HC Deb 09 May 1980 vol 984 cc261-2W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will list the route and stopping points used by the Hercules aircraft carrying vehicles for the Cambodian relief operation, listing the dates on which it stopped at Cyprus.

Mr. Pattie

On the outward journey the aircraft staged at RAF Akrotiri in the western Sovereign base area, Cyprus, on 10 October last. It made further stops at Bahrein and Colombo before reaching Bangkok, from where the relief

  1. Stoke-on-Trent
  2. Sunderland
  3. Swansea
  4. Swindon
  5. Watford
  6. Wolverhampton
  7. Worcester
  8. Wrexham
  9. York
However, plans are in hand for the rationalisation of the CIO network to establish a streamlined network of co-located offices. By the end of the 1980s it is anticipated that the revised network will consist of around 190 CIOs of which nearly 80 will be shared by two or three Services.