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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints he has received in each of the last 24 months about (a) the RAF and (b) the USAF and US Navy low flying jet fighters on training runs flying over the Taunton constituency. [83340] Dr. Moonie: The current system of recording complaints about low flying does not include the constituency within which the complainant resides. The nationality of aircraft involved in complaints is not routinely recorded, nor is it envisaged that it should be. The hon. Member may wish to be aware that in the last 24 months the number of individual complaints recorded by the Ministry of Defence Low Flying Complaints and Enquiries unit for all low flying military aircraft in the county of Somerset was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number November 2000 10 December 2000 8 January 2001 11 February 2001 20 March 2001 7 April 2001 19 May 2001 32 June 2001 35 July 2001 43 August 2001 19 September 2001 15 October 2001 14 November 2001 3 December 2001 11 January 2002 9 February 2002 11 March 2002 5 April 2002 12 May 2002 11 June 2002 26 July 2002 45 August 2002 30 September 2002 30 October 2002 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Complaints have been recorded by the address given by the complainant. Details of the pattern of military low flying activity by low flying area are included on the Ministry of Defence website under the address www.lowflying.mod.uk.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

83340; 398 c66W;398 c66-7W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Complaints Air force Navy Military aircraft Low flying Training USA Taunton

Contains statistics

Yes

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