§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many incidents were dealt with during 1998 by the Maritime Rescue subcentres at (i) Tyne Tees and (ii) Forth in which assistance was(a) rendered and (b) not rendered; and how many of the incidents were hoaxes. [75827]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonIn 1998, Tyne Tees MRSC dealt with(a) 274 incidents in which assistance was rendered and (b) 169 incidents in which assistance was not rendered. Seventeen incidents were hoaxes. For the same period, Forth MRSC dealt with (a) 167 incidents in which assistance was rendered and (b) 107 incidents in which assistance was not rendered. Four incidents were hoaxes.
§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many incidents dealt with by the Tyne Tees Maritime Rescue subcentre in 1998 were(a) inshore and (b) offshore. [75824]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonApplying a 3-mile limit to inshore incidents: Tyne Tees MRSC dealt with(a) 442 incidents inshore and (b) 18 incidents offshore in 1998.
§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of(a) the number of people assisted, (b) the number of people rescued and (c) the number of lives lost during incidents dealt with in 1998 by the Maritime Rescue subcentres at (i) Tyne Tees and (ii) Forth. [75828]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonIn 1988 Tyne Tees MRSC(a) assisted 769 people, (b) rescued 136 people and (c) recorded 15 lives lost during incidents. For the same period, Forth MRSC (a) assisted 244 people, (b) rescued 177 people and (c) recorded 5 lives lost during incidents.