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686228

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of the Public Health England report, The Public Health Burden of Alcohol and the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Policies: An evidence review, published in December 2016, which found that designated driver schemes did not change the prevalence of people drink driving or riding with a drink driver.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	63326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>The findings of the evidence review of designated driver schemes were inconclusive. However, the Department’s THINK! road safety campaign works with commercial brands to reward designated drivers with free soft drinks. Feedback to this campaign has been positive so we will continue to use this approach whilst monitoring for any research in to the effectiveness of the designated driver messaging.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/02/2017 09:12:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

686229

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Public Health England report, The Public Health Burden of Alcohol and the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Policies: An evidence review, published in December 2016, which found that graduated driving licences for young drivers were effective; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	63327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>It is important that we strike the right balance between the safety and the freedom of young drivers. Many rely on their cars to get to work and education; so licensing restrictions could affect their ability to access these opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Instead, we’re focussing our efforts on encouraging learner drivers to be better prepared for the wonderful freedoms a driving licence offers, but without compromising on safety, which is at the heart of what we do.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/02/2017 09:15:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

641364

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will take steps to ensure that the expansion of Heathrow Airport supports job creation and economic growth in the Tees Valley.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	54079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department has undertaken an economic assessment of the impact of a new runway at Heathrow at a national level, taking account of all regions. People from the North East, including from the Tees Valley, can expect to be able to take advantage of new destinations, extra seats and increased frequency of service created by increased capacity at Heathrow.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 24/11/2016 10:58:29 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

622698

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many apprenticeships have been created in his Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	50816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The Transport Infrastructure Skills Strategy (January 2016) sets out our ambition to create 30,000 apprenticeships in the roads and rail sectors by 2020, in support of this government’s unprecedented investment in transport infrastructure. This target includes the Department for Transport, its Agencies and infrastructure client bodies – Crossrail, Transport for London, Highways England, Network Rail and HS2 Ltd, as well as each of their supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding apprenticeships just within the Department for Transport – comprising the central Department and the four Executive Agencies – data is not readily available in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 04/11/2016 11:03:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

528146

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2016 to Question 39766, what proportion of all flights between UK airports and oil rigs were undertaken by (a) AS332 Super Puma and (b) Eurocopter EC225 aircraft in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	41041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The proportion of flights between UK airports and oil rigs undertaken by the AS3332 SUPER PUMA and Eurocopter EC225 aircraft in each year since 2007 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Aircraft Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AEROSPATIALE AS332 SUPER PUMA C1E</p></td><td><p>54.1%</p></td><td><p>42.5%</p></td><td><p>33.4%</p></td><td><p>28.7%</p></td><td><p>24.9%</p></td><td><p>23.5%</p></td><td><p>25.9%</p></td><td><p>13.4%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EUROCOPTER EC225 (H225)</p></td><td><p>11.0%</p></td><td><p>14.6%</p></td><td><p>17.2%</p></td><td><p>23.4%</p></td><td><p>27.2%</p></td><td><p>21.0%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td><td><p>21.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/07/2016 09:31:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

528147

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2016 to Question 39766, on offshore industry helicopters, how many and what proportion of flights in the UK North Sea oil and gas sector were undertaken by each other licensed model helicopter in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	41040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of flights between UK airports and oil rigs undertaken by helicopters other than AS3332 SUPER PUMA and Eurocopter EC225 aircraft in each year since 2007 is in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/07/2016 09:23:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name UIN 41040 - Table.pdf title Table
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

523646

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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 and what proportion of flights in the UK North Sea oil and gas sector were undertaken by (a) Airbus EC225 and (b) AS332 helicopters airframes in each year since 2007-08.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	39766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>As the independent aviation safety regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), only records information on flights above a certain weight threshold.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA data below includes the number of departures and arrivals on both AS332 SUPER PUMA and EUROCOPTER EC225 (H225) aircraft operated between UK airports and Oil Rigs in each year since 2007.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AS332</p></td><td><p>38200</p></td><td><p>29855</p></td><td><p>23360</p></td><td><p>18269</p></td><td><p>16614</p></td><td><p>15867</p></td><td><p>19960</p></td><td><p>10551</p></td><td><p>2866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EC225</p></td><td><p>7785</p></td><td><p>10238</p></td><td><p>12008</p></td><td><p>14942</p></td><td><p>18154</p></td><td><p>14191</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>12458</p></td><td><p>15418</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/06/2016 10:01:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

523662

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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, if he will make an assessment of workforce confidence in the safe operation of commercial helicopter transport in the North Sea oil and gas industry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	39826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s independent safety regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) takes seriously concerns raised in the safe operation of commercial helicopter transport.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA currently leads the Offshore Helicopter Safety Action Group (OHSAG) which seeks to drive through safety improvements.</p><p> </p><p>The Group is represented across industry and includes pilot and workforce representatives from key organisations to facilitate dialogue between helicopter operators, workforce representatives, manufacturers and regulators.</p><p> </p><p>The OHSAG has made significant safety improvements, including prohibiting helicopter flights in the most severe sea conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/06/2016 10:17:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

523663

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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 and what proportion of (a) Airbus EC225 and (b) AS332 helicopters have been withdrawn from commercial service in the UK North Sea oil and gas sector since the fatal incident off the coast of Bergen, Norway on 29 April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	39822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has been working very closely with the Norwegian CAA following the Airbus EC225LP incident on the 29<sup>th</sup> April.</p><p> </p><p>Shortly after the accident, the CAA introduced restrictions to Airbus Helicopters EC225LP to prevent operations for commercial flights by UK operators. On 11<sup>th</sup> of May, these restrictions were extended to include the AS332L2 Super Puma helicopter.</p><p> </p><p>Following a report by Norwegian Air Accident Investigators on 1st June, the CAA further extended these restrictions to prohibit all flights by these helicopters until further information is available.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/06/2016 10:14:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham