Written question asked by Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 25 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 November 2010. It was answered by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 30 November 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Air Force: Deployment
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions Royal Air Force fighters were scrambled from (a) RAF Leuchars and (b) RAF Coningsby to intercept aircraft in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The number of days on which Royal Air Force Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) aircraft have been launched in each of the last five years is contained in the following table:
Number of days QRA launched Number 2006 ¹2 2007 19 2008 15 2009 14 2010 ²13 ¹ Records held from September 2006. ² To date. QRA aircraft are held at ground readiness at RAF Coningsby and RAF Leuchars. I am withholding the information as to which base QRA aircraft were launched from for each incident as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 27577; 519 c740W
- Session
- 2010-12
- Subjects
- Deployment Air force
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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