§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish figures to show the number of practice bombing runs carried out in each year since 1981 at the air-to-ground weapons ranges at Rosehearty and Cape Wrath; and if he will provide a breakdown of these figures into Royal Air Force, United States air force, other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation air forces and non-North Atlantic Treaty Organisation air forces.
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§ Mr. Lee[pursuant to his reply, 18 March 1985, c. 409]: The figures are as follows:
1981 1982 1983 1984 Rosehearty Royal Air Force 1,190 1,476 1,474 2,346 United States air force 6,669 6,820 4,826 4,626 Other NATO air forces 24 35 4 52 Tain Royal Air Force 8,305 9,045 8,838 7,051 United States air force 3,486 4,920 3,487 2,246 Other NATO air forces 28 26 8 99 Cape Wrath Royal Air Force n/a *255 439 438 United States air force n/a *237 123 206 Other NATO air forces n/a *0 0 0 * From May. n/a=Not available. There has been no use of these ranges by non-NATO air forces.