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	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Official Cars
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in his Department have been entitled to use the Government Car Service in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	15016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I am committed to ensuring that the trains enter service as planned. Contractual details regarding any compensation is commercially confidential.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">During the period 2009-10 to date, the following numbers of ministers have been entitled to use Government cars:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2009-10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010-11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011-12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012-13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013-14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014-15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015-16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As a result of a series of changes, including closure of the Government mail service, overall operating costs have fallen from £20.956m in 2010/11 to £6.325m in 2014/15. During the same period the number of vehicles in the GCS for use by ministers have fallen from 227 to 78.</ins></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/11/2015 15:37:17 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2016 13:04:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 29560 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

388990

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates during the last 12 months his Department's Board has met.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	6453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s Board met on 4<sup>th</sup> June 2014, 3<sup>rd</sup> September 2014, 20<sup>th</sup> October 2014, 11<sup>th</sup> March 2015 and 3rd June 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/07/2015 10:21:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

389075

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the £3.4 billion reduction in capital expenditure for his Department he plans will apply to (a) the roads budget, (b) the rail budget and (c) other budgets; and what proportion of the reduction to the roads budget will apply to (i) the Highways Agency, (ii) local authority maintenance, (iii) local authority major projects and (iv) other areas.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	6525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury has published the central government main supply estimates for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport’s Estimate for 2014-15 included a Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) of £9.5 billion, whereas the planned Capital DEL expenditure for 2015-16 is £6.1 billion, a difference of £3.4 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, this is largely due to the reclassification of Network Rail to Central Government, not any reduction in capital expenditure.　 From 1 April 2015, all elements of Network Rail’s income, capital and resource expenditure are consolidated through the Department as Annually Managed Expenditure. The Network Rail grant (£3.8 billion in 2015-16), formerly treated as Capital DEL, no longer scores in the Department’s budgets on consolidation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2015 12:32:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

388919

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rescue Services: North Devon
	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 ensure that North Devon constituency is adequately covered by search and rescue services (a) in the summer and (b) at other times when such services are no longer based at RMB Chivenor.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Peter Heaton-Jones
	uin	6374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>North Devon will continue to be served by search and rescue (SAR) helicopters operating from military bases at RMB Chivenor through to 1 October 2015 and RNAS Culdrose through to 1 January 2016. A new UK SAR helicopter service operating from new bases at Cardiff St Athan and Newquay Airport will take the place of SAR helicopter services currently operated out of RMB Chivenor and RNAS Culdrose. The start of these new services will coincide with the end of the military services at Chivenor and Culdrose, leaving no gap in SAR helicopter cover for south west England and south Wales. New helicopters offer improved operational capabilities and promise enhanced reliability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2015 13:00:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4524 label Biography information for Peter Heaton-Jones

388986

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
	uin	6335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given by my Right Hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 13 July 2015 (UIN 5893)</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=5983" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=5983</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/07/2015 08:54:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

388722

	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	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the implications for his policies of the evidence of Transport for London submitted to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Heathrow and the Wider Economy, which argues that an investment of around £20 billion will be required for adequate surface transports to an expanded Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	6237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Airports Commission has produced an extremely significant and detailed study – considering over 50 different options for new hub capacity and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders during its work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It has considered around 70,000 responses to its consultation earlier this year, including responses made by Transport for London and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Heathrow and the Wider Economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Airports Commission has set out the detailed analysis of its consideration of the surface access requirements for the three short-listed options including the costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Good surface access links are essential to the success of any major airport and this issue including the costs will be a key consideration in any Government decision making regarding airport capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/07/2015 09:01:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

388717

	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	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the views expressed on the expansion at Heathrow airport by the Richmond Heathrow Campaign, summarised at www.rhcfacts.org, before reaching a decision on aviation capacity expansion.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	6238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Airports Commission has produced an extremely significant and detailed study – considering over 50 different options for new hub capacity and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders during its work.</p><p> </p><p>It has considered around 70,000 responses to its consultation earlier this year, including responses made by the Richmond Heathrow Campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission has produced a large amount of very detailed analysis. The Government will now carefully consider all the evidence before making a decision on the way forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/07/2015 09:07:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

388628

	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: Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce World Health Organisation guideline noise levels in order to safeguard the health of (a) children, (b) the elderly, (c) people with cardiovascular and mental health conditions and (d) other people from aircraft noise.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	6239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The WHO guidelines do not refer solely to noise from aviation, but relate to noise levels from any of various sources including other transport sources such as from road, rail, and non-transport sources such as construction, industry and the neighbourhood. It is not possible to have a single objective noise-based measure that is applicable to all sources of noise in all situations because effect levels are likely to be different for different noise sources, different people and at different times.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As such, the Government has no plans to introduce the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) guidelines for community noise. At a national level, the Government aims to promote good health and a good quality of life through the effective management of noise within the context of Government policy on sustainable development.</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/07/2015 09:16:51 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

388721

	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	Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in the UK are exposed to noise levels in excess of World Health Organisation guideline levels; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be exposed to such levels if the expansion of Heathrow were to proceed.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	6254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) guidelines for community noise relate to noise levels from any of various sources including road, rail and aviation from transport, and non-transport sources such as construction, industry and the neighbourhood.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The guidelines propose that in residential areas where the general daytime noise exposure is below 55dB LAeq (non-specific time period), few people will be ‘seriously annoyed’ by noise, and that few people will be ‘moderately annoyed’ below a value of 50dB LAeq.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government does not currently monitor how many people are exposed to noise levels in excess of WHO guidelines for community noise, though DEFRA does publish noise exposure figures for selected noise bands for each agglomeration in England in accordance with the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In considering options for airport expansion, the Airports Commission did not assess the proposals against the WHO guidelines but did assess them in various economic scenarios against a noise scorecard with a range of metrics, including a day noise level down to 54dB LAeq and a night noise level down to 48dB LAeq. The Commission found that expansion at Heathrow was compatible with reducing the number of people exposed to noise at these levels in 2030 compared to the baseline situation in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/07/2015 09:23:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

388982

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	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 compliance with requirements (a) for sustainable development and (b) in the National Policy Statement for National Networks to give air quality considerations substantial weight of the potential Heathrow airport expansion.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	6347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Airports Commission undertook a considerable amount of work to assess the air quality implications of the three shortlisted expansion schemes. The impact on local air quality and how this affects compliance with EU air quality standards is something the Government will be considering carefully when deciding on additional runway capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/07/2015 09:28:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park