Airports (Public Health) (Hansard, 20 December 1989)

§ Mr. Wilshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what examination he has undertaken of the proposals to upgrade the port health control unit at Heathrow airport into a health information centre for travellers.

Service increment for teaching from 1980–81 to 1989–90

£000s at cash

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91

Northern 7,955 9,756 11,923 11,999 12,431 13,068 13,788 14,435 15,084 15,838 19,866

Yorkshire 7,776 10,126 10,957 11,829 12,183 12,455 13,178 13,797 14,418 15,527 19,753

Trent 18,205 23,576 26,656 29,088 30,438 31,232 34,036 36,342 37,920 40,175 43,824

East Anglian 3,488 3,507 3,791 4,874 5,166 5,738 6,065 6,350 6,636 8,971 9,605

North West Thames 28,748 36,498 32,554 33,725 27,134 27,534 29,019 30,380 31,219 32,714 34,943

North East Thames 25,403 31,514 34,126 39,638 48,118 48,261 49,555 51,779 54,321 57,135 61,283

South East Thames 17,867 22,480 24,098 29,008 29,968 31,182 32,384 33,766 35,245 37,050 40,103

South West Thames 6,069 7,242 7,541 10,235 11,339 12,966 13,791 14,437 15,087 15,841 16,960

Wessex 5,799 7,090 7,662 8,446 8,797 9,186 9,710 10,165 10,623 11,154 11,942

Oxford 4,472 5,627 6,081 6,739 6,982 7,388 7,810 8,176 8,544 8,971 9,605

South Western 6,476 8,200 8,822 9,741 10,263 10,160 10,316 10,792 11,295 12,159 13,448

West Midlands 8,724 10,637 11,637 12,716 13,175 13,926 14,736 15,384 16,077 16,880 18,843

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§ Mr. Freeman
The port health control units at Heathrow airport are sited to deal with incoming passengers and are not accessible to those taking outgoing flights. Proposals for a health information centre for travellers at Heathrow will however, be discussed early in the new year at a meeting between officials from the Department and the London borough of Hillingdon which is responsible for the provision of port health at the airport.

§ Mr. Wilshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what tropical insects have been found on incoming aircraft at or near British international airports; and if he will make a statement about the health risks to the public.

§ Mr. Freeman
This information is not collected centrally.
Local authorities in whose areas airports are situated are responsible for enforcing the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations. Under these the environmental health department of the local authority concerned has the power to check that disinsection has been carried out and, if not, to ensure that it is done. There has been only one instance in the United Kingdom in the last 20 years in which someone living close to an airport has been bitten by a malarious mosquito. The temperate climate of the United Kingdom makes it most unlikely that tropical insects released from incoming aircraft will survive for more than a few hours.

Service increment for teaching from 1980–81 to 1989–90
	£000s at cash
	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91
Northern	7,955	9,756	11,923	11,999	12,431	13,068	13,788	14,435	15,084	15,838	19,866
Yorkshire	7,776	10,126	10,957	11,829	12,183	12,455	13,178	13,797	14,418	15,527	19,753
Trent	18,205	23,576	26,656	29,088	30,438	31,232	34,036	36,342	37,920	40,175	43,824
East Anglian	3,488	3,507	3,791	4,874	5,166	5,738	6,065	6,350	6,636	8,971	9,605
North West Thames	28,748	36,498	32,554	33,725	27,134	27,534	29,019	30,380	31,219	32,714	34,943
North East Thames	25,403	31,514	34,126	39,638	48,118	48,261	49,555	51,779	54,321	57,135	61,283
South East Thames	17,867	22,480	24,098	29,008	29,968	31,182	32,384	33,766	35,245	37,050	40,103
South West Thames	6,069	7,242	7,541	10,235	11,339	12,966	13,791	14,437	15,087	15,841	16,960
Wessex	5,799	7,090	7,662	8,446	8,797	9,186	9,710	10,165	10,623	11,154	11,942
Oxford	4,472	5,627	6,081	6,739	6,982	7,388	7,810	8,176	8,544	8,971	9,605
South Western	6,476	8,200	8,822	9,741	10,263	10,160	10,316	10,792	11,295	12,159	13,448
West Midlands	8,724	10,637	11,637	12,716	13,175	13,926	14,736	15,384	16,077	16,880	18,843