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754524

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date	20/07/2017
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 assessment he has made of the economic benefits to regions outside of London and the south east of England of an expansion of Heathrow airport over the next three decades.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	6478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department has undertaken an economic assessment of the impact of a new runway at Heathrow at a national level, taking account of all areas of the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Regions across the country should benefit from new destinations, extra seats and increased frequency of service created by increased capacity at Heathrow. Enhanced access to international connectivity will be important in supporting regional economic growth. In addition, for regions where domestic air connections to London remain crucial, such as Scotland, expansion will create space for increased frequencies and new links.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/09/2017 08:55:37 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

754526

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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 assessment he has made of the economic benefits to the UK of the expansion of Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	6469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s latest estimate, published on 2 February, was that a new runway at Heathrow will deliver benefits to passengers and the wider UK economy of up to £61 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Regions across the country should benefit from new destinations, extra seats and increased frequency of service created by increased capacity at Heathrow. Heathrow expansion is also expected to deliver tens of thousands of additional local jobs by 2030, and while it is not possible to precisely quantify the impacts on regional jobs and GDP, expanding airport capacity in the South East will support economic growth in the UK’s regions.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, as part of the consultation on the draft Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) the government was clear that further work was underway to update the evidence base, including revised aviation demand forecasts. The Secretary of State for Transport announced on 7 September that there is a need to conduct a short period of further consultation to allow this updated evidence to be taken into account.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/09/2017 14:03:19 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

754901

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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 assessment he has made of the cost of the road and rail infrastructure required to support the expansion of Heathrow airport; and if he will publish the methodology used to make that calculation.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	6481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 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>Details of the Commission’s cost estimation methodology were published alongside its Final Report in July 2015 and the <em>Cost and Commercial Viability: Cost and Revenue Identification Update</em> for the Heathrow Northwest Runway is available from the Commission’s website.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Highways England undertook a validation of the Airports Commission’s consideration of the strategic road network surface access proposals, including its cost estimates, and their <em>Airports Commission Surface Access Works: Strategic Road Network Proposals Validation of Costs and Delivery Assumptions</em> report was published in October 2016 and is available from the Department’s website.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/09/2017 08:09:48 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

754909

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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 cost to the public purse of improvements to surface access infrastructure to meet the requirements of a third runway at Heathrow airport.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	6476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <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 Airports Commission estimated that the potential costs of the surface access provision for a northwest runway were around £5bn but recognised that the finalised details, and therefore costs, would be determined as part of the statutory planning process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/09/2017 09:01:20 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park