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registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will revise its consultation paper on air quality draft plans, published on 12 September 2015, to take into account findings by the US Environmental Protection Agency of car manufacturers cheating in vehicle emissions tests.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	11166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The projections modelled in the draft plans were based on road transport emission factors from COPERT (Computer Programme to calculate Emissions from Road Transport). These take into account the gap between real world emissions and those from testing.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2015 10:36:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

420294

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that assessments of emissions from aero-engines in use in the UK used by his Department are independently verified as reflective of real-world conditions of use.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	11165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The certification of aero-engines is primarily the responsibility of the certification authority for the state of manufacture. In Europe this is the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) who also have oversight of engines certified in other regions that expect to be registered in the UK or any other European country. We are in discussion with EASA as to how we might be reassured that the results for aviation certifications are robust. The certification requirement for Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), Carbon Monoxide and unburnt hydrocarbon is based on operating the engine on a test bed at different thrust settings to simulate the landing and take-off phases of flight below 3000 feet. The visible smoke test identifies the worst case condition for smoke. A new standard for CO2 emissions from aircraft is being developed and is expected to assess the cruise emissions as this phase dominates total fuel burn. EASA certification engineers would verify the fuel burn on tightly controlled test flights. The Secretary of State informed the Transport Select Committee on 12th October that the current focus of the Government’s investigation into the use of defeat devices is focussed on cars and light commercial vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 11163 11164 question first answered 15/10/2015 13:47:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

420295

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include aero-engines in the scope of his inquiry into whether car manufacturers in the UK have been using emission cheat devices.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	11163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The certification of aero-engines is primarily the responsibility of the certification authority for the state of manufacture. In Europe this is the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) who also have oversight of engines certified in other regions that expect to be registered in the UK or any other European country. We are in discussion with EASA as to how we might be reassured that the results for aviation certifications are robust. The certification requirement for Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), Carbon Monoxide and unburnt hydrocarbon is based on operating the engine on a test bed at different thrust settings to simulate the landing and take-off phases of flight below 3000 feet. The visible smoke test identifies the worst case condition for smoke. A new standard for CO2 emissions from aircraft is being developed and is expected to assess the cruise emissions as this phase dominates total fuel burn. EASA certification engineers would verify the fuel burn on tightly controlled test flights. The Secretary of State informed the Transport Select Committee on 12th October that the current focus of the Government’s investigation into the use of defeat devices is focussed on cars and light commercial vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 11164 11165 question first answered 15/10/2015 13:47:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

420296

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to assess whether tests for (a) carbon dioxide, (b) nitrogen oxide and (c) other emissions from aero-engines reflect real-world conditions of use.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	11164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The certification of aero-engines is primarily the responsibility of the certification authority for the state of manufacture. In Europe this is the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) who also have oversight of engines certified in other regions that expect to be registered in the UK or any other European country. We are in discussion with EASA as to how we might be reassured that the results for aviation certifications are robust. The certification requirement for Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), Carbon Monoxide and unburnt hydrocarbon is based on operating the engine on a test bed at different thrust settings to simulate the landing and take-off phases of flight below 3000 feet. The visible smoke test identifies the worst case condition for smoke. A new standard for CO2 emissions from aircraft is being developed and is expected to assess the cruise emissions as this phase dominates total fuel burn. EASA certification engineers would verify the fuel burn on tightly controlled test flights. The Secretary of State informed the Transport Select Committee on 12th October that the current focus of the Government’s investigation into the use of defeat devices is focussed on cars and light commercial vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 11163 11165 question first answered 15/10/2015 13:47:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

420297

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will make it its policy to make allowances for findings by the US Environmental Protection Agency of cheating by car manufacturers in vehicle emissions tests when assessing the conclusions relating to likely air quality effects of an expanded Heathrow in the Airports Commission final report.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	11167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>Any decision regarding future airport capacity will take into account the Government’s overall plan to improve air quality and its commitment to comply with EU air quality standards.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/10/2015 14:08:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

416343

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Business Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of international flights taken from the UK have been for business purposes in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	8998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold statistics on the proportion of international flights by purpose of travel.</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The table below shows the proportion of passengers at the five largest UK airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester and Luton) who were travelling mainly for business. These airports account for over two thirds of passengers at UK airports. The estimates are based on the CAA passenger survey, which is carried out at these five airports each year.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p>Estimated proportion of passengers on international flights travelling mainly for business at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Manchester, 2005-2014</p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p></td><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of passengers</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2015 11:15:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

416344

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff from his Department formerly seconded to the Airports Commission have returned to his Department to work on aviation policy.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	8999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s two aviation policy directorates comprise 132 members of staff. Of the 24 members of staff that were seconded from the Department for Transport to work for the Airports Commission, 12 have returned to work at the Department.　The team working on airport capacity issues however has been structured to ensure that no-one returning from the Airports Commission Secretariat works in the team that is specifically tasked with reviewing the Airports Commission’s Final Report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/09/2015 13:37:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

416345

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	India: Elephants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on supporting the Indian government in protecting the Asian Elephant.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	9049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of international efforts to protect the welfare of animals. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs leads on these issues, and through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species the UK is in discussion with elephant range States, including India, to increase protection for Asian elephants. The Government is also working closely with the European Commission and other Member States, with the support of international animal welfare organisations and other interested groups, to try to raise global standards of animal welfare.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 14/09/2015 14:14:39 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

416346

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Air Pollution
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 potential implications for meeting legal limits on air pollution of expanding Heathrow Airport and constructing associated surface transport facilities.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	9026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report before taking any decisions on next steps.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The impact on local air quality and how this affects the wider compliance with EU air quality standards is something which the Government will consider carefully when making a decision on additional runway capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2015 13:39:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

416347

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were seconded from his Department to work for the Airports Commission.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	9027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>24 Department for Transport staff were seconded to work for the Airports Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The team working on airport capacity issues has been structured to ensure that no-one returning from the Airports Commission Secretariat works in the team that is specifically tasked with reviewing the Airports Commission’s Final Report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2015 11:31:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park