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170530

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date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations in the report by Sustainable Aviation on Sustainable Fuels UK Roadmap, published in December 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	218847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government agrees that sustainable biofuels have a valuable role to play in reducing carbon emissions from transport, and particularly in sectors where there are limited alternatives such as aviation.</p><p> </p><p>We also recognise that we have world class research capabilities in the UK, and share the ambition in the Sustainable Aviation’s report for the UK to become a global leader in the advanced sustainable fuels market.</p><p> </p><p>To that end we launched a competition on 10 December which will provide £25 million of capital funding for the construction of demonstration-scale advanced biofuel plants in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently intend to revise the current policy framework (for example to make Renewable Transport Fuel Certificates available to aviation fuel suppliers) while discussions are continuing on accounting for indirect land use change under European targets. Meanwhile, we have established a Transport Energy Taskforce of experts from the aviation industry, NGOs and the fuels and automotive industry to examine options to meet our renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction targets, and provide greater certainty to industry. The report by Sustainable Aviation provides valuable input to this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/01/2015 15:22:07 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

170531

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	NATS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and (b) the Civil Aviation Authority about the resources needed by NATS for a resilient and effective national air traffic control system since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	218854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Both the Secretary of State and I have met NATS and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on a number of occasions in the past year. During some of these meetings, we have emphasised the vital importance of NATS in providing an effective and reliable service to the aviation industry. We have also stressed the need for NATS to improve the reliability of its systems. We were briefed by NATS on the telecoms failure in December 2013 at Swanwick, and what it is doing to implement the lessons learned. The Secretary of State has also been briefed by the CEOs of NATS and CAA about the technical failure at NATS of 12 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials regularly discuss the implementation of the Future Airspace Strategy with the CAA and NATS. This Strategy is the core programme for improving the efficiency of the UK airspace network.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the Department have attended a wide range of meetings with the CAA and NATS in the last year but none of these meetings have been specifically about NATS’s IT systems.</p><p> </p><p>NATS typically invests £140m per annum on capital investment in operational IT systems.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 218855 218856 question first answered 18/12/2014 15:44:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

170532

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	NATS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and (b) the Civil Aviation Authority about the effectiveness of IT systems used by NATS following the operational difficulties experienced on 7 December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	218855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Both the Secretary of State and I have met NATS and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on a number of occasions in the past year. During some of these meetings, we have emphasised the vital importance of NATS in providing an effective and reliable service to the aviation industry. We have also stressed the need for NATS to improve the reliability of its systems. We were briefed by NATS on the telecoms failure in December 2013 at Swanwick, and what it is doing to implement the lessons learned. The Secretary of State has also been briefed by the CEOs of NATS and CAA about the technical failure at NATS of 12 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials regularly discuss the implementation of the Future Airspace Strategy with the CAA and NATS. This Strategy is the core programme for improving the efficiency of the UK airspace network.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the Department have attended a wide range of meetings with the CAA and NATS in the last year but none of these meetings have been specifically about NATS’s IT systems.</p><p> </p><p>NATS typically invests £140m per annum on capital investment in operational IT systems.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 218854 218856 question first answered 18/12/2014 15:44:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

170533

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2014 to Question 216761, what assessment he has made of the effect on Northern Rail of Government plans for the TransPennine Express franchising process.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	218863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Northern and TransPennine Express franchises are being developed jointly. The potential impacts of one franchise on the other are being considered in this process. We expect to set out the Invitations to Tender for both competitions shortly.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/01/2015 11:35:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

170534

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	NATS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he and officials in his Department have had with National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and the Civil Aviation Authority on the upgrade programme to enhance air traffic capacity and the implications for continuing reliability of NATS operations day-to-day while it is implemented in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	218856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Both the Secretary of State and I have met NATS and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on a number of occasions in the past year. During some of these meetings, we have emphasised the vital importance of NATS in providing an effective and reliable service to the aviation industry. We have also stressed the need for NATS to improve the reliability of its systems. We were briefed by NATS on the telecoms failure in December 2013 at Swanwick, and what it is doing to implement the lessons learned. The Secretary of State has also been briefed by the CEOs of NATS and CAA about the technical failure at NATS of 12 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials regularly discuss the implementation of the Future Airspace Strategy with the CAA and NATS. This Strategy is the core programme for improving the efficiency of the UK airspace network.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the Department have attended a wide range of meetings with the CAA and NATS in the last year but none of these meetings have been specifically about NATS’s IT systems.</p><p> </p><p>NATS typically invests £140m per annum on capital investment in operational IT systems.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 218854 218855 question first answered 18/12/2014 15:44:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

170536

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to build new and upgrade existing trunk roads.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	218807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Government has published the first ever Road Investment Strategy, setting out how £15 billion will be invested in 127 schemes on England’s motorway and trunk road network between 2015/16 and 2020/21, 84 of which are newly announced. The North East of England and Yorkshire will benefit from a total of 26 schemes, 18 of which we newly announced in the Road Investment Strategy, worth around £3 billion.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/01/2015 10:59:45 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

170545

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many licence applications to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency have taken (a) up to 30 days, (b) up to 60 days, (c) up to 90 days, (d) up to 120 days, (e) up to 150 days, (f) up to 180 days and (g) more than 180 days to be processed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	218663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below gives the information requested. Information before 2012-13 is not available. Longer processing times usually reflect the need to undertake relevant investigations with applicants’ medical practitioners.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="7"><strong>Number of days </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Financial Year</strong></td><td><strong>Up to 30</strong></td><td><strong>31-60 </strong></td><td><strong>61-90 </strong></td><td><strong>91-120 </strong></td><td><strong>121-150 </strong></td><td><strong>151-180 </strong></td><td><strong>Over 180 </strong></td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>8,586,267</td><td>2,095</td><td>345</td><td>251</td><td>47</td><td>47</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>9,081,283</td><td>9,915</td><td>947</td><td>280</td><td>98</td><td>72</td><td>185</td></tr><tr><td>2014-15 (to 16 December 2014)</td><td>6,668,729</td><td>7,439</td><td>1,527</td><td>273</td><td>65</td><td>88</td><td>114</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/01/2015 11:48:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley