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706805

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	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, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to give the Government power to ring-fence landing slots at Heathrow Airport to protect connections to regional airports as was proposed in the Airports (Amendment) Bill [HL] 2010-12.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	66193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2017 answer text <p>Under European Union regulations airport slot allocation in the UK is managed by a designated co-ordinator which is independent of the Government, the Civil Aviation Authority and other interested parties.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider how all UK airports, including those in the South East, can best utilise their existing runways to allow the growth of both domestic and international connectivity as part of the new Aviation Strategy. This will be an ambitious programme of work, and we will be consulting widely throughout 2017, leading to publication of an Aviation Strategy White Paper at the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The draft Airports National Policy Statement, currently out for consultation, sets out that expansion at Heathrow would be an opportunity to not only strengthen the frequency of existing domestic routes, but also to develop new domestic connections, including to regions currently unserved. Government would expect Heathrow to add at least six more domestic routes by 2030 bringing the total to 14.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 10/03/2017 10:57:03 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

776067

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	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 surface transport improvements to the rail and road network required for the expansion of Heathrow Airport to comply with environmental requirements set out in the final report of the Airports Commission, published in July 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	uin	108933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Airports Commission estimated that the potential costs of the surface access provision for a northwest runway at Heathrow were around £5bn but recognised that the finalised details, and therefore costs, would be determined as part of the statutory planning process.</p><p> </p><p>Heathrow Airport Limited have committed to meet the costs of any surface access proposals that are essential to deliver airport expansion including works on the M25, the A4 and the A3044.</p><p> </p><p>Where proposed surface access projects have wider beneficiaries, such as the Western Rail and Southern Rail proposals, the Government will consider funding a proportion based on benefits for airport users and other beneficiaries in line with our Aviation Policy Framework.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that as part of any planning application the promoter will need to set out in detail how it would achieve the environmental targets set out in the draft National Policy Statement as part of its plans for mitigating the impact of expansion.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 30/10/2017 16:25:43 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

810113

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	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 effects on residents (a) during and (b) after the construction of a third runway at Heathrow on the (i) physical and (ii) mental health of those residents living (a) near that airport and (b) under the proposed new flightpath.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	120579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>Alongside the publication of the Draft Airports National Policy Statement on 2 February 2017, the Department also published an Appraisal of Sustainability and Health Impact Analysis. The Department’s assessment of the potential impacts of a new runway at Heathrow on health are set out in those documents.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2018 13:18:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

810114

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to undertake a full Health Impact Assessment on the proposed construction of a third runway at Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	120580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>Alongside the publication of the Draft Airports National Policy Statement on 2 February 2017, the Department also published an Appraisal of Sustainability and Health Impact Analysis. The Department’s strategic assessment of the potential impacts of a new runway at Heathrow on health are set out in those documents.</p><p> </p><p>Should the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement be designated, then it would be for the scheme promoter to undertake a detailed assessment of health impacts, and put forward an appropriate package of mitigation measures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2018 13:42:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

810082

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the financial value of new runway capacity at (a) Heathrow and (b) elsewhere to the UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	120548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of its work, the independent Airports Commission shortlisted three schemes for airport expansion, two at Heathrow and one at Gatwick, following analysis of more than fifty proposals to meet the UK’s long term capacity needs.</p><p> </p><p>On 25 October 2016, the Government announced that it accepted the Commission’s recommendation for a new north-west runway at Heathrow Airport as its preferred option to deliver airport expansion in the south-east by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has undertaken an economic assessment of the impact of a new runway at Heathrow at a national level, taking account of changes in connectivity across the UK and beyond, which shows significant economic benefits of up to £74 billion. The same assessments are included for the Heathrow Extended Northern Runway and Gatwick Second Runway schemes in the Updated Appraisal Report published alongside the Revised Draft Airports National Policy Statement in October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2018 13:11:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

810112

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of additional daily trips on the public transport network arising from expansion at Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	120578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>In October 2017 the Department published within its <em>Updated Appraisal Report: Airport Capacity in the South East</em>, details of the estimated surface access trips for both highway and public transport trips for each of the airport expansion options as inputs to its non-flight carbon assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the estimates for annual public transport trips for the Heathrow Airport options are set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p><em><br> </em></p><p><strong>Annual public transport trips by passengers and employees at Heathrow, DfT17 central forecasts (millions)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Public transport trips</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2026</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2040</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2050</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Expansion</p></td><td><p>41.3</p></td><td><p>43.6</p></td><td><p>48.8</p></td><td><p>53.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LHR Extended Northern Runway</p></td><td><p>51.1</p></td><td><p>58.1</p></td><td><p>64.5</p></td><td><p>70.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LHR Northwest Runway</p></td><td><p>51.1</p></td><td><p>60.1</p></td><td><p>66.6</p></td><td><p>73.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Transport: Table A.4 Updated Appraisal Report: Airport Capacity in the South East (October 2017)</p><p> </p><p>As part of the surface access requirements in the draft Airports National Policy Statement, Government has specified that any applicant must submit a surface access strategy as part of any Development Consent Order application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2018 13:52:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

809803

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Transport about the route network operated from Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	120423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2018 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/01/2018 17:28:29 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

909000

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	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 changes in the rate of landing charges on the business case for the expansion at Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	146073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The Airports Commission found that despite an increase in airport charges, fares paid by passengers could remain level or even fall due to the benefits of expansion.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 the Secretary of State set out his ambition for airlines and Heathrow to work together to develop solutions for expansion which keep airport charges close to current levels. In April 2018, the Civil Aviation Authority published their latest consultation on ‘the economic regulation of capacity expansion at Heathrow’ which concludes that ‘there are credible scenarios in which capacity expansion can be delivered affordably and financeably, with airport charges per passenger remaining close to current levels in real terms and line with the ambition expressed by the SoS on these matters in 2016’.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that increases in airport capacity must be funded by the private sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 146074 question first answered 29/05/2018 14:04:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

909001

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	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 changes in the rate of landing charges at Heathrow Airport on (a) passengers, (b) airlines and (c) the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	146074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The Airports Commission found that despite an increase in airport charges, fares paid by passengers could remain level or even fall due to the benefits of expansion.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 the Secretary of State set out his ambition for airlines and Heathrow to work together to develop solutions for expansion which keep airport charges close to current levels. In April 2018, the Civil Aviation Authority published their latest consultation on ‘the economic regulation of capacity expansion at Heathrow’ which concludes that ‘there are credible scenarios in which capacity expansion can be delivered affordably and financeably, with airport charges per passenger remaining close to current levels in real terms and line with the ambition expressed by the SoS on these matters in 2016’.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that increases in airport capacity must be funded by the private sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 146073 question first answered 29/05/2018 14:04:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

810111

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	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 effect of expansion at Heathrow Airport on (a) passenger numbers on the Piccadilly Line and (b) congestion on the (i) strategic and (ii) local road network.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	120577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Airports Commission undertook a range of detailed assessments to support its Final Report published in July 2015. The analysis included a detailed assessment of transport network impacts for each of the Commission’s three short-listed options.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of the Commission’s Surface Access: Dynamic Modelling Report, it’s Local and Strategic Roads Modelling Study for the Heathrow Airport North West Runway Proposals, and the Commission’s Freight Impact Study were published alongside its Final Report, and are available online from the Commission website.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the surface access requirements in the draft Airports National Policy Statement, Government has specified that any applicant for development consent should set out the mitigation measures that it considers are required to minimise and mitigate the effect of expansion on existing surface access arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2018 13:25:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable