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227178

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	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 effect of noise from aircraft taking off or landing at Heathrow on productivity in (a) schools in the Thames Valley and (b) businesses in the Thames Valley.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>No such specific assessment has been made. The Government keeps under review all research carried out on the impacts of aircraft noise on health and sleep disturbance, including any effects on productivity, and would take this into account when considering the costs and benefits of any relevant policy or regulatory proposals.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the last review of night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports, my Department commissioned the Civil Aviation Authority to undertake a review of literature on these impacts. The CAA published this review in January 2013 (Report ERCD 1208 on Aircraft Noise, Sleep Disturbance and Health Effects) and updated it in June 2014 (Report CAP 1164).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2015 15:28:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227180

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many letters he has received from local authorities (a) supporting and (b) opposing proposals for the expansion of Heathrow in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Our records indicate that from 2010 to now the Department received 1670 letters which mention Heathrow airport. These records are not logged by local authority or in terms of support/opposition to Heathrow expansion and to provide this information would be at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2015 15:20:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227184

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the management of Heathrow Airport have used dispensations under section 78(4) of the Civil Aviation Act to allow night flights in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Heathrow Airport publishes this information in its Flight Performance Reports which are available on its website. Its latest published report (Q3 2014) includes data from Winter season 2006/07 up to and including Winter season 2013/14. Dispensations issued under section 78(4) of the Civil Aviation Act are categorised in the report as ‘not counted – delays’ or ‘not counted - emergency’. In Summer season 2014 there were a further 296 dispensations issued under section 78(4).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2015 15:14:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227187

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many aircraft taking off or landing at Heathrow Airport breached night flight restrictions in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Night flying restrictions set by the Government at Heathrow comprise a movement limit and a noise quota limit set for each summer and winter season. Up to 10% of unused movements or noise quota may be carried over to the next season. The limits apply to the period 23.30-06.00. There are additional restrictions on movements by the noisiest aircraft in the period 23.00-07.00. None of these restrictions was breached between 2012-2014.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Government sets departure noise limits which include lower limits at night. Infringements of these limits are reported in Heathrow’s Flight Performance Reports published on its website, the latest of which covers the period up to the end of September 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2015 15:09:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

422225

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	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 potential change in risk of flooding in South East England if Heathrow Airport expansion were to proceed.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	12309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report before taking any decisions on next steps.</p><br /><p>The Government will carefully consider all the evidence set out, including that on flood risk, when making a decision on additional runway capacity.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/10/2015 12:59:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

422357

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of moving the Lakeside Energy from Waste Plant from its current site; and what his policy is on whether that cost would be met by Heathrow Airport or the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	12311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report before taking any decisions on next steps.</p><br /><p>The Airports Commission considered the costs associated with the Lakeside Energy from Waste Plant in its assessment of land acquisition costs. This is included in the report “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/440369/cost-and-commercial-viability-cost-and-revenue-identification-update-heathrow-airport-north-west-runway.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Cost and Commercial Viability</em></a><em>: Cost and Revenue Identification Update Heathrow Airport North West Runway”. </em></p><br /><p>It is important to note that no decisions have been taken, but if the Government was minded to support the need for new runway capacity and concluded that the North-West runway at Heathrow was the preferred option for meeting this requirement, the planning and costs of moving the Energy from Waste Plant would be a matter for the airport to take forward with the owners of the site.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2015 13:17:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

524817

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to assess the potential cost of relocating the Lakeside Energy from Waste Facility in the event of a decision being made to permit the construction of the North West Runway at Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	40330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>On 14 December 2015, the Government formally announced that it accepted the case for airport expansion in the South-East and agreed with the Airports Commission’s shortlist of options. The Government also decided to undertake a package of further work which it anticipates will conclude over the summer. This has included further work to help develop the best possible package of measures for all the shortlisted schemes to mitigate the impacts on local people and the environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The decision on a preferred scheme is of huge importance and the Government continues to consider the detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report before taking any decisions on next steps. The costs associated with the Lakeside Energy from Waste Plant were considered in the Airports Commission’s assessment of land acquisition costs in the report “Cost and Commercial Viability<em>: Cost and Revenue Identification Update Heathrow Airport North West Runway”. </em></p><p> </p><p>Decisions have not yet been taken on a preferred scheme. However, if the Government was minded to support the North-West runway at Heathrow, the planning and costs of moving the Energy from Waste Plant would be a matter for the airport to take forward with the owners of the site.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/06/2016 08:56:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

428719

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	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 effect of the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport on (a) London's air quality and (b) greenhouse gas emission levels.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	902222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report.</p><p>Any decision regarding future airport capacity will take into account the Government’s commitment to comply with EU air quality standards and its obligations under the 2008 Climate Change Act.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/11/2015 12:53:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

427259

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received assurances from Heathrow Airport that it will meet all of the Airports Commission recommendations before a decision is made on airport expansion; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	15481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report before taking any decisions on next steps.</p><br /><p>The Government will carefully consider all the evidence set out when making a decision on additional runway capacity.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 15362 question first answered 19/11/2015 15:20:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

516740

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has formally accepted the recommendations made by the Airports Commission in its report published in July 2015 on night flights and the ruling out of a fourth runway at Heathrow Airport; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	36098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>A number of important decisions on airport capacity were taken by the Government in December, including to accept the case for expansion in the South-East. However, we must take the time to get the decision right on a preferred scheme. The Government is further considering the environmental impacts and the best possible measures to mitigate the impacts of expansion. We anticipate this work will conclude by summer 2016.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/05/2016 09:40:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell