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808846

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Aviation: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to strengthen planning guidance on aerodromes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	119955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has a clear planning policy for airfields set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. It recognises the significant contribution that aviation makes to economic growth and requires local authorities, when preparing their Local Plans, to take account of the role of airfields in meeting business, leisure, training and emergency service needs.</p><p>Planning guidance supporting the Framework makes clear to local authorities that they should consider the interconnectivity between airfields of different sizes and that they should have regard to the Aviation Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/12/2017 11:12:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

774081

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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, what steps he is taking to increase regional aviation capacity.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	108643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises that regional air connectivity across the UK is very important and airports support regional economies, create skilled employment opportunities and enable business and leisure travel. However, the UK aviation market operates in a competitive, commercial environment; it is therefore for airlines to determine which routes they operate.</p><p> </p><p>A priority for the new Aviation Strategy (Call for Evidence published July 2017) will be to ensure that the aviation sector continues to provide and improve regional connectivity across the regions and nations of the UK in a way that benefits the country as a whole. Also, as part of the Call for Evidence we asked for views on the proposed policy to support airports throughout the UK making the best use of their existing runways, subject to environmental issues being addressed, and we are now considering those responses.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/10/2017 11:22:57 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

773306

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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, what estimate his Department as made of the gross value added to the UK economy by the general aviation sector in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	108492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Government published research that the Department for Transport commissioned from York Aviation entitled “The Economic Value of General Aviation in the UK”.</p><p> </p><p>That research contained an estimate of the gross value added to the economy by general aviation in the UK as being £3.8bn direct and indirect economic benefit, supporting 38,000 jobs.</p><p> </p><p>We have commissioned research on what a strategic network of general aviation airfields might look like and this research may review that calculation.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/10/2017 10:57:47 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

773307

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of airfields in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	108491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The majority of airfields in the UK are privately run and owned.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes the matter of airport capacity seriously. In March 2015 the Government published research that the Department for Transport commissioned from York Aviation entitled “The Economic Value of General Aviation in the UK”.</p><p> </p><p>That research contained an estimate of the jobs linked to the general aviation sector in the UK being 38,000.</p><p> </p><p>We are commissioning research on what a strategic network of general aviation airfields might look like and this research may review that calculation.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/10/2017 11:01:27 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

720250

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what level of seniority his Department had discussions with (a) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (b) NatWest on their programmes for nationwide branch closures; and how many times such discussions took place.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	70711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 24/04/2017 15:45:57 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

720270

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 111 of the National Planning Policy Framework published by his Department in March 2012, what his policy is on the development of brownfield land classified as being of high environmental value; and whether he has plans to amend paragraph 111 of the National Planning Policy Framework in order to (a) limit and (b) prohibit such development.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	70715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>This Government has committed to increasing the take-up of brownfield sites for development, especially for new homes. Our National Planning Policy Framework asks local authorities to encourage re-use of brownfield sites wherever practicable, and the law now requires each local authority to maintain a register of local brownfield sites suitable for housing. However, for a brownfield site to be suitable to redevelop, it should not be of high environmental value. In the Government’s view, this policy is clear to decision-makers, and we see no reason to amend the Framework, or to limit the freedom of local communities to judge how to apply national policy to the facts of particular cases.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 25/04/2017 14:26:23 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

720757

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 his Department plans to discuss with the Department for Communities and Local Government the co-ordination of (a) the drafting of the General Aviation Strategy document, (b) the drawing up of the National Planning Policy Framework and (c) general aviation policy.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	70712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework was published on 27 March 2012 and the General Aviation Strategy on 25 March 2015. Departments across Government are involved in discussing aviation policy, including in relation to general aviation.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to (c), Departments across government will be involved in discussing aviation policy, including policy in relation to General Aviation, as we develop the new Aviation Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 25/04/2017 15:08:20 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

720759

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will reclassify general aviation airfields as a national infrastructure issue for which any changes require approval above local authority level.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	70714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The government is seeking to better define a strategic network of General Aviation airfields and is engaging with the General and Business Aviation Strategic Forum to do this.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 25/04/2017 13:41:26 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

720888

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage companies to purchase from UK companies which have developed products through programmes funded from the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	70710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The objective of Government support for business is to put the United Kingdom in a strong position for the future, promoting a diversity of businesses and industrial sectors, as well as ensuring the benefits of growth are shared across cities and regions up and down the country.</p><p>The Government regularly showcases the best that British business has to offer, for example through its GREAT Britain campaign, which aims to inspire the world and encourage people to do business with manufacturers in the UK. On 21 April we announced the winners of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise; 176 businesses from across the UK have been recognised for their contribution to international trade, innovation, sustainable development and this year’s new award, promoting opportunity. Some of these companies have previously benefitted from public funding, thus demonstrating the real benefits to businesses and society that can be derived from properly-targeted Government support.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/04/2017 14:02:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

720963

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, what international rules will govern cross-border general aviation traffic after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	70713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including future arrangements for the regulation of cross-border general aviation traffic. Until the UK leaves the EU, EU law continues to apply alongside national rules. The Department for Transport is working closely with the sector to best understand its requirements.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 25/04/2017 13:58:50 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst