Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2019 to Question 225461 on Aviation: Licensing, how many initial issues were made to women, for each category of licence.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Licence Type | Initial issues to female pilots |
Private | 155 |
Commercial | 62 |
Air Transport | 42 |
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of pilots in the UK.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Through the Government’s Aviation Strategy consultation, the Department is working with industry to ensure that the next generation of aviation professionals is both attracted to the sector and retained. The consultation includes proposals for overcoming financial, social mobility and diversity barriers which may prevent or inhibit suitable individuals from entering the aviation sector.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for pilot licence applications.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The number of flight crew licence applications received by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has grown by more than 40% since the start of 2018. The CAA has responded by recruiting and training more licensing officers, increasing staff overtime, and pre-screening applications to ensure that all the required information has been received. The CAA is working with key stakeholders to identify improvements which will help to simplify and speed up the application process for both commercial and private pilots.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) private, (b) commercial and (c) air transport pilot licences the CAA issued in 2018.
Answered by Jesse Norman
| LICENCES | |
| Initial Issue | Re-Issue/Renewal/Revalidation |
Private | 2018 | 1361 |
Commercial | 847 | 59 |
Air Transport | 906 | 68 |
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department will respond to the petition presented on 12 September 2018 on Jackson Lane Car Park.
Answered by Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
Due to an administrative technical fault, the petition was not received by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government until late January.
A response to the petition has been published today, 7 February.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on maintaining national security at smaller airports and airfields that facilitate cost-sharing flights between the UK and EU member states.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
Border Force Pilots are subject to the same reporting requirements whether they are operating a flight sharing aircraft or another general aviation aircraft; assesses 100% of general aviation flights notified to Border Force arriving into the UK.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK would allow British service personnel to become part of a European army in the event that such an army is established.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The creation of a European Army has never formally been proposed at European Union (EU) level and we do not believe that it would receive widespread support. The UK, along with other EU member states, has been clear that it will not support any measure that competes with NATO, or undermines member states' sovereign control of their own military.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the proposal by President Macron to create a European army.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The creation of a European Army has never formally been proposed at European Union (EU) level and we do not believe that it would receive widespread support. The UK, along with other EU member states, has been clear that it will not support any measure that competes with NATO, or undermines member states' sovereign control of their own military.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the draft withdrawal agreement for the UK leaving the EU on the UK's armed forces.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Government is undertaking a wide range of continuing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. We will ensure that Parliament is presented with appropriate analysis ahead of the vote on the final deal, and in Impact Assessments accompanying legislation, where appropriate.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits (a) of the proposals of the Civil Aviation Authority on changing class E airspace procedures and (b) made of the compliance of those proposed procedures with cap 1616 processes.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Government has made no such assessments.
However, as the Government continues to modernise UK airspace, there is an increasing need to enable the safe integration, rather than segregation, of all aircraft. This is why, as part of the Aviation Strategy, the Department is working with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to explore a new policy on mandating electronic identification for all users.
Any proposal to change the UK’s airspace design will need to be assessed according to the CAA’s own airspace change process, which is set out in CAP1616. This includes the need to consult with all those who may be affected by the proposal.