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Mr. Martlew
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the number of callouts of the search and rescue service from RAF Leuchars in each month in 1992 and to date in 1993; on how many of those occasions search and rescue services were on standby at other RAF stations; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
The information requested is given in the table:
RAF Leuchars—search and rescue callouts | ||
Month | 1992 Total number of callouts | 1993 Total number2 of callouts |
January | 9 | 20 |
February | 11 | 15 |
March | 9 | 18 |
April | 12 | |
May | 8 | |
June | 18 | |
July | 14 | |
August | 21 | |
September | 8 | |
October | 7 | |
November | 9 | |
December | 5 | |
Total | 131 | 143 |
1 Provisional figure only. | ||
2 To end February. |