Written question asked by Peter Duncan (Conservative) on Friday, 12 September 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 October 2003. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF low-flying sorties have been within three miles of (a) Kirkcudbright and (b) Gatehouse-of-Fleet in the last year. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF low-flying sorties have been within three miles of (a) Kirkcudbright and (b) Gatehouse-of-Fleet in the last year. [130457] Mr. Caplin: The hon. Member will be aware that Kirkcudbright and Gatehouse-of-Fleet lie within Low Flying Area (LFA) 16 and Tactical Training Area (TTA) 20T. In the last training year EFA 16 had a total of 3,535 hours of low flying activity booked of which 188 hours and 18 minutes were Operational Low Flying (OLF) activity which is carried out within the TTA boundary. These are the only figures available.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 130457; 410 c1169W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Air force Military aircraft Low flying Dumfries and Galloway Kirkcudbright Training Area
Contains statistics: Yes
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