§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many days were lost due to poor weather conditions in each year since 1987 at(a) RAF Valley, (b) RAF Chivenor, (c) RAF Brawdy and (d) Pembrey weapons range.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe percentage of training time lost when weather conditions were unfit for flying training at RAF Valley, RAF Brawdy and RAF Chivenor during these periods is as follows:
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RAF Valley per cent. RAF Brawdy per cent. RAF Chivenor per cent. 1987 26.5 12.7 8.7 1988 20.8 8.8 5.6 1989 16.5 8.9 4.1 1990 16.8 7.1 6.9 1991 24.0 10.0 6.9 Similar information for RAF Pembrey Sands is recorded as per cent. of range time lost due to weather conditions, as follows:
per cent. 1987 20 1988 16 1989 11 1990 11 1991 16
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department's internal audit committee completed its review of the ending of flight training at Brawdy.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonNo audit into the ending of flight training at RAF Brawdy has been undertaken. The station was, however, visited as part of a wider audit of the management controls governing the closure of Ministry of Defence establishments, and this work is expected to be completed in the spring.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF pilots based at RAF Valley for advanced weapon training have had to carry out part of that training at RAF St. Evel in 1992.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonNone.