HC Deb 31 March 1965 vol 709 cc241-3W
Mr. Marten

asked the Minister of Aviation if he will give a detailed breakdown of the £120,000 financial assistance spent on clubs which undertake training schemes on behalf of the Ministry of Aviation.

Mr. Stonehouse

The figure of £20,000 referred to in answer to a supplementary question on 17th March is the estimated total value of contracts with flying clubs for the tuition, during 1965–66, of cadets awarded R.A.F. or R.N. flying scholarships or comparable awards. These contracts are of course placed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence. It is not Government practice to disclose details of contracts, but the clubs at present holding such contracts are as follows:

  • Airwork Services Training, Perth.
  • Bedfordshire Air Centre Ltd.
  • Bournemouth Flying Club & Air Centre.
  • Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club.
  • Cumberland Flying Club.
  • Hampshire Aeroplane Club.
  • Herts & Essex Aero Club.
  • Lancashire Aero Club.
  • London School of Flying Ltd.
  • Luton Flying Club.
  • Marshall's Flying School Ltd. (Cambridge Aero Club).
  • Mid Fly Ltd.
  • Midland School of Flying Ltd.
  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club Ltd.
  • Northamptonshire Aero Club.
  • Oxford Air Training School.
  • Plymouth Aero Club.
  • Portsmouth Aero Club.
  • Skegness Aero Club.
  • Southern Aero Club Ltd.
  • Staverton Aviation Club.
  • Surrey & Kent Flying Club.
  • Ulster Flying Club (1961) Ltd.
  • Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd.
  • Wolverhampton Aero Club.
  • Yorkshire Flying Services Ltd.

Mr. Marten

asked the Minister of Aviation if he will list the flying, clubs with which substantial contracts for the flying training of cadets and technical personnel are now placed, showing the amount of each contract.

Mr. Stonehouse

The Ministry of Aviation has contracts for the training of Air Traffic Control Officer cadets and technical personnel with the following thirteen flying clubs and schools:

  • Airwork Services Training, Perth.
  • Surrey & Kent Flying Club.
  • Fair Oaks Aero Club.
  • Bedfordshire Air Centre.
  • Portsmouth Aero Club.
  • Southern Aero Club Ltd.
  • Airways Aero Club.
  • Glamorgan Flying Club Ltd.
  • Cumberland Flying Club.
  • Turnhouse Air Centre.
  • The Seaplane Club Ltd.
  • Cornish Gliding Club.
  • Oxford Air Training School.

It is not the practice to give details of individual contracts, but the total value of these contracts amounted to about £12,000 in 1964–65. These are additional to the contracts placed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence to which I have already referred in reply to another Question by the hon. Member today.