§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times in the last 10 years security has been tested and evaluated at(a) RAF Finningley and (b) 29W 840 Signal Unit, Lindholme, for both (i) civilian and (ii) service personnel; and if he will make a statement on the results.
§ Mr. NeubertSecurity arrangements at all RAF stations are tested frequently, but for obvious reasons it would not be in the public interest to reveal details of those evaluations or their results.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for the last two years the number of(a) movements at and (b) personnel of the armed services who have used RAF Finningley; how many times civilian aircraft were used; and what types of aircraft were so deployed.
§ Mr. NeubertSince RAF Finningley's task is flying training rather than air transport, aggregated records of military movements are not kept, nor do service personnel normally use the station as an airhead. There were 69 civil aircraft movements at RAF Finningley in 1987 and 25 in 1988, almost entirely by air taxi and light executive aircraft, including air ambulance flights.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the locations and date of deployments of the Skyguard radar system in Yorkshire.
§ Mr. NeubertThe Skyguard radar system has not been deployed in a low flying monitoring role in Yorkshire.