HC Deb 15 July 1981 vol 8 cc410-1W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for the first six months of 1981, the occasions on which helicopters of the Queen's Flight have been used by members of the Royal Family, identifying in each case the users, and the purpose of each visit.

Mr. Blaker

The following table shows the use of helicopters of the Queen's Flight by members of the Royal Family in the first six months of 1981. In each case the aircraft were used by members of the Royal Family in the discharge of their official duties.

User Number of Flights
HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 6
HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 20
HRH The Prince of Wales 12
HRH The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips 2
HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon 5
HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester 2

User Number of Flights
HRH The Duke of Gloucester 9
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester 4
HRH The Duke of Kent 8
HRH The Duchess of Kent 2
HRH Princess Alexandra 4