To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of rescue operations carried out by 22 Squadron from RAF Leuchars in each of the last five years for which information is available; and of these how many involved the rescue of service personnel and how many involved the rescue of civilians.
The search and rescue operations carried out by 22 Squadron, based at RAF Leuchars, for the last 5 years are as follows:
| Year | Callouts | Total number rescued | Civilians rescued | Military rescued |
| 1987 | 113 | 101 | 75 | 26 |
| 1988 | 152 | 138 | 112 | 26 |
| 1989 | 133 | 93 | 78 | 15 |
| 1990 | 125 | 65 | 61 | 4 |
| 1991 | 162 | 109 | 104 | 5 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when members of 22 Squadron stationed at RAF Leuchars were informed that search-and-rescue operations at RAF Leuchars were to be discontinued from 1 October;(2) if he will make a statement about the future of search-and-rescue operations at RAF Leuchars.
No decision on the future of search-and-rescue operations at RAF Leuchars has yet been taken.