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1028479

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Road Traffic
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 number of vehicles using (a) the M4, (b) the M25, (c) the A4 and (d) the local road network to access Heathrow airport in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	203822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Department’s National Statistics series on Road Traffic, the Department produces annual estimates of the average daily flow of vehicles on the major roads near Heathrow airport. The Department does not know the destination of these vehicles.</p><p>The table below provides a breakdown of vehicle flow estimates on sections of (a) the M4, (b) the M25 and (c) the A4 close to Heathrow airport for 2016 and 2017 – the latest years available.</p><p> </p><p>Average Daily Flow Estimates of motor vehicles on the M4, M25, and A4 near Heathrow Terminals – 2016 and 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>For terminals 2 &amp; 3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Average Daily Flow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road link by direction</p></td><td><p>Traffic count-point ID</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M4 westbound - before junction 4</p></td><td><p>CP 6013</p></td><td><p>73,421</p></td><td><p>70,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M4 eastbound - before junction 4</p></td><td><p>CP 16012</p></td><td><p>72,498</p></td><td><p>74,388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 southbound - before junction 15</p></td><td><p>CP 7902</p></td><td><p>97,584</p></td><td><p>101,256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 northbound - before junction 15</p></td><td><p>CP 27923</p></td><td><p>105,827</p></td><td><p>103,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A4 eastbound - before T2&amp;3</p></td><td><p>CP 56114</p></td><td><p>10,451</p></td><td><p>10,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A4 westbound - before T2&amp;3</p></td><td><p>CP 16112</p></td><td><p>6,807</p></td><td><p>7,977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>For terminals 4 &amp; 5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Average Daily Flow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road link by direction</p></td><td><p>Traffic count-point ID</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M4 westbound - before junction 4b</p></td><td><p>CP 16012</p></td><td><p>74,344</p></td><td><p>79,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M4 eastbound - before junction 4b</p></td><td><p>CP 48582</p></td><td><p>75,076</p></td><td><p>72,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 northbound - before junction 14</p></td><td><p>CP 47876</p></td><td><p>104,525</p></td><td><p>97,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 southbound - before junction 15</p></td><td><p>CP 27923</p></td><td><p>108,635</p></td><td><p>107,772</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Vehicle counts are collected at a sample of locations on (d) the local road network. These can be accessed via the Department’s interactive map here:</p><p><a href="https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints" target="_blank">https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints</a></p><p> </p><p>Contextual information can be found on the data.gov.uk website here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2019 13:41:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1010322

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Highways England Air Quality Fund was spent up to November 2018; and how much is planned to be spent in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	192790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Since the start of the first Road Investment Period in April 2015 and up to November 2018, £2.82 million of Highways England’s ring-fenced Air Quality Designated Fund has been invested. In 2018 – 19, Highways England anticipates spending £8.6 million of this fund.</p><p> </p><p>Investment plans for 2019 – 20, including support to the Government’s National Air Quality Plan, are still under development. The indicative forecast is £54 million currently.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/11/2018 12:36:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1010323

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled Highways England’s approach to delivering schemes through its ring-fenced funds, published in February 2018, whether the overall performance of the Highways England Air Quality Fund remains rated as red.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	192791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The red rating in the report prepared for the Office of Rail &amp; Road (ORR) recognised the lack of available effective options (at that time) for mitigating poor air quality. Since then, Highways England have been undertaking an extensive programme of air quality research, and have identified large barriers, overhanging part of the carriageway, as a potentially effective measure.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England have also developed an outline implementation programme. Drawing on the Air Quality Designated Fund, based substantially on the provision of these barriers in specific locations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/11/2018 15:46:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1003620

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Road Traffic
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 potential effect of the expansion of Heathrow Airport on local road networks.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	189623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) was designated on 26 <del class="ministerial">July</del> <ins class="ministerial">June</ins> 2018, paving the way for a development consent application. As part of the development of the Airports NPS, an Appraisal of Sustainability was undertaken which included analysis of surface impacts for all three options shortlisted by the Airports Commission.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the surface access requirements in the Airports NPS, the Government has specified that any applicant for development consent must submit a surface access strategy as part of their application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 10:54:12 question first ministerially corrected 26/11/2018 16:27:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 85388 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1003621

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Motor Vehicles
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 number of (a) light goods vehicles, (b) heavy goods vehicles and (c) private cars that access Heathrow airport on a daily basis.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	189624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>For goods vehicles, the Department draws upon the Airports Commission’s assessment of road freight numbers as published in their Appraisal Framework Module 4 - <em>Surface Access Freight Impacts Study.</em></p><p> </p><p>In October 2017, the Department published within its Updated Appraisal Report: Airport Capacity in the South East, details of the estimated surface access trips for both highway and public transport trips for each of the airport expansion options as inputs to its non-flight carbon assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the estimates for annual highway trips for the Heathrow Airport options are set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p>Annual highway trips (car and taxi) by passengers and employees at Heathrow, DfT17 central forecasts (millions)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Highway vehicle trips</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2026</p></td><td><p>2030</p></td><td><p>2040</p></td><td><p>2050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Expansion</p></td><td><p>57.5</p></td><td><p>59.4</p></td><td><p>62.7</p></td><td><p>66.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LHR Extended Northern Runway</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td><td><p>75.2</p></td><td><p>78.2</p></td><td><p>82.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LHR Northwest Runway</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td><td><p>77.7</p></td><td><p>80.7</p></td><td><p>85.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Transport: Table A.2 Updated Appraisal Report: Airport Capacity in the South East (October 2017)</p><p> </p><p>As specified in the Airports National Policy Statement, it will be for an applicant for development consent for the Heathrow Northwest runway scheme to submit a surface access strategy to the Planning Inspectorate alongside their application.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 16:32:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

964083

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving vehicles operated by Heathrow Airport Limited have been reported as having occurred on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	169169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the safety of passengers and those who work at airports very seriously. The Civil Aviation Authority works closely with airport operators to ensure high standards of safety in their ground handling operations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on this issue and has not issued guidance to Heathrow Airport in relation to the Road Traffic Act 1991.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 169170 169171 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:28:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

964084

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many near misses involving vehicles operated by Heathrow Airport Limited have been reported as having occurred on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	169170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the safety of passengers and those who work at airports very seriously. The Civil Aviation Authority works closely with airport operators to ensure high standards of safety in their ground handling operations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on this issue and has not issued guidance to Heathrow Airport in relation to the Road Traffic Act 1991.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 169169 169171 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:28:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

964085

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has issued guidance to Heathrow Airport on the application of the Road Traffic Act 1991 relating to the driving of vehicles on the tarmac at that airport; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	169171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the safety of passengers and those who work at airports very seriously. The Civil Aviation Authority works closely with airport operators to ensure high standards of safety in their ground handling operations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on this issue and has not issued guidance to Heathrow Airport in relation to the Road Traffic Act 1991.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 169169 169170 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:28:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

637993

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is monitoring content that is publicly available on social networking sites using overt monitoring techniques.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	53234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The department and its Agencies (Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency, Driver &amp; Vehicle Licensing Agency, and Driver &amp; Vehicle Standards Agency) use a mixture of free and paid for tools to monitor online discussion and content publicly available on a variety of social networking sites. The content monitored stems from a variety of sources including professional news organisations, stakeholders and partner channels. Monitoring is carried out to enable the Department and its Agencies to better serve their customers and users of their services.</p><p> </p><p>The Vehicle Certification Agency do not monitor content on social networking sites.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of media management and campaign communications, department communications teams monitor relevant publicly available social media content to evaluate the effectiveness of government campaigns. Departments are encouraged to follow Government Communications Service (GCS) Standards using the GCS Evaluation Framework <a href="https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/" target="_blank">https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 24/11/2016 10:16:52 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

542286

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Impact Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken or commissioned an environmental impact assessment of a construction phase for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	43837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Airports Commission shortlisted three airport expansion schemes, two at Heathrow and one at Gatwick. The Government accepted the Commission’s shortlist in December 2015, and has since been undertaking a programme of further work to support a decision on a preferred scheme. The preferred scheme promoter would need to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment as part of any Development Consent application it makes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/09/2016 15:17:25 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter