PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prestwick Airport (24 March 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any military flights landing at Prestwick Airport since 2013 have had munitions on board.
Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)
Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)
Answer
It is a requirement of the Diplomatic Flight Clearance (DFC) process to state whether an aircraft is carrying any dangerous air cargo and the next destination. However DFC is not required for all military flights. Therefore, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold a complete record of all military flights wishing to enter UK airspace, its cargo and/or its destination airport.
In addition, the MOD does not record whether a state aircraft flight has landed, which is a matter for individual airports.
For UK military flights using Prestwick, the information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Answered by:
Sir Mike Penning (Conservative)
29 March 2017
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