§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if his policy of purchasing any dwelling in the vicinity of a military airfield found to be subjected to noise levels greater than 125 dB (A) from military aircraft also applies to civil airfields where military jet aircraft regularly carry out practice approach and overshoot movements.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleNo. Military jet aircraft carry out practice manoeuvres at civil airfields on very few occasions. Evidence of noise surveys carried out at 42 military airfields covering a range of manoeuvres by a variety of aircraft types indicates no likelihood of maximum noise levels of 125 dB (A) being reached in the proximity of dwellings contiguous to civil airfields.
§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the results of the measurements made of noise levels of F15, F16 and F111 aircraft during Exercise Luce Belle in June 1990.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleThe results of the measurements of the noise levels of F15 and F16 aircraft participating in Exercise Luce Belle were published in the National Physical Laboratory report RSA (Ext.) 16, dated February 1991. The F111 aircraft did not participate in the exercise.