§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list the number of night jet movements at Gatwick each year for the last 10 years and the proportion that such movements bear to the total number of movements in each of these years.
§ Mr. EyreThe following table shows the total number of aircraft movements at Gatwick in each of the last 10 years, the number of night jet movements in each year for which figures are readily available and the percentage of the total which these movements represent. The number of such movements during other years cannot be extracted without undue expenditure of time and effort.
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Year* Total movements by all aircraft Total night jet movements Night jet movements as percentage of total 1971–72 104,931 Not available — 1972–73 106,918 7,373 6.89 1973–74 110,352 4,745 4.29 1974–75 105,406 4,586 4.35 1975–76 106,277 4,463 4.19
Year* Total movements by all aircraft Total night jet movements Night jet movements as percentage of total 1976–77 109,342 4,556 4.16 1977–78 111,208 Not available — 1978–79 129,819 Not available — 1979–80 143,483 Not available — 1980–81 140,892 Not available — *1 April-31 March.