§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many airfields and how many runways are available to the Royal Air Force in each region of the United Kingdom; and how many of those runways will be lost to the service during the next five years.
§ Mr. SoamesDetails of all airfields in the United Kingdom available to the RAF, including the number of runways at each location, can be found in the RAF flight information publication—En Route Supplement British Isles and North Atlantic—a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House. Over the next five years there is planned to be a reduction of eight in the number of runways operated by my Department.