Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times RAF Boulmer has been called on to assist the North East Air Ambulance Service on emergency and search and rescue missions in each of the last five years.
The number of times RAF Boulmer was called upon to assist the North East Air Ambulance is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The total number of annual Search and Rescue (SAR) callouts from RAF Boulmer for the last ten years is shown in the table below:
Year | RAF Boulmer – SAR Callouts |
2005 | 144 |
2006 | 206 |
2007 | 170 |
2008 | 211 |
2009 | 214 |
2010 | 193 |
2011 | 181 |
2012 | 141 |
2013 | 157 |
2014 | 160 |
Total | 1,777 |