HC Deb 20 January 1993 vol 217 c302W
Mr. Trotter

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the present number of(a) helicopters and (b) fixed-winged aircraft in each of the services; and what were the figures in 1978 and 1988, respectively.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The information requested is as follows:

Year Military Civilian Total callouts
1988 18 (3) 134 (112) 152 (115)
1989 19 (11) 114 (51) 133 (62)
1990 6 (4) 119 (45) 125 (49)
1991 7 — 154 (90) 161 (90)
1992 13 (7) 118 (54) 131 (61)

Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of occasions that search and rescue helicopter operations were called out from RAF Leuchars between 24 December 1992 and 4 January 1993.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

There were five SAR helicopter call-outs from RAF Leuchars in the period.