HC Deb 06 March 1978 vol 945 cc532-3W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for the last convenient 12-month period for which figures are available the number of occasions on which helicopters from the Services were used in mountain rescues for each of the main mountain areas of the United Kingdom; what was the cost of the action; and what part, if any, of that cost was recovered.

Mr. Wellbeloved

During 1977, Service helicopters were called out on rescue work in the main mountain areas of the United Kingdom on 137 occasions. Details are as follows:

Area Number of helicopter sorties
Scottish Highlands 70
North Wales 50
English mountain areas 17

No charge is made for search and rescue missions and no detailed records of costs are kept.

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