HC Deb 12 April 1988 vol 131 c36W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy on 20 January,Official Report, column 764, if the figure for the number of complaints received about low flying includes complaints from the vicinity of airfields about aircraft landing and taking off;

(2) pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of 20 January, Official Report, column 765, if low flying sorties by United States Navy, Army and Marine Corps aircraft are included in the United States Air Force category.

Mr. Freeman

No.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of 20 January.Official Report, column 765, if the figure for low flying sorties over the United Kingdom in 1987 includes flights by Ministry of Defence (Procurement Executive) aircraft and company trials aircraft.

Mr. Freeman

Yes.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which counties are covered by low flying area 3.

Mr. Freeman

[holding answer 22 February 1988]: The only county covered by low flying area 3 is Cornwall.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which counties are covered by low flying area 2.

Mr. Freeman

[holding answer 22 February 1988]: Low flying area 2 covers Avon, Devon, Somerset, most of Dorset and parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which counties are covered by low flying area 1.

Mr. Freeman

[holding answer 22 February 1988]: Low flying area I covers parts of Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.