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Bill Rammell: RAF Linton-on-Ouse, RAF Church Fenton and RAF Topcliffe are sites that currently provide UK military flying training. The stations are under review as part of the UK Military Flying Training System (MFTS) procurement project which will cater for the future flying training needs of the armed forces. No decisions have yet been taken. RAF Leeming will continue to be a core RAF site, with 90...
Anne McIntosh: I am grateful to you, Mr. Speaker, for obtaining a copy of the Gracious Speech, a close reading of which shows that there is no reference to defence policy whatsoever. Will the right hon. and learned Lady allow time for an early debate on defence policy? The Sunday newspapers are writing up the story that there is a review of defence policy leading to potential closures of RAF stations in the...
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering: Can my noble friend update the House on the status of the hundreds of former MoD homes at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, which have been empty for some considerable time? There was a proposal to use them to house Ukrainian women and their families, who would replace the men who had previously picked fruit and vegetables in a one-hour radius of that area. As my noble friend may be aware, there is a...
James Plaskitt: The weather stations used to collect information in order to assess entitlement to cold weather payments are: Aberporth Albemarle Andrewsfield Aultbea Aviemore Bedford Bingley Bishopton Boltshope Park Boscombe Down Boulmer Braemar Brize Norton Capel Curig Cardinham Carlisle Cassley Charlwood Chivenor Coleshill Coltishall Crosby Culdrose Dundrennan Dunkeswell Aerodrome Dyce Edinburgh Gogarbank...
Nick Harvey: The hon. Gentleman is quite right that in order to rebalance flying training in the light of the new requirements, there will be no further intake of elementary flying training students at RAF Church Fenton. That is because the requirement is reduced from 155 to 105 pilots a year, and the last course, which is currently under way, completes in August. I understand that that will create...
James Plaskitt: The weather stations used to collect information in order to assess entitlement to cold weather payments are: Aberporth Albemarle Andrewsfield Aultbea Aviemore Bedford Bingley Bishopton Boltshope Park Boscombe Down Boulmer Braemar Brize Norton Capel Curig Cardinham (Bodmin) Carlisle Cassley Charlwood Chivenor Coleshill Crosby Culdrose Dundrennan Dunkeswell Aerodrome Dyce Edinburgh Gogarbank...
Kevin Hollinrake: The vast majority of the public—and, if truth be known, the vast majority in the House—support what the Minister is doing. The Home Office has a responsibility to keep citizens safe, but does he agree that it also has a responsibility to keep the villagers of Linton-on-Ouse safe, so while it is the right idea, it is entirely the wrong location to put 1,500 young, single men—the vast...
Steve Webb: The estimates for the number of people eligible for cold weather payments in each weather station area in the UK will not be available until the end of October. The estimates are produced by a scan of the systems immediately prior to the start of the cold weather payment season, commencing 1 November 2013. The scan is conducted as close as possible to the start of the cold weather season to...
Anne McIntosh: The Minister referred to clauses 97 and 98. Clearly, they should be read together. I understand that the new offences that are created in the Bill will apply to civilian contractors employed by the Ministry of Defence working on or with military aircraft who are not subject to service law. Service personnel are subject to separate disciplinary procedures if found under the influence of...
Tobias Ellwood: In November 2016, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) published its estate optimisation strategy 'A Better Defence Estate' outlining how MOD will deliver an estate that is optimised to support Defence capabilities, outputs and communities both now and in the future. This update provides progress against the strategy. Delivering the strategy remains a priority for the MOD, and the commitment to...
Andrew Robathan: ...in the UK for owned land, leased land or land with legal rights and annual land costs, are shown in the following table: Type of land holding Annual land cost (£ per annum) RAF Benson Freehold 0 RAF Boulmer Part Freehold-Part Leasehold 20,000 RAF Brampton/Wyton/Henlow Freehold 0 RAF Brize Norton Freehold 0 RAF Coningsby Freehold 0 RAF Cottesmore...
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering: Could I address, in particular, the aspect my noble friend touched on about alternative accommodation? Is the accommodation for Afghans going to be extended to other asylum seekers and refugees rather than the use of former military accommodation? The reason I ask is that the Government abandoned the scheme that was proposed at the former RAF base in Linton-on-Ouse for the simple reason that...
Kevan Jones: The Army currently employs 127 dental practitioners and six dental consultants. A further four dental practitioners are currently in their probationary year awaiting accreditation. Army dentists currently practise in the following locations: Abingdon Aldershot Arborfield Ayios Nikolas (Cyprus) Bassingbourn British Army Training Unit Suffield (Canada) Bicester Bielefeld (Germany) Blandford...
Don Touhig: There are 27 meteorological stations responsible for forecasting and observing based at military locations. Their locations are: Scotland Kinloss Leuchars Lossiemouth South Uist Wales Aberporth Valley England Benson Boscombe Down Brize Norton Coltishall Coningsby Cranwell Dishforth High Wycombe Larkhill Leeming Linton on Ouse Lyneham Middle Wallop Northolt Odiham Shawbury St. Mawgan...
Mark Lancaster: The Department continues to encourage General Aviation (GA) access to military airfields wherever possible, on a prior permission required basis. We have further increased the publication of Defence Aerodrome Manuals on Station and Service flying club websites to provide GA pilots with better access to detailed aeronautical information. More generally, should a civilian GA pilot wish to fly...
Bob Ainsworth: As my predecessor advised the hon. Member on 26 March 2007, Official Report, column 1355W, and 18 May 2007, Official Report, column 991W, the number and operation of military airfields is under constant review to ensure that the best use is made of the Defence Estate for our armed forces. As my predecessor also advised the hon. Member, the long term future of RAF Leeming is secure. RAF...
Mark Lancaster: The figures for unauthorised entries to military bases include drones and air balloon flying at low altitude over military sites but do not include failed attempts at authorised access. None of these incidents resulted in any significant ramifications for Defence security. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) treats all unauthorised entries very seriously. They are investigated to a level...
Tobias Ellwood: The Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation employs 575 military firefighters and 778 Civil Service firefighters and support staff. These are broken down by location below: Military Firefighters Location Strength Army HQ Andover 5 Brunei Garrison 7 Manston 20 Mount Pleasant Airfield 32 HQ Joint Forces Command 1 Portsmouth (HQ & training) 17 RAF Akrotiri 52 ...
Andrew Robathan: The information requested is not held centrally or in the same format by all RAF Stations and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Available information for entire days of flying lost in the period requested is shown in the following table. Flying days lost by each RAF station 2011 2012 (1) Weather Other Weather Other RAF Benson 0 0 0 0 RAF Coningsby...
Adam Ingram: The table shows the RAF operating budgets for each of the United Kingdom RAF stations for Financial Year 2002–2003. It does not include former RAF stations that have retained their name but which have been transferred to the ownership of another part of the Ministry of Defence. Station Name Operating Costs (# million) RAF Bentley Priory 5.6 RAF Boscombe Down (Support Unit) 6.2...
