Major DAVIESasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether he can state the number of aircraft acceptance parks which have been abandoned in this country; whether he will give the reasons for sanctioning the opening of these acceptance parks and the reasons for closing them down; and whether he can state the amount of money spent on these abandoned acceptance parks?
§ Major BAIRDNo ground primarily taken for an aircraft acceptance park has been abandoned. An endeavour was made to utilise as an acceptance park one station which had become superfluous to Home defence requirements, but it was found impossible to make the aerodrome sufficiently good for the purpose. The whole amount expended from the first inception of the aerodrome as a Home defence station was £15,000. The material used is, as far as possible, being employed elsewhere, and it is not yet possible to ascertain the net amount of unremunerative expenditure.