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Mr. David Nicholson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received for an increase in the number of rescue helicopters based at RAF Chivenor.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
Since 1 October 1989, when search and rescue cover at RAF Chivenor was reduced to daylight hours only, my Department has received one such representation.
Mr. David Nicholson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions the rescue helicopters at RAF Chivenor were (a) called out and (b) called to locations in Somerset in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
The information is given in the table:
Year | Number of Callouts | Number of Callouts to locations in Somerset |
1988 | 188 | 4 |
1989 | 189 | 7 |
1990 | 157 | 5 |
1991 | 149 | 13 |