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date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations in the report by Sustainable Aviation on Sustainable Fuels UK Roadmap, published in December 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	218847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government agrees that sustainable biofuels have a valuable role to play in reducing carbon emissions from transport, and particularly in sectors where there are limited alternatives such as aviation.</p><p> </p><p>We also recognise that we have world class research capabilities in the UK, and share the ambition in the Sustainable Aviation’s report for the UK to become a global leader in the advanced sustainable fuels market.</p><p> </p><p>To that end we launched a competition on 10 December which will provide £25 million of capital funding for the construction of demonstration-scale advanced biofuel plants in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently intend to revise the current policy framework (for example to make Renewable Transport Fuel Certificates available to aviation fuel suppliers) while discussions are continuing on accounting for indirect land use change under European targets. Meanwhile, we have established a Transport Energy Taskforce of experts from the aviation industry, NGOs and the fuels and automotive industry to examine options to meet our renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction targets, and provide greater certainty to industry. The report by Sustainable Aviation provides valuable input to this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/01/2015 15:22:07 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

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date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many licence applications to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency have taken (a) up to 30 days, (b) up to 60 days, (c) up to 90 days, (d) up to 120 days, (e) up to 150 days, (f) up to 180 days and (g) more than 180 days to be processed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	218663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below gives the information requested. Information before 2012-13 is not available. Longer processing times usually reflect the need to undertake relevant investigations with applicants’ medical practitioners.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="7"><strong>Number of days </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Financial Year</strong></td><td><strong>Up to 30</strong></td><td><strong>31-60 </strong></td><td><strong>61-90 </strong></td><td><strong>91-120 </strong></td><td><strong>121-150 </strong></td><td><strong>151-180 </strong></td><td><strong>Over 180 </strong></td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>8,586,267</td><td>2,095</td><td>345</td><td>251</td><td>47</td><td>47</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>9,081,283</td><td>9,915</td><td>947</td><td>280</td><td>98</td><td>72</td><td>185</td></tr><tr><td>2014-15 (to 16 December 2014)</td><td>6,668,729</td><td>7,439</td><td>1,527</td><td>273</td><td>65</td><td>88</td><td>114</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/01/2015 11:48:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley