§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if Scottish and North of England en-route services will be provided from the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick; and if Oceanic services for the North East Atlantic will continue to be served from Prestwich; [154717]
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£million 2001–02 Nature of funding 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 (where known) Lincoln city council Revenue support grant 5.285 5.048 5.000 4.867 5.208 Income from national non-domestic rates 2.674 2.678 2.861 3.151 3.117 Housing investment programme 1.665 1.642 1.733 5.269 16.914 Housing revenue account subsidy (manager rent and £826.19 per £836.63 per £866.39 per £902.07 per £934.72 per maintenance allowance) property property property property property (2) what assessment he has made of the capability of the Prestwick air traffic control centre to pick up replica services in the event of a catastrophe at Swanwick. [154722]
Mr. Robert AinsworthThe NSC, as part of NATS' two centre strategy for the provision of en route air navigation services endorsed by the Government, is expected to have the capacity to service the Scottish FIR, the Oceanic region and provide a significant contingency in the case of catastrophic failure of the Swanwick or West Drayton centres. The latest review of the two centre strategy, carried out in 1997, proposed the transfer of the services provided by the Manchester Area Control Centre to Swanwick, although the NATS Strategic Partner may wish to review this.
NATS has informed the Government that a New Scottish Centre with around half the number of workstations that Swanwick will have should be able to handle up to about 70 per cent. of normal traffic levels in the event of the Swanwick centre going out of action.