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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what risk assessment he has carried out or has received from the RAF of flights over the North Cotswolds to the North East of Staverton Airport in Gloucestershire; what information he has received from the RAF regarding the precautions they are taking...

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

10 February 1999

For answer on

16 February 1999

Answered on

16 February 1999

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what risk assessment he has carried out or has received from the RAF of flights over the North Cotswolds to the North East of Staverton Airport in Gloucestershire; what information he has received from the RAF regarding the precautions they are taking to avoid mid-air collisions in that air space; what information the RAF supplies about its flights to the authorities at Staverton Airport; what minimum height above ground level is permitted for (a) RAF fighters, (b) Hercules transport planes and (c) Chinook helicopters; and if he will make a statement. [71194] Mr. Doug Henderson: Safety in the air is a key priority in all military flying activities. No specific risk assessments have been carried out in the area north-east of Staverton Airport but my Department has carried out a detailed study into the effectiveness of `see and avoid', the primary means of collision avoidance in open airspace. The results of this study were published on 2 February 1998, Official Report, column 469, and copies of the report placed in the Library of the House. There is no requirement for the authorities at Staverton Airport to receive information about military low-flying sorties outside their aerodrome traffic zone; military aircraft wishing to pass through the zone must, however, seek permission from Staverton Airport Air Traffic Control before doing so. The minimum separation distance for RAF fighters and Hercules aircraft between themselves and the ground, any structure or any other aircraft except those in the same formation is 250 ft. Chinooks are permitted to fly down to ground level.

Date

16 February 1999

Reference

325 c610-1W;325 c612-3W; 71194

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House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what will be done with genetically modified crops sown in Staverton and under the control of his Department once they have been harvested.

Asked by

Anthony Steen (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

8 June 1998

Reference

313 c418W; 44579

House

House of Commons

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