HC Deb 01 July 1988 vol 136 cc390-2W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what geographical area, expressed(a) by county and (b) by parliamentary constituency, is covered by low-flying area 11.

Mr. Freeman

Low-flying area 11 covers(a) the county of Humberside and parts of the counties of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire and (b) the parliamentary constituencies of Scarborough, Ryedale, Bridlington, Beverley, Boothferry, Kingston upon Hull, East, Kingston upon Hull, North, Kingston upon Hull, West, Brigg and Cleethorpes, Great Grimsby, Glanford and Scunthorpe, Gainsborough and Horncastle, Lincoln, Pontefract and Castleford, Selby, Elmet, Harrogate and York and parts of the parliamentary constituencies of Langbaurgh, Richmond (Yorks), Skipton and Ripon, Leeds, North-East, Normanton, Wakefield, Barnsley, Central, Hemsworth, Barnsley, East, Don Valley, Doncaster, Central, Doncaster, North, Bassetlaw, Sherwood, Newark, Grantham, Stamford and Spalding, Holland with Boston and East Lindsey.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what geographical area, expressed(a) by county and (b) by parliamentary constituency, is covered by low-flying area 5.

Mr. Freeman

Low-flying area 5 covers(a) the county of Suffolk and parts of the counties of Cambridgeshire, Essex, Lincolnshire and Norfolk (b) the parliamentary constituencies of Norfolk, North, Mid-Norfolk, Norfolk, South, Norwich, North, Norwich, South, Great Yarmouth, Waveney, Suffolk, Central, Suffolk, Coastal, Suffolk, South, Ipswich, Harwich, Colchester, North and Bury St. Edmunds and parts of the parliamentary constituences of Norfolk, North-West, East Lindsey, Holland with Boston, Norfolk, South-West, Cambridgeshire, North-East, Cambridgeshire, South-West, Cambridgeshire, South-East, Saffron Walden, Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester, South, and Maldon.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what geographical area, expressed(a) by county and (b) by parliamentary constituency, is covered by low-flying area 16.

Mr. Freeman

Low-flying area 16 covers(a) the county of Lothian and parts of the counties of Borders, Central, Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife and Northumberland, Strathclyde and (b) the parliamentary constituencies of Clydebank and Milngavie, Glasgow, Garscadden, Glasgow, Maryhill, Glasgow, Hillhead, Glasgow, Springburn, Glasgow, Provan, Glasgow, Govan, Glasgow, Central, Glasgow, Shettleston, Glasgow, Pollok, Glasgow, Cathcart, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Paisley, North, Paisley, South, Eastwood, Cunninghame, South, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, East Kilbride, Ayr, Hamilton, Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Monklands, West, Monklands, East, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk, West, Falkirk, East, Motherwell, North, Motherwell, South, Linlithgow, Livingston, Midlothian, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Leith, Edinburgh, West, Edinburgh, Central, Edinburgh, East, Edinburgh, South, Edinburgh, Pentlands, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, and Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and parts of the parliamentary constituencies of Cunninghame, North, Renfrew, West and Inverclyde, Greenock and Port Glasgow, Dumbarton, Stirling, Clackmannan, Dunfermline, West, Dunfermline, East, Kirkcaldy, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Penrith and The Border and Dumfries.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the minimum permitted height for fixed-wing military aircraft operating in(a) the Kinloss-Lossiemouth, (b) Vale of York, (c) Spadeadam and (d) Ternhill areas of intense aerial activity.

Mr. Freeman

Such aircraft are not permitted to fly at heights beneath 250 ft minimum separation distance (msd) in any of these areas other than within the confines of Spadeadam training range, where aircraft may descend to 100 ft msd during their final approach to target.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what standing instructions are issued to station commanders at Royal Air Force bases concerning the procedures to be followed when complaints about low flying are received.

Mr. Freeman

The RAF general and administrative instruction covering the investigation of flying complaints from members of the public in the United Kingdom is a classified document. The instruction calls for responses to be courteous.