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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

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

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

388719

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	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 the cost to the public purse was of the recent Airports Commission report into aircraft capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	6270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>On setting up the Commission in 2012, the Department set a budget of £20.35m to allow for building, staff and IT costs, expert consultancy, publishing, travel and hosting public consultation events over the four financial years 2012/13 to 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p /><p> </p><p>Sir Howard Davies and his fellow commissioners have not been paid for their work.</p><p /><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The cost to date is around £12.7m. The exact cost will be known once the Commission Secretariat has been completely dissolved, following which we intend to publish the final figures.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/07/2015 16:11:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

421754

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Greater London
	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 cost to the public purse of ticket barriers at stations in London being left open.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	12079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>Ticket gates barriers are operated and provided by a number of different operating companies at national rail stations, Docklands Light Railway, TfL Overground and tube stations across London. No such estimate has been made across all stations in London.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/10/2015 09:39:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

422347

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times his Department received complaints that an Oyster machine is not working properly on a London bus in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	12382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>I am not aware of the Department for Transport having received any such complaints.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/10/2015 14:15:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

422709

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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 representations he has received from the Cabinet Secretary on airport capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	12612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers receive advice from officials on a wide range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/10/2015 13:43:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

428719

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport on (a) London's air quality and (b) greenhouse gas emission levels.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	902222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report.</p><p>Any decision regarding future airport capacity will take into account the Government’s commitment to comply with EU air quality standards and its obligations under the 2008 Climate Change Act.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/11/2015 12:53:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter