§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence in respect of how many houses in the vicinity of Royal Air Force Leeming has statutory injurious affection compensation, or non-statutory equivalent compensation, has been paid on account of serious noise disturbance created by the deployment of Tornado aircraft to that air station.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe Ministry of Defence complies administratively with the provision of part I of the Land Compensation Act 1973. The Act confers a right to injurious affection compensation—IAC—for depreciation in the value of dwellings and certain small business properties caused by the physical effects, for example, noise, of the bringing into use of new public works. Considerable works were undertaken at RAF Leeming to enable the deployment of Tornado aircraft to take place. To date, 374 IAC claims have been received and 40 of these have been settled.
§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many houses in the vicinity of Royal Air Force Leeming have been acquired with the agreement of their owners on account of serious noise disturbance created by the deployment of Tornado aircraft to that air station; and under what statutory or administrative provisions were such acquisitions carried out and payments made to the home owners concerned.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe Ministry of Defence's policy, which is non-statutory, is limited to the areas around510W military airfields where we offer to purchase homes subject to average noise levels of 83DB(A) and above. This allows an opportunity for those most affected by noise to move away. At RAF Leeming 19 offers were made which resulted in the purchase of 12 homes.