§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Transport, in view of the number of near misses and the growth in air traffic in recent years, if he remains satisfied with the present procedures for air traffic control in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerYes, I am satisfied with the standard of air traffic control services provided by the National Air Traffic Services. Despite the growth in air traffic, annual statistics show that in 1984–85 the number of risk bearing airmisses for commercial aircraft fell, continuing a downward trend shown by a three year moving average of this category of airmiss. The data for non-commercial aircraft shows no significant change.