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1000311

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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, what estimate he has made of the number UK residents who did not take a (a) domestic and (b) international flight in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	187391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Estimates are provided in the tables below for England. They are based on data from the Department’s National Travel Survey and the Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates. Figures for the UK are not available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Estimated number of England residents who take a domestic flight within Great Britain less than once a year or never (in millions), 2015-2017</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England residents (millions)</p></td><td><p>50.9</p></td><td><p>51.4</p></td><td><p>51.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: Estimated number of England residents who did not take any outward international flights in the last 12 months (in millions), 2015-2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England residents (millions)</p></td><td><p>29.0</p></td><td><p>28.6</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/11/2018 17:30:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

992711

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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, with reference to his Department's news story, Government champion raises profile for general aviation, published on 7 February 2018, when his Department plans to publish the York Aviation report on proposals for a strategic network for general aviation airfields.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	182243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has appointed Byron Davies as its first ever General Aviation Champion, in order to identify a network of strategically important airfields and to help the future development of the general aviation sector. He is being assisted by York Aviation, which the Department has commissioned to carry out research on airfields of strategic significance. The Government intends to publish his report and the York Aviation report alongside the Aviation Strategy Green Paper later this year. The Government will only be able to take decisions on implementing a general aviation strategic network once the General Aviation Champion has made his recommendations and consultation has concluded on the Aviation Strategy Green Paper.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 182244 question first answered 30/10/2018 16:01:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

992712

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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, with reference to his Department's news story, Government champion raises profile for general aviation, published on 7 February 2018, when he plans to implement the general aviation strategic network.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	182244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has appointed Byron Davies as its first ever General Aviation Champion, in order to identify a network of strategically important airfields and to help the future development of the general aviation sector. He is being assisted by York Aviation, which the Department has commissioned to carry out research on airfields of strategic significance. The Government intends to publish his report and the York Aviation report alongside the Aviation Strategy Green Paper later this year. The Government will only be able to take decisions on implementing a general aviation strategic network once the General Aviation Champion has made his recommendations and consultation has concluded on the Aviation Strategy Green Paper.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 182243 question first answered 30/10/2018 16:01:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

992713

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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, what guidance his Department provides on the commercial development of general aviation airfields.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	182245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has published no guidance on the commercial development of general aviation airfields. The development of such airfields is a matter for their owners and operators, within national planning policy, including the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 24 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/10/2018 16:31:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

971422

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on the viability of the UK aviation sector of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	172563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Aviation is critical to both the UK and the EU, so the Government has confidence that an outcome that works in the interests of both sides can be achieved. The Government’s July 2018 White Paper sets out proposals for a comprehensive Air Transport Agreement which seeks to maintain reciprocal liberalised aviation access to, from and within the territory of the UK and the EU, as well as continued participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) system.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work closely with the international aviation community to ensure that the needs of the industry are addressed as part of the negotiations and that this global industry continues to be a major success story for the UK economy.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 18/09/2018 10:11:43 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

968125

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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, with reference to the conclusions of the report, UK Aviation Consumer Survey published by the Civil Aviation Authority 18 August 2018, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the reduction in airline passenger satisfaction rates between 2016 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	170782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>A range of research, including the Civil Aviation Authority’s UK Aviation Consumer Survey, will feed into the Government’s Aviation Strategy, due for publication mid-2019. This is a consumer focussed, evidence-led strategy that will explore policy options for aviation to 2050 and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2018 15:07:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

942893

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2018 to Question 132937 on Aviation, what definition his Department uses for (a) licensed and (b) certificated aerodromes.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	165067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>A <strong>certificated </strong>aerodrome is one that falls within the scope of Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014. Aerodromes fall within the scope of this Regulation if they are open to public use; serve commercial air transport; operate using instrument flight procedures; and have a paved runway of 800 metres or above.</p><p> </p><p>An aerodrome outside of the scope of Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 is required to be<strong> licensed</strong> if it meets the criteria outlined in Part 8 of the Air Navigation Order 2016. Such an aerodrome is required to hold a national licence if it is used for commercial air transport or flying training in aircraft above a specified weight.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2018 12:57:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

938723

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the mixed-use development of aerodromes.
tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
uin	162942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The revised draft National Planning Policy Framework recognises the significant contribution that aviation makes to economic growth and the importance of maintaining a national network of general aviation facilities. It requires local authorities, when preparing their Local Plans, to take account of the role of airfields in meeting business, leisure, training and emergency service needs. It also highlights the importance of making the most effective use of land, especially previously developed land, and the general value of mixed-use scheme. The revised National Planning Policy Framework will be published this Summer.</p><p>Planning guidance supporting the Framework makes clear local authorities should consider the interconnectivity between airfields of different sizes and that they should have regard to the Aviation Policy Framework.</p><p>Planning law requires that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The weight to be given to other material considerations, which may include the role of airfields in serving business and other needs, is a matter for the decision maker to determine in each case.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 162941 162943 question first answered 16/07/2018 16:03:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

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

931608

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are recruiting a Head of Aviation EU Exit Negotiations to be responsible for the "overall negotiating position on aviation” while “establishing, leading and managing the core aviation negotiating team” two years after the UK decided to leave the EU; when the successful candidate is expected to be announced and to start work; and what it is hoped they will achieve in the final months of negotiations in the aviation sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has, and has had for the past two years, sufficient resource and the relevant expertise dedicated to working on aviation EU Exit issues.</p><p> </p><p>We are now responsibly looking to supplement this team with some additional posts to maintain that sufficiency, as the workload is likely to increase in a particular area, owing to the forthcoming start of the formal Future Economic Partnership negotiations. Our EU Exit plans are expansive and well developed; we will be well placed to deliver a successful aviation outcome for the UK from the negotiations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/07/2018 11:11:27 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley