§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many incidents were handled by each of the marine rescue co-ordination centres and marine rescue sub-centres of Her Majesty's Coastguard in(a) 1996 and (b) 1997; and how many of these were (i) false alarms and (ii) hoax calls. [30001]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe information requested is detailed in the tables.
1996 Statistics Assistance rendered Assistance not rendered Hoax calls Total incidents Co-ordination Centre Aberdeen 188 469 13 670 Clyde 256 150 9 415 Dover 258 294 7 559 Falmouth 345 544 6 895 Swansea 515 411 32 958 Yarmouth 191 303 11 505 Sub Centre Belfast 174 114 15 303 Brixham 456 255 9 720 Forth 160 137 19 316 Holyhead 322 210 21 553 Humber 375 129 4 508 Liverpool 274 235 14 523 Milford Haven 253 180 12 445 Oban 180 70 5 255 Pentland 85 46 2 133 Portland 548 318 8 874 Shetland 90 32 1 123 Solent 751 418 38 1,207 Stornoway 149 74 1 224 Thames 512 252 7 771 Tyne Tees 219 98 17 334
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1997 Statistics Assistance rendered Assistance not rendered Hoax calls Total incidents Co-ordination Centre Aberdeen 217 536 10 763 Clyde 267 176 14 457 Dover 266 340 13 619 Falmouth 357 612 6 975 Swansea 471 309 15 795 Yarmouth 223 268 16 507 Sub Centre Belfast 167 113 12 292 Brixham 476 286 14 776 Forth 176 149 5 330 Holyhead 384 239 15 638 Humber 331 153 5 489 Liverpool 351 321 19 691 Milford Haven 266 208 8 482 Oban 222 41 4 267 Pentland 101 39 0 140 Portland 494 307 13 814
1997 Statistics Assistance rendered Assistance not rendered Hoax calls Total incidents Shetland 133 20 0 153 Solent 768 331 59 1,158 Stornoway 154 84 0 238 Thames 476 196 33 705 Tyne Tees 256 108 14 378