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809654

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Night Flying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of imposing an eight hour night flight ban at Heathrow Airport; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	120274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Following consultation, in October 2017, the Government implemented a new five-year night flight regime at Heathrow, which will end in October 2022. This regime limits the number of scheduled movements to an average of sixteen per night for a six and a half hour night period.</p><p> </p><p>The revised draft Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) sets out the Government’s expectation for a six and a half hour ban on scheduled night flights at an expanded Heathrow. Should the revised draft Airports NPS be designated, consideration of any ban, including timings, would be subject to the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Balanced Approach to noise management, including consultation with local communities and other interested parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 08/01/2018 14:09:08 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

809795

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Night Flying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the feasibility of establishing an eight-hour night-flight ban at Heathrow; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Following consultation, in October 2017, the Government implemented a new five-year night flight regime at Heathrow, which will end in October 2022. This regime limits the number of scheduled movements to an average of sixteen per night for a six and a half hour night period.</p><p> </p><p>The revised draft Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) sets out the Government’s expectation for a six and a half hour ban on scheduled night flights at an expanded Heathrow. Should the revised draft Airports NPS be designated, consideration of any ban, including timings, would be subject to the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Balanced Approach to noise management, including consultation with local communities and other interested parties.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:09:01 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

626089

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Night Flying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2016 to Question 50202, on Heathrow Airport: night flying, what (a) flexibility and (b) penalties for violation the Government plans to put in place in respect of the six-and-a-half hour ban on night flights from an expanded Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	51174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is seeking a legally binding ban on scheduled night flights of six and a half hours at an expanded Heathrow. This would provide an extra hour and a half free from noise compared to today’s operation. The rules around the operation of night flight restrictions would be determined through consultation in line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Balanced Approach to noise management. Furthermore, it is also expected that new binding noise targets and runway alternation arrangements would be consulted on with local communities as part of the planning process.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 03/11/2016 12:17:34 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

621031

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Night Flying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed six and a half hour ban on night flights to and from Heathrow Airport will be given legal force.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government requires that a legally binding ban on night flights of six and a half hours at an expanded Heathrow. Consideration of any ban will also be subject to the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Balanced Approach to noise management, including specific consultation with local communities and other interested parties.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/10/2016 12:49:09 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

542290

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Night Flying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will require Heathrow Airport to accept the recommendation of the Civil Aviation Authority that night flights at that airport be banned between 11.00pm and 6.00am before the Government makes a decision on airport expansion.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	43835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Airports Commission shortlisted three airport expansion schemes, two at Heathrow and one at Gatwick. The Government accepted the Commission’s shortlist in December 2015, and has since been undertaking a programme of further work, including on mitigation, to support a decision on a preferred scheme. We are carefully considering the evidence in relation to all three schemes, including the Commission’s comprehensive evidence base and recommendations. These recommendations included a ban on night flights between 1130 and 0600 for its preferred scheme, the Heathrow Northwest Runway. We are aware of no such recommendation from the Civil Aviation Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/09/2016 14:37:15 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

542296

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Night Flying
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 potential merits of implementing the recommendation of the Civil Aviation Authority that night flights at Heathrow Airport be banned between 11.00pm and 6.00am on the two runways at that airport.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	43848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of no such recommendation from the Civil Aviation Authority.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/09/2016 13:18:39 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

429138

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Night Flying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of night flights to and from Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	16936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Along with Gatwick and Stansted, the Government sets night flight restrictions at Heathrow, using its powers under s.78 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982.</p><br /><p>These restrictions limit the number of flights between the hours of 23.30 and 06.00 that can take place during a particular season - there are two seasons per annum, winter and summer, which coincide with the use of Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time. Heathrow is limited to 5,800 flights a year during these hours, which translates in to an average of 16 flights per night. Due to a voluntary agreement which prevents scheduled movements before 04.30, most of these flights are from aircraft arriving between the hours of 04.30 and 06.00. It should be noted that these restrictions do not preclude additional aircraft from operating at Heathrow during the night period in the case of emergencies or severe disruption.</p><br /><p>As well as limiting the number of movements allowed within an airline season, these restrictions place requirements on the aircraft that can operate during the night period, and place seasonal limits on the amount of noise energy that can be emitted at Heathrow. Aircraft are certified by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) according to the noise they produce and the higher the band an aircraft is certified as the higher quota amount it uses with each movement. The Government has also prohibited the noisiest types of aircraft from using the airport during the night. QC/4 aircraft are not allowed to be scheduled during the night quota period (2330 to 0600), and the highest rated QC/8 and QC/16 aircraft are prevented from operating at all during the entire night period (2300 to 0700).</p><br /><p>The Government will begin consulting next year on a new nights flight regime which will take effect from October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/11/2015 16:36:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

419160

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Night Flying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is considering a ban on all night flights at Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	10464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Airports Commission’s final report recommended noise mitigation options such as a ban on night flights, in the event of a decision to expand Heathrow.</p><p>The Government’s position on airports capacity has not changed since the Airports Commission published their final report on 1 July 2015. Government is still reviewing all of the evidence before coming to any decisions.</p><p>The Prime Minister has said a decision will be made by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/10/2015 10:00:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie