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1062080

	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bristow Helicopters
	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 financial solvency of the ultimate owner of Bristow Helicopters Limited; and when he last made such an assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	222024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Bristow Group Inc is an indirect shareholder of our search and rescue helicopter provider, Bristow Helicopters Limited. Bristow Group issued cautionary guidance to investors on 11 February about a material weakness observed in the internal controls over its financial reporting going back to 31 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Bristow Group intends to release further information on its financial position at the end of 2018 to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC), no later than 19 February 2019. An assessment of Bristow Group’s financial position will be made following the release of its quarterly results to the US SEC.</p><p> </p><p>These current difficulties are contained within Bristow Group and do not affect the Department for Transport’s contract with Bristow Helicopters Limited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/02/2019 14:53:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1062081

	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Bristow Helicopters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual value is of the current contract between the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Bristow Helicopters Limited for helicopter search and rescue services in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	222025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The value of the current search and rescue helicopter contract is £1.6 billion over 10 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/02/2019 16:18:44 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1062082

	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Bristow Helicopters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans his Department has developed for the early termination of the contract between the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Bristow Helicopters Limited for helicopter search and rescue services in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	222026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Bristow Helicopters Limited continues to fulfil its contractual obligations with the UK Government. The Department for Transport has protections in its contract to guarantee a search and rescue helicopter service in the unlikely event that these obligations should go unfulfilled. The details of these protections are however commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/02/2019 16:25:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1062083

	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bristow Helicopters: Offshore Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many offshore oil and gas workers were transported to and from installations on the UK continental shelf under private contracts between oil companies and Bristow Group subsidiaries in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	222027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) collects data from airports with an annual volume of more than 150,000 terminal passengers. The total passengers in each year between such airports and offshore installations, transported by Bristow Helicopters Ltd, can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>412,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>381,595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>400,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>380,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>321,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>278,234</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Complete data for 2018 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/02/2019 15:49:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1062084

	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on commercial pressures in the offshore helicopter transport sector; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	222028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As discussed in the recent Westminster Hall debate on this issue, offshore helicopter services provide a vital link to ensure the viability of the UK’s oil and gas industry. The safety of those travelling on offshore helicopter operations remains a priority.</p><p>As the UK’s aviation safety regulator, the CAA monitors all aspects of the operations of offshore helicopter companies and any risks to safe operation through its safety oversight programme. This includes the commercial environment and its potential impact on safety.</p><p>Impairment charges are a commercial matter for individual helicopter operators. Neither the Department nor the CAA holds data in relation to this.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 222029 question first answered 25/02/2019 13:56:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1062085

	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
	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 impairment charges incurred by offshore helicopter companies operating in the North sea due to the grounding of Super Puma helicopters in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	222029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As discussed in the recent Westminster Hall debate on this issue, offshore helicopter services provide a vital link to ensure the viability of the UK’s oil and gas industry. The safety of those travelling on offshore helicopter operations remains a priority.</p><p>As the UK’s aviation safety regulator, the CAA monitors all aspects of the operations of offshore helicopter companies and any risks to safe operation through its safety oversight programme. This includes the commercial environment and its potential impact on safety.</p><p>Impairment charges are a commercial matter for individual helicopter operators. Neither the Department nor the CAA holds data in relation to this.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 222028 question first answered 25/02/2019 13:56:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1077135

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many private contracts are in operation between oil and gas companies and helicopter companies for the transportation of offshore workers in the North Sea; and if he will list the parties in each case.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information. This is a commercial matter between the oil and gas companies and the helicopter operators.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/02/2019 14:38:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

426080

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	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 (a) number of electric charging points in air quality management areas, (b) number of such points needed to have an effect on air quality and (c) associated costs of upgrading the necessary grid infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	14855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government wants almost every car and van to be a zero emission vehicle by 2050 and is investing £500m between 2015 and 2020 to help deliver this. The long-term transition to ultra low emission vehicles can help improve local air quality, and will also lower UK greenhouse gas emissions and provide high value jobs and growth, but our modelling suggests that even very rapid uptake can have only a marginal impact on today’s air quality problems because of the time taken to turn over the vehicle fleet.</p><br /><p>We are aware that a number of local authorities have been assessing electric car charging point requirements in air quality management areas.</p><br /><p>The Government is considering future grid and chargepoint requirements as part of its planning for this transition. The UK already has the largest network of rapid chargepoints across Europe and over 6000 publically accessible chargepoints have been part-funded by the Government. We will continue to collaborate with industry to ensure that the UK’s infrastructure network meets the needs of electric vehicle drivers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 14767 question first answered 10/11/2015 17:30:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

426082

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the necessary financial support required by local authorities to deliver a charging network for electric vehicles of the scale required to have an effect on local air quality.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	14767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government wants almost every car and van to be a zero emission vehicle by 2050 and is investing £500m between 2015 and 2020 to help deliver this. The long-term transition to ultra low emission vehicles can help improve local air quality, and will also lower UK greenhouse gas emissions and provide high value jobs and growth, but our modelling suggests that even very rapid uptake can have only a marginal impact on today’s air quality problems because of the time taken to turn over the vehicle fleet.</p><br /><p>We are aware that a number of local authorities have been assessing electric car charging point requirements in air quality management areas.</p><br /><p>The Government is considering future grid and chargepoint requirements as part of its planning for this transition. The UK already has the largest network of rapid chargepoints across Europe and over 6000 publically accessible chargepoints have been part-funded by the Government. We will continue to collaborate with industry to ensure that the UK’s infrastructure network meets the needs of electric vehicle drivers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 14855 question first answered 10/11/2015 17:30:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

426083

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Liquefied Petroleum Gas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the potential of liquid petroleum gas as a replacement for diesel in (a) passenger cars, (b) taxis, (c) HGVs, (d) vans and (e) public sector fleets.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	14766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>As part of a consultation in 2014 on amendments to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) the department considered the potential benefits of biopropane in delivering GHG savings. In recognition of this, the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation was subsequently amended to increase rewards for suppliers of that fuel from April 2015.</p><br /><p>The department, working with the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, have evaluated a range of options for tackling poor air quality; this formed the basis of the Government’s draft air quality plans that recently went to public consultation. Switching to LPG can provide air quality benefits but may not be easily deployed in all vehicle types.</p><br /><p>As part of the department’s 2014 Clean Vehicle Technology Fund (CVTF) grant scheme, Birmingham City Council were awarded £500,000 to enable the conversion of 80 older black cabs from diesel to LPG which will help improve air quality on some of the most polluted roads. There is a possibility of funding through the current CVTF grant scheme being used to support further LPG conversions in other areas.</p><br /><p>We are considering many competing priorities across Government as part of the Spending Review, including measures to tackle air quality pollutants and reduce other harmful emissions. The outcome of the Spending Review will be announced later in the autumn.</p><br /><p>The department regularly meets with motor manufacturers and their representative body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Discussions on how manufacturers can act to tackle poor air quality cover a range of measures.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 14692 14693 14696 question first answered 10/11/2015 17:45:45 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham