§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list by coastguard station for each of the last three months the number of days that the station was staffed below the minimum watch level. [51179]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThere are no minimum watch levels for Her Majesty's Coastguard Co-ordinating Centres. Suggested watch levels were set out in the 'Focus for Change' review and can be varied locally following an assessment of perceived and actual operational demand462W and risk. I have placed in the Library a table which shows, by station and date, the number of hours when watch levels were below these levels for the months of April, May and June.