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date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
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 potential impact on the reduction to CO2 emissions of the UK aviation sector switching to sustainable aviation fuels; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	126523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) can achieve lifecycle emissions savings of over 70% compared with conventional jet fuel, when fully replacing fossil kerosene.</p><p>The Jet Zero Strategy, published in July 2022, estimates that if SAF accounts for 10% of UK jet fuel supply, it could deliver a reduction of 2.41 Mt CO2 per year.</p><p> </p><p>On 22 December the Department announced the five projects which will receive a share of the £165m Advanced Fuels Fund. The funding is available across three financial years, ending in 2024/2025.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 126524 question first answered 26/01/2023 13:37:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1549988

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department have been allocated to deal with issues related to international trade in (a) each of the past five years and (b) the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	106298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, three members of DfT staff were directly working on international trade. In 2018 and 2019 the Department significantly expanded staff numbers allocated to this area. Since 2020 there has been a specific Trade Division in the International Directorate, with fourteen staff dedicated to these issues.</p><p> </p><p>Many other staff in the Department have diverse work portfolios which include international trade as a part. It is not possible to quantify exactly how many officials overall work on international trade issues within DfT.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor and provide for an appropriate level of resource to meet demand in this important area.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/12/2022 13:19:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1468995

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Standards
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 holiday flights cancelled in an average year out of (a) Manchester, (b) Stanstead, (c) Gatwick and (d) Heathrow airport; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	15170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>Monthly and annual data, up to March 2022, is available from the CAA on their website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.caa.co.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fuk-aviation-market%2Fflight-punctuality%2Fuk-flight-punctuality-statistics%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJohnny.Farrar-Bell%40dft.gov.uk%7C17225925cc2a4ec7efd908da4ee48e5a%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C637909040789793865%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GwJ97H2EaWsMxjZij%2B2EE2O7Yl4UPFCHveataZYK8i4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-analysis/uk-aviation-market/flight-punctuality/uk-flight-punctuality-statistics/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 17/06/2022 10:06:12 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas