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date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has allocated to road repairs as a result of damage caused by hot weather.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	160725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Funding for local roads is devolved to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is providing local highway authorities in England, outside London, with £6.2 billion funding between 2015 and 2021 for local highways maintenance. This includes £296 million to repair potholes or to stop them forming. It is for highway authorities to determine whether to use this funding to help repair any roads damaged due to the current hot weather.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2018 14:37:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

934713

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make representations to the owners of Heathrow Airport on increasing the number of flights to and from Northern Ireland on daily basis after the expansion of that airport.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	160726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Maintaining and enhancing domestic connectivity to Northern Ireland will be one of the key benefits of the expansion at Heathrow. It will ensure increased frequency and greater competition for existing domestic routes, and allow new routes to be served.</p><p> </p><p>The Airports National Policy Statement sets out a clear expectation that expansion should deliver at least six new routes by 2030. This could include Belfast International. The Secretary of State for Transport has also set out a clear ambition for about 15 per cent of slots to be made available from a new runway to be used for domestic routes.</p><p> </p><p>If new capacity, coupled with the commercial incentives offered by Heathrow, does not deliver Government’s expectations, and links are insufficient, then the Secretary of State for Transport has committed to impose Public Service Obligations to support additional domestic connections.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail on the Government’s approach to Public Service Obligations will be set out in the Aviation Strategy Green Paper towards the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2018 14:39:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

934137

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Exhaust Emissions
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 reduce transport emissions in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	160064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honorable Member to the answer given my Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (David Rutley) on 7<sup>th</sup> June, UIN 149591.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2018 11:56:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

934459

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: National Policy Statements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the remits of the (a) Airport Expansion & Aviation and Maritime Analysis Directorate and (b) Aviation Directorate are in relation to the Airports National Policy Statement.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Justine Greening
uin	160151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Airport Expansion &amp; Aviation and Maritime Analysis Directorate is responsible for the policies set out in the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) which was designated on 26 June 2018. The Directorate will lead further work with Heathrow Airport Limited on their plans to deliver the Northwest Runway at Heathrow in accordance with the NPS. However, It will not be involved in decisions on any future applications for development consent, which will be handled by a separate team elsewhere in the Department to ensure propriety.</p><p> </p><p>The Directorate also includes an expert multi-disciplinary analytical division which undertakes modelling and economic and statistical analysis for the Department on aviation and maritime issues. The Aviation Directorate has responsibility for aviation policy more generally, including (for example) airspace modernisation and the proposed Aviation Strategy. Both directorates have regard to where the work of one may affects the other.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2018 11:46:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening

934460

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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, on what dates the Airport Capacity Programme Board met since June 2017; and if he will list the job titles of its members.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Justine Greening
uin	160152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>Twelve Airport Capacity Programme Boards have been held since June 2017. The membership occasionally changes. However, for the board to be quorate the following members are required to attend: two Airport Capacity Senior Civil Servants, a representative from the Aviation Directorate, a senior legal representative, a Board member who is external to the Airport Capacity Directorate (to ensure appropriate independent challenge is maintained) and road and rail representatives, for items on surface access and the M25.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2018 11:31:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening