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809795

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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

809796

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: Noise
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 establishing a legally binding noise envelope at Heathrow; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The revised draft Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) makes clear that any noise envelope at an expanded Heathrow should be tailored to local priorities and include clear noise performance targets. If the revised draft Airports NPS is designated, the design of any noise envelope would be defined in consultation with local communities and relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:39:20 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

809797

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	Aviation: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the boundaries at which communities affected by aircraft noise receive compensation.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Following its recent Airspace Policy consultation, the Department implemented changes to its policy on compensation for communities affected by noise as a result of airspace change. The Government will undertake additional consideration of this issue through the new aviation strategy it is currently developing.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:29:18 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

809798

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: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Heathrow Airport on potential boundary changes to its Quieter Homes scheme.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>There have been no discussions between the Department for Transport and Heathrow Airport on potential changes to Heathrow’s Quieter Homes scheme.</p><p>Whilst the Government sets the guidelines on when it expect airport operators to provide compensation to local communities, decision on how to apply the guidance are for the airport itself.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:05:33 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

809799

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: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on air quality of the construction of a third runway at Heathrow.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that the Heathrow Northwest Runway scheme can be delivered without impacting on the UK’s compliance with air quality limit values, given the measures set out in the Government’s air quality plan, and with a suitable package of mitigation measures taken forward by the promoter.</p><p> </p><p>Should the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement be designated, then it would be for the promoter to undertake a detailed assessment of the air quality impacts of the scheme, including during construction, and put forward to the Planning Inspectorate an appropriate package of mitigations that address air quality impacts and demonstrate compliance with air quality obligations.</p><p>In order to grant development consent, the Secretary of State would need to be satisfied that, with mitigation, the scheme would be compliant with legal obligations.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:33:00 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

809800

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: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on air quality of the construction of a third runway at Heathrow.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that the Heathrow Northwest Runway scheme can be delivered without impacting on the UK’s compliance with air quality limit values, given the measures set out in the Government’s air quality plan, and with a suitable package of mitigation measures taken forward by the promoter.</p><p> </p><p>Should the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement be designated, then it would be for the promoter to undertake a detailed assessment of the air quality impacts of the scheme, including during construction, and put forward to the Planning Inspectorate an appropriate package of mitigations that address air quality impacts and demonstrate compliance with air quality obligations.</p><p>In order to grant development consent, the Secretary of State would need to be satisfied that, with mitigation, the scheme would be compliant with legal obligations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:26:42 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

809801

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: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures he plans to put in place to mitigate potential negative air quality effects of constructing and operating a third runway at Heathrow.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Should the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement be designated, then it would be for the promoter to undertake a detailed assessment of the air quality impacts of the scheme, including during construction and operation, and put forward to the Planning Inspectorate an appropriate package of mitigations that address air quality impacts and demonstrate compliance with air quality obligations.</p><p>The precise package of mitigation measures would be subject to consultation with local communities to ensure that the most effective measures are taken forward.</p><p>Furthermore, in order to grant development consent, the Secretary of State would need to be satisfied that, with mitigation, the scheme would be compliant with legal obligations.</p><p>As you know, the Government is determined to meet its air quality obligations and to do so it has produced a national Air Quality Plan which includes additional measures to improve air quality nationwide. We are investing £3.5 billion in cleaning up the air and reducing emissions from vehicles.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:23:36 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

809802

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	Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward proposals for new regulations on the allocation of slot arrangements at UK airports; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has no proposals for new regulations on the allocation of slots at co-ordinated UK airports. The process of allocating slots at these airports is governed by the EU airport slot regulations and the associated UK implementing regulations.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:11:56 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

809804

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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Heathrow Airport on the potential number of jobs estimated to arise (a) locally and (b) nationally from a third runway being constructed.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly meets with Heathrow Airport Limited to discuss a number of matters including the government’s preferred scheme for increasing airport capacity in the South East which has recently been the subject of consultation. All discussions relating to expansion take place in observance of the government’s published Statement of Approach. Government recently published the Updated Appraisal Report alongside the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement. The forecasted figures for the creation of jobs as a result of the Northwest Runway scheme at Heathrow Airport can be found there.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:35:35 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

809805

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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons were for not including an updated assessment of domestic connections to the regions from an expanded Heathrow in the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement, published on 24 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The department published updated aviation forecasts alongside the consultation on the revised draft NPS on 24 October 2017. This included an updated assessment of the domestic connections from Heathrow airport, with and without expansion.</p><p>The <em>revised</em> draft Airports NPS maintains the Government expectation that any expansion will deliver an increase in the number of UK routes; and that Government will hold Heathrow Airport to account on this. The document also sets out a number of potential domestic routes that may be delivered under expansion.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:17:25 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable