§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Defence which RAF flying stations are at present not in use (a) because they are not at present required by the RAF and (b) because the RAF has no further use for them; and, in each case, when they were last used by the RAF as flying stations.
§ Mr. WellbelovedRAF stations for which there is no present use, but for which a future defence need has been established, are placed on a care and maintenance basis. The only flying station which is currently in this category is RAF Lindholme which was last used for regular RAF flying in 1972, although it continued to be used intermittently until 1977.
Flying and other RAF stations for which the RAF has no further use are not retained but are offered for disposal.