§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Minister for Trade what information he has as to the number of persons employed on security and luggage checking at each airport in the United Kingdom; how these numbers varied in the years 1979, 1980 and 1981; and what are the latest figures available for the current year.
§ Mr. SproatThe following table sets out details of the number of airport security personnel—excluding those not reimbursed by the aviation security fund—employed at those airports in the United Kingdom where the airport authority undertakes passenger searching with directly-employed staff:
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Airport Number of security staff employed at 30 September 1979 30 September 1980 30 September 1981 31 May 1982 Heathrow 1,128 1,102 1,030 1,007 Gatwick 447 417 400 379 Manchester 234 230 240 241 Glasgow 130 128 127 121 Luton 79 90 88 93 Edinburgh 83 81 75 74 Aberdeen 67 66 67 65 East Midlands 38 42 42 *42 Newcastle 39 39 42 †42+8 Stanstead 24 24 25 25 Prestwick 23 22 19 19 Norwich ‡ 16 16 16 Teesside 23 23 23 ║22 * Additional seasonal staff are at present being recruited. † Seasonal staff. ‡ Searching undertaken by airlines prior to December 1979. ║ All figures for Teesside include eight part-time staff. These are the latest available figures. Details are not available for airports where searching is undertaken by private security companies.
§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Minister for Trade what information he has as to the cost of security and luggage checking at each airport in the United Kingdom; and if he will detail these figures in the Official Report.
§ Mr. SproatTotal reimbursement from the avaiation security fund in respect of security measures undertaken at the main United Kingdom airports in 1981–82 will be approximately as follows:
£ Heathrow 11,795,000 Gatwick 4,266,000 Manchester 2,651,000 Glasgow 1,293,000 Belfast 1,208,000 Luton 967,000 Edinburgh 714,000 Aberdeen 625,000 Birmingham 587,000 Newcastle 487,000 East Midlands 441,000 Liverpool 427,000 Leeds—Bradford 274,000 Stansted 269,000 Prestwick 222,000 Teesside 204,000 Sumburgh 204,000 Norwich 175,000 Bristol 155,000 Cardiff 124,000 Notes:
(1) Final figures for 1981–82 are not yet available because claims for reimbursement from the fund are sometimes submitted several months after the expenditure was incurred.
(2) The above figures exclude reimbursements in respect of the costs of the regular police at nine airports designated under the Policing of Airports Act 1974, and at Luton, totalling an estimated £7,276,000.