§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons have been killed during RAF training over rural mid-Wales each year since 1983; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe information requested is as follows:
Year Aircraft type Number of fatalities Location June 1987 Jaguar 1 Near Builth Wells, Powys August 1987 Phantom 2 8 nm south of Aberystwyth June 1989 Hawk/Hawk Mid-Air 1 Near Aberystwyth August 1991 Jaguar/Civilian Cessna 21 Carno, Powys 1 Including civilian pilot of Cessna. The RAF attaches the highest priority to flight safety in all its training activities.