HC Deb 02 June 1992 vol 208 cc519-21W
Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the United Kingdom airports in public and municipal ownership.

Mr. Norris

As at 12 November 1991, the list of active airfields available to civil aircraft, in public and municipal ownership in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, was as follows:

Civil aviation authority owned and operated
Benbecula Stornoway
Inverness (Dalcross) Sumburgh

Islay (Port Ellen) Tiree
Kirkwall Wick

Northern Ireland office owned

Belfast (Aldergrove)—operated by Northern Ireland Airports Ltd

Municipally owned and operated
Birmingham Lerwick (Tingwall)
Blackpool Londonderry (Eglinton)
Bournemouth (Hurn) Luton
Bristol (Lulsgate) Manchester (Ringway)
Cardiff-Wales Newcastle
Carlisle North Ronaldsay
Coventry Norwich
Dornoch Oban (North Connel)
Dundee (Riverside) Papa Westray
East Midlands Plockton
Eday St. Marys (Isles of Scilly)
Exeter Sanday
Glenforsa (Mull) Shoreham
Gloucestershire Southend
Haverfordwest Southport (Birkdale Sands)
Hoy Stronsay
Humberside Swansea
Ipswich Teesside
Isle of Skye Westray
Leed Bradford

Municipally owned and privately operated
Biggin Hill Plymouth (Roborough)
Doncaster Rochester
Flotta Scatsta
Lands End (St. Just) Unst
Nottingham (Tollerton) Wycombe Air Park (Booker)

Ministry of Defence airfields available to civil aircraft
Abingdon Lossiemouth
Benson Lyneham
Binbrook Machrihanish
Brize Norton Manston/Kent
Chalgrove (privately operated Middle Wallop
Chivenor Mona
Church Fenton Newton
Coltishall Northolt
Cosford Odiham
Cranwell St. Athan
Culdrose St. Mawgan/Newquay
Dishforth Shawbury
Elvington Swanton Morley
Farnborough Topcliffe
Finningley Valley
Halton Waddington
Kemble Wattisham
Leeming Wittering
Lee-on-Solent Woodvale
Leuchars Yeovilton
Linton-on-Ouse

Airfields in other public ownership and operation

  • Alderney—operated by States of Guernsey
  • Cumbernauld—owned and operated by Cumbernauld Development Corporation
  • Dounreay—owned and operated by UK Atomic Energy Authority
  • Duxford—administered by the Imperial War Museum and Cambridgeshire County Council
  • Fair Isle—owned and operated by the National Trust for Scotland
  • Fife (Glenrothes)—owned and operated by Glenrothes Development Corporation
  • Guernsey—owned and operated by States of Guernsey
  • Isle of Barra—owned by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland and operated by Loganair Ltd.
  • Isle of Man (Ronaldsway)—owned and operated by Isle of Man Government
  • Jersey—owned and operated by States of Jersey
  • North Weald—owned by Epping Forest District Council and jointly operated with Aces High Flying Museum (North Weald) Ltd.
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  • Whalsay—operated by Whalsay Development Committee
  • Wroughton—operated by the National Museum of Science and Industry

Source: DTp.

Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the United Kingdom ports in public, municipal and trust port ownership.

Mr. Norris

The Department has no complete lists. Most ports are of only local significance. In the public sector, there are approximately 75 local authority ports, not including some 200 "marine works" which come within the responsibilities of the Scottish Office. The most important of those are Portsmouth, Sunderland, Workington, Ramsgate, Colchester and the oil ports of Sullom Voe and Flotta. There are no other major publicly owned ports. There are about 100 trust ports in Great Britain, of which the most important are Aberdeen, Blyth, Cromarty Firth, Dover, Dundee, Great Yarmouth, Harwich Haven, Ipswich, Lerwick, London, Milford Haven, Montrose, Peterhead, Poole, Shoreham and Tyne. In Northern Ireland the principal trust ports are Belfast, Londonderry, and Warrenpoint.

Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will calculate the estimated asset value of each airport and sea port in public, municipal or trust port ownership.

Mr. Norris

This information is not available to the Department.

Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to make annual reports and accounts of trust ports publicly available.

Mr. Norris

We have no plans for this at present.

Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those trust ports that make their annual accounts available to the general public through their local offices.

Mr. Norris

The Department has no information about this.