§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many hours were booked for low flying broken down by(a) day flights, (b) night flights and (c) by NATO air force within low flying areas 16 and 20T since 1995. [70325]
§ Dr. MoonieThe number of hours of military low flying training booked in the United Kingdom Low Flying System (UKLFS) is published annually. Figures quoted are in respect of hours booked by day and by night, with the night Low Flying Areas (LFA) mapped to the day system in order to produce the final total.
Tactical Training Area (TTA 20T), when activated for Operational Low Flying (OLF), partly overlays LFA 16, approximately two-thirds of LFA 13 and a small area within LFA 12.
The raw data prior to training year 2000–01 are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Night data mapped to the day system does not distinguish between United Kingdom and foreign forces and therefore cannot be shown. Foreign military aircrew do not undertake OLF.
Year Day/month Location 1998 February St. John's Town of Dairy. Dumfries andGalloway 1998 June Dunbar, East Lothian 1997 February Biggar, Strathclyde 1996 June Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway 1995 April Galashiels, Scottish Borders 1995 September Maybole, Strathclyde 1994 March Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway 1994 November Galashiels, Scottish Borders 1993 October Churnside, Berwickshire Monitoring of low flying training without the Skyguard mobile radar is accomplished on an informal basis when members of the Defence Flying Complaints Investigation Team visit or pass through an area, for example, in connection with an investigation of a complaint.