IT IS completely untrue (HAS, Sept 19) to suggest the Government has banned the Red Arrows from celebrations to mark the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The organising committee of London 2012 will decide what to include but, with five years to go, decisions are yet to be made on what the celebrations will look like.

I assure your readers they will be a spectacular showcase of Britain's best.

Tessa Jowell, Olympics Minister.