South-West, Cambridgeshire, North-East, Cambridgeshire, South-East, Cambridgeshire, South-West, Saffron Walden, Stevenage, Hertford and Stortford, Hertfordshire, North, Hertfordshire, West, Bedfordshire, South-West, Buckingham, Daventry, Banbury, Stratford-on-Avon, Rugby and Kenilworth, Nuneaton and Bosworth.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the restrictions on use of afterburners by military jet aircraft flying at low level(a) in the United Kingdom low-flying system as a whole and (b) in the central Wales, Borders and northern Scotland tactical training areas.
§ Mr. FreemanAircrew are instructed to use engine reheat (or afterburners) as little as possible when flying overland at low level, particularly over inhabited areas. Where use is necessary, for example, during take-offs and properly authorised display and trials flying, and emergencies and related training, it is discouraged at levels below 1,000 ft minimum separation distance (msd) or 500 ft msd for Jaguar aircraft. These instructions apply to the United Kingdom low-flying system as a whole, including tactical training areas.