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947250

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to EU Regulation 261/2004 that entitles passengers to compensation for delayed flights, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that a similar compensation scheme applies to flights from the UK to an airport located outside of the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	167830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is seeking a comprehensive air transport agreement which maintains liberalised aviation access between and within the territory of the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The EU (Withdrawal) Act will retain EU law, as it stands at the moment of exit, in UK law. This means that the provisions established by EU regulation 261/2004 will continue to apply to flights from UK airports to both countries in and outside of the EU.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling grouped question UIN 167848 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:00:47 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

947471

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Transport Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is the Government's policy seek to maintain membership of the EU's Open Skies system.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	167848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is seeking a comprehensive air transport agreement which maintains liberalised aviation access between and within the territory of the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The EU (Withdrawal) Act will retain EU law, as it stands at the moment of exit, in UK law. This means that the provisions established by EU regulation 261/2004 will continue to apply to flights from UK airports to both countries in and outside of the EU.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling grouped question UIN 167830 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:00:47 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

947656

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace: Republic of Ireland
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 recent statement of the Irish Prime Minister on the use of Irish airspace by UK airlines in the event of no deal being reached under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union; what advice the Government is providing to UK airlines as a result of that statement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Sir Bernard Jenkin
uin	167834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The ability of UK airlines to fly through Irish airspace is not dependent upon the result of our negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Airspace use is governed and guaranteed by an international treaty – the International Air Services Transit Agreement – to which both the UK and Ireland are signatories.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 10/09/2018 14:08:24 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

946863

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government are taking to ensure that UK regulations will be sufficiently aligned to EU rules to support (a) the export of drones to Europe and (b) the operation of drones with UK approval in Europe after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	167246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government and the CAA continue to engage with EASA on the development of its Basic Regulation and associated implementing regulations, which will establish new EU regulations for safe drone operations. Future arrangements on the export and operation of drones will be a matter for negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Government’s intention to remain part of the EASA system after exit, and to maintain a common rulebook with the EU for goods.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 10/09/2018 10:44:30 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

944814

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in (a) his Department, (b) other Government departments, (c) executive agencies and (d) external bodies have worked on (i) aviation, (ii) roads, (ii) rail and (iv) maritime issues arising from the UK’s departure from the European Union since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	166152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Since the UK EU membership referendum in 2016, the Department for Transport has been proactively engaged in an ongoing process to assess its resourcing needs and to ensure it has sufficient capability to successfully deliver EU Exit. Within the Department, the International and Regulatory Reform Directorate lead on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related transport issues, while other members of staff, who principally lead on different departmental priorities, also deliver advice and analysis as required. Given the diverse interactions between EU Exit work and other priorities and the continuous review of business resourcing needs, it is difficult to define, segregate, or break-down total EU Exit resource in the Department and its executive agencies.</p><p> </p><p>However, as detailed in the National Audit Office’s recent report “Implementing the UK’s Exit from the European Union: Department for Transport”, published on 19th July 2018, at present, the central Department has 84 full-time equivalent staff who work solely on EU Exit and are in the process of recruiting 52.5 more staff to provide further support.</p><p> </p><p>The Department works closely with other Government departments to ensure a coordinated EU Exit. However, unfortunately, the Department does not hold information on the EU Exit resourcing of other Government departments or external bodies regarding transport related EU Exit work.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 24/07/2018 12:56:27 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

939889

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assurances the Government has received from the European Commission that even in a no deal situation goods and people can be flown within the EU after Article 50 expires on 29 March 2019 without any more barriers or checks than currently apply.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	163494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s recently published White Paper sets out proposals for an Air Transport Agreement which seeks to maintain reciprocal liberalised aviation access between and within the territory of the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p><p>It also sets out proposals for a free trade area for goods, as well as UK participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which would avoid the need for customs and regulatory checks at the UK’s borders with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The continuation of flights to and from the EU is far and away the highest probability. However, we are also, as a matter of common sense, considering possible alternatives to a negotiated agreement. The CAA is making the appropriate contingency preparations to deliver a continuity of service in regulation. This includes a scenario in which it takes on the responsibilities of EASA.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 19/07/2018 10:41:57 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

934942

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Birmingham Airport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for Birmingham Airport of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the viability of the aviation sector.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	161093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, this includes the implications for airports such as Birmingham, and plans to negotiate the best possible relationship between the UK and the EU in the field of aviation.</p><p> </p><p>Securing liberal market access to EU markets is a very high priority for the Department for Transport. The importance of air services to the health of the UK economy is recognised across Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is working closely with the sector to best understand its requirements and to ensure that the outcome of the negotiations serves the interests of both passengers and the aviation industry.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 10/07/2018 10:13:55 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

921916

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of airside security passes issued for UK airports in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	152052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The total number of airport identification cards (“airside passes”) held by UK airports is in the region of 230,000. The Department for Transport does not hold information on the numbers of airport identification cards issued by financial year. The number of airport identification cards held at any one time or at any one airport is not static and may change on a daily basis. The issue and management of airport identification cards is a matter for each airport operator to handle in line with regulatory requirements outlined in the National Aviation Security Programme.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 14/06/2018 08:17:29 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

922000

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	European Aviation Safety Agency
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 prepare for setting up a UK aviation safety agency in the event that the UK cannot remain part of the European Aviation Safety Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	152066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have been clear that the preference is to remain part of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). However, as a responsible regulator, the CAA continues to undertake a significant amount of preparatory work for all potential outcomes of the EU exit negotiations. This includes a scenario that would see the CAA taking on some of EASA’s current responsibilities to ensure continuity of safety regulation in the near term.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 19/06/2018 14:18:55 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

919122

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he has seen briefing papers on the estimated figures of £17-20 billion on the costs of the maximum facilitation model; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of those estimates.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	151169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of continuing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. This analysis contributes to our exit negotiations with the EU, helps define our future partnership with the EU, and informs our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks. We have been clear the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within government.</p><p> </p><p>By leaving the Customs Union and establishing a new and ambitious customs arrangement with the EU, we will be able to forge new trade relationships with our partners around the world, and maintain as frictionless trade as possible in goods between the UK and EU, providing a positive and powerful voice for free trade.</p><p> </p><p>In assessing the options for the UK's future customs relationship with the EU, the government will be guided by what delivers the greatest economic advantage to the UK and by our strategic objectives:</p><ul><li>To keep trade with the EU as frictionless as possible;</li><li>To avoid a ‘hard border’ between Ireland and Northern Ireland;</li><li>To establish an independent international trade policy.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 12/06/2018 13:44:49 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali