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Ministry of Defence

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Mr. Kirkwood: To 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. Moonie: Covert 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. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 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 1998 February St. John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway 1998 June Dunbar, East Lothian 1997 February Biggar, Strathclyde 1996 June Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway 1995 April Galashiels, Scottish Borders 1995 September Maybole, Strathclyde 1994 March Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway 1994 November Galashiels, Scottish Borders 1993 October Churnside, Berwickshire _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Monitoring of low flying training without the Skyguard mobile radar is accomplished on an informal basis when members of the Defence Flying Complaints Investigation Team visit or pass through an area, for example, in connection with an investigation of a complaint.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

70324; 389 c283-4W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Air force Military police Military aircraft Low flying

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