HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 c424W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions RAF aircraft have been(a) scrambled and (b) diverted from task to investigate uncorrelated targets picked up on radar; and if he will make a statement. [39218]

Mr. Soames

In the past five years RAF aircraft have been scrambled or diverted from task on two occasions to intercept and identify uncorrelated radar tracks entering the United Kingdom air defence region.