Portland Search and Rescue Helicopter (Hansard, 16 January 2003)

HC Deb 16 January 2003 vol 397 c698W 698W

§ Jim Knight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the risk assessment of the safety implications of moving the Portland search and rescue helicopter to Lee-on-Solent. [90409]

§ Mr. Jamieson
An operational analysis of the Portland area helicopter was carried out for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) by consultants for internal purposes. The analysis is technical in nature and is considered to be commercially sensitive and is therefore exempt from disclosure under Section 13 of Part 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. Discussions about the future of the helicopter base are continuing.