§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the new en-route air traffic control centre at Swanwick will be on line to meet traffic demands; to what extent this is in accordance with the original time scales for the project; and what implications this has for the new Scottish centre. [12466]
§ Mr. NorrisThe original target date set for the centre to enter operation was the end of 1996. The CAA has announced that, in view of problems that have arisen in integrating the software sub-systems of the air traffic management system, it has been decided to re-schedule the operational date to December 1997.
There are no implications for the new Scottish centre.