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date	11/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many controlled airspace infringements there have been in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	201138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>There was a total of 1170 airspace infringements from 1 January 2018 – 31 October 2018. While all these infringements have the potential to cause a mid-air collision and can also cause disruption and inconvenience to passengers when flights are diverted, in general, the severity of these events is low. Figures for the rest of 2018 will be published once analysed by the Civil Aviation authority (CAA).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/12/2018 10:26:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1023296

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the factors that contribute to airspace infringements in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	201139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>There has been a significant focus over many years on this issue and the CAA continues to work with air traffic control providers, general aviation groups and other stakeholders to raise awareness and to reduce the risk of infringement.</p><p> </p><p>The main factors relate to pre-flight planning, but the CAA-led Airspace Infringement Working Group (AIWG) has recently conducted further work to identify causal factors, the results of which are currently being assessed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/12/2018 16:34:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones