§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of the staff of his Department are women; and what the percentage was in June 1997. [66910]
Year–calendar/training Hours low flyingbooked in LFA 16 Hours OLF flown in LFA 20T Hours low flying booked by foreign aircrew in LFA 16 and surrounding overseas areas 1995 4,715 555 hours — 1996 4,440 310 hours 31 minutes — 1997 4,023 199 hours 45 minutes — 1998 3,680 221 hours 2 minutes — 1999–2000 3,408 280 hours 59 minutes — 2000–01 3,735 205 hours 59 minutes 100 hours 43 minutes 2001–02 4,080 297 hours 33 minutes 32 hours 12 minutes
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the locations and dates of periods of covert monitoring of low-flying operations conducted by Royal Air Force police(a) with and (b) without Skyguard deployment since 1993 within Low Flying Area 16 and 20T. [70324]
§ Dr. MoonieCovert monitoring of low flying military aircraft is only undertaken using mobile Skyguard radar equipment by teams from the Defence Flying Complaints Investigation Team of the RAF police. Deployments of the Skyguard radar in Low Flying Areas 16 and 20T since 1993 are identified in the table. Full dates are quoted where this information is held centrally and I shall write to the hon. Member with supplementary information and place a copy in the Library of the House when this is to hand.
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Year Day/month Location 2001 6–9 February Castle Douglas, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 2001 23–25 October East Fortune, Gifford and Torness, East Lothian 2000 4–7 April Duns, Berwickshire 2000 3–6 October East Fortune and Torness, East Lothian 1999 6–8 September Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway
§ Dr. MoonieI refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 5 July 2002,Official Report, column 622W, by the Minister of State, Cabinet Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley, South (Mr. Alexander).