§ Mr. JoplingTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the areas in which covert surveys of low flying activity in particular areas has taken place in the last 12 months, giving the number of covert surveys made in each area.
§ Mr. NeubertBetween 1 April 1989 and 31 March 1990 the RAF police carried out covert surveys of low flying activity in the following areas:
Date Location 25-27 April 1989 Liskeard, Cornwall 2-4 May 1989 Gloucester, Gloucestershire 8-11 May 1989 Blencarn, Cumbria 15-19 May 1989 Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway 22-26 May 1989 Haddington, Lothian 26-30 June 1989 Knaresborough, North Yorkshire (Skyguard deployment) 24-27 July 1989 Earl Shilton, Leicestershire 24-27 July 1989 Market Bosworth, Leicestershire 31 July-4 August 1989 Penrith, Cumbria (Skyguard deployment) 26-27 September 1989 Glan Conwy, Gwynedd 3-5 October 1989 Alnwick, Northumberland (Skyguard deployment) 30 January-1 February 1990 Machynlleth, Powys 5-9 March 1990 Wetheral, Cumbria 26-30 March 1990 Hereford, Hereford and Worcester 26-30 March 1990 Alnwick area, Northumberland Kelso area, Borders (Skyguard deployment)
§ Mr. JoplingTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will place in the Library the central records of the usage of the United Kingdom low flying system.
§ Mr. NeubertMy right hon. Friend has no plans to do so.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what were the latest scheduled times of day for low level attacks during each Mallet Blow exercise since 1987; and at what times low flying activity in each of these exercises actually ceased.
§ Mr. NeubertThe scheduled and actual times when low flying ceased in Mallet Blow exercises since 1987 are as follows:
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Mallet Blow Scheduled Actual 87/1 17.30 17.30 87/2 17.30 17.30 87/3 21.10 17.30
Mallet Blow Scheduled Actual 88/1 22.00 17.30 88/2 17.30 17.30 89/1 22.00 22.00 89/2 17.30 17.30 90/1 22.00 21.50