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1183263

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding from the public purse for Heathrow airport expansion is allocated in line with the recent judgment on that expansion.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	26174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The sale of nut-based products on board aircrafts is a commercial decision for individual airlines. However, the Government is pleased to note that a number of UK airlines have taken positive steps to ban nuts and nut products from their aircraft. We continue to encourage industry to take appropriate measures. Government also wants to see improved clarity and consistency in how airlines operating in the UK assist nut allergy sufferers.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have always been clear that Heathrow expansion is a private sector project which must meet strict criteria on air quality, noise and climate change, as well as being privately financed, affordable, and delivered in the best interest of consumers. It will receive no public funds. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/03/2020 16:05:02 question first ministerially corrected 13/03/2020 09:04:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 11819 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1183066

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Flybe: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he plans provide to Belfast City Airport to help ensure that vacant routes are filled by other airlines following the collapse of Flybe.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	25746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>We are urgently working with industry to identify opportunities to re-establish key Flybe routes throughout the UK, and have kept in close contact with airlines and airports over the last few days to emphasise this. We are pleased to see that a number of airlines have already committed to operating many of these routes in the near future, including from Belfast City Airport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/03/2020 17:14:24 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1183072

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to publish the terms of reference for the urgent review into regional connectivity.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	25667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>Levelling up connectivity across our regions and nations is a top priority for this Government. Our review of regional air connectivity will ensure the UK has the domestic transport connections local communities need. We will publish the terms of reference shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/03/2020 17:07:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1183074

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the (a) nations and (b) regions of the UK have access to air connections.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	25668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>We are urgently working with industry to identify opportunities to re-establish key Flybe routes throughout the nations and regions of the UK, and have kept in close contact with airlines and airports over the last few days to emphasise this. We are pleased to see that a number of airlines have already committed to operating many of these routes in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this immediate work, levelling up connectivity across our regions and nations remains a top priority for this government. This is why we are undertaking a review of regional air connectivity which will ensure the UK has the domestic transport connections local communities need.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/03/2020 17:10:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1183076

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Flybe: Insolvency
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 effect of Flybe entering administration on the provision of air freight at each airport in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	25669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>Our preliminary assessment is that Flybe entering administration will have a minimal impact on the provision of air freight but we will keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/03/2020 17:12:30 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1183147

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport for the North: Finance
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 potential merits of providing a devolved budget for Transport for the North.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	25740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State keeps the performance and role of Transport for the North under regular review. The legislation which established Transport for the North as a statutory Sub-National Transport Body enables the organisation to bring forward proposals for additional functions to be devolved to them. To date, the Secretary of State has not received any such proposals.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/03/2020 15:29:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1182664

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
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 level of carbon dioxide emissions generated per lane for each mile of road expansion from road (a) construction and (b) widening schemes (i) during construction and (ii) over the anticipated lifetime of such schemes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>All strategic road schemes promoted by the Department go through detailed analysis as set out in its Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG). Standard methods in TAG estimate the carbon impacts of road transport over the 60-year appraisal period. Embedded carbon from construction and the carbon impacts of maintenance and operation activities are captured in the scheme costs as the market prices faced by suppliers in emissions trading sectors include the cost of carbon.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/03/2020 17:50:58 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1182665

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
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 road schemes on (a) congestion, (b) induced traffic and (c) modal shift between private cars and public transport; if he will publish the details of any such studies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>All strategic road schemes promoted by the Department go through detailed analysis as set out in its Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG). These business cases are underpinned by transport modelling that estimates changes in congestion, induced demand and modal shift when proportionate. A post-opening project evaluation (POPE) assesses whether the benefits set out in a road scheme’s business case are on track to be realised through systematically evaluating metrics in relation to traffic flows, journey times, journey time reliability, safety and environmental impacts. All these are published on the Government website.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England’s 2019 POPE summary analysis brings together the evaluations of around 85 major road schemes that opened between 2002-2014. This shows that around 73% of the schemes evaluated achieved the objective to ‘improve journey times/reduce congestion and/or delay’. Highways England analysis of induced demand includes changes of mode, destination, trip frequency and new car trips. The POPE evidence suggests that 76% of schemes assessed did not lead to induced traffic.</p><p> </p><p>The forthcoming Transport Decarbonisation Plan will consider the transport sector as a whole and the increased contribution that all modes need to make to achieve an economy-wide net zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050. We are committed to levelling up public transport connections across the country and making public transport attractive for all, from investing a record £48 billion to modernise our railways, driving forward significant improvements in performance, punctuality and reliability; to the recently announced £5 billion of new funding to overhaul bus and cycle links for every region outside London.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/03/2020 17:51:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1182666

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the carbon emissions calculation tool data provided by construction companies building roads on behalf of Highways England between August 2015 and 2020; whether that data has been used to inform decisions on infrastructure investment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>In 2019 Highways England published an updated version of their Carbon Tool on the government website. This was updated on the 7<sup>th</sup> October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England publishes the total carbon figure from its own activities and those of its supply chain in its annual Performance Monitoring Statement. This is published on the Highways England website.</p><p> </p><p>All strategic road schemes promoted by the Department go through detailed analysis as set out in its Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG), including carbon from users. Such analysis is used in scheme decision making. Embedded carbon is included within scheme appraisal, as it is included in the emissions trading system.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/03/2020 17:52:47 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1182671

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
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 role of (a) Navblue, (b) Lufthansa Systems, (c) Jeppessen and (d) other coding houses in airspace modernisation.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	25050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Coding houses are contracted by airlines to provide coding for their Flight Management Systems. The Department does not provide oversight of this commercial relationship or the work of coding houses. As part of the Aviation Strategy the Department has sought views on how to hold coding houses to account for their work if it results in aircraft deviating from approved flightpaths.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not conducted an assessment of the role of coding houses in airspace modernisation. A key component of airspace modernisation is the introduction of performance-based navigation (PBN) standards which will enable aircraft to more accurately follow approved flightpaths.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 25051 question first answered 11/03/2020 15:59:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond