§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each major UK airport for each of the last five years the number of security inspections undertaken by his Department. [18677]
§ Mr. NorrisThe six major airports in the UK were subject to the following number of security inspections in each of the last four years:
Airport 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Total Heathrow 89 124 136 115 464 Gatwick 46 80 83 105 314 Manchester 18 31 24 32 105 Glasgow 14 27 35 25 101 Birmingham 18 11 16 22 67 Stanstead 12 22 18 14 66 Total 197 295 312 313 1,117 The information is not available for 1991–92.
Inspectors visited these airports on many other occasions, mainly to audit and test their operations and to inspect, audit and test the operations of the airlines using them.