Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the number of staff required to replicate the relevant functions of the European Aviation Safety Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by John Hayes
The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for continued or discontinued participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency.
As part of the exit negotiations the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of aviation safety and standards.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to replicate the relevant functions of the European Aviation Safety Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by John Hayes
The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for continued or discontinued participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency.
As part of the exit negotiations the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of aviation safety and standards.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the number of staff required to replicate the relevant functions of the European Maritime Safety Agency after the UK leaves the EU
Answered by John Hayes
The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for continued or discontinued participation in the European Maritime Safety Agency.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to replicate the relevant functions of the European Maritime Safety Agency after the UK leaves the EU
Answered by John Hayes
The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for continued or discontinued participation in the European Maritime Safety Agency.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2017 to Question 4255, on Volkswagen, how many (a) Audis, (b) SEATs, (c) Skodas, (d) Volkswagen commercial vehicles and (e) Volkswagen private cars had had fixes applied by the time of the (i) August and (ii) September meetings.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Volkswagen UK provided the Department with the following figures for the number of ‘fixes’ that have been applied to the affected UK vehicles, across the Group:
| Number of vehicles reported ‘fixed’ on: | |
17 August 2017 | 7 September 2017 | |
Audi | 273,483 | 277,388 |
SEAT | 42,871 | 43,674 |
Skoda | 58,807 | 62,763 |
VW commercial vehicles | 37,599 | 38,467 |
VW passenger cars | 351,203 | 355,208 |
Total | 763,963 | 777,500 |
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Network Rail has allocated to ensure that its projects are biodiversity net positive.
Answered by Paul Maynard
Network Rail embeds funding for managing biodiversity within individual projects.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Highways England has allocated to ensure that projects are biodiversity net positive.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Highways England are building projects in ways designed to minimise environmental impacts now and leave a positive legacy for the future. Individual road scheme budgets are set so that schemes can mitigate their impact on biodiversity, and seek opportunities for enhancement, while achieving value for money.
The Road Investment Strategy also includes a ring-fenced environment fund of £300 million between 2015 to 2020, which includes funds for biodiversity.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide an update on the Marine and Coastguard Agency investigation on reports of a chemical haze at Birling Gap beach on 27 August 2017.
Answered by John Hayes
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) investigation into the Birling Gap Incident is ongoing.
The MCA has worked with other responders to identify a list of possible vessels of interest and is now finalising inquiries relating to possible sources; at this time the MCA has no further information to report regarding either the source or the nature of the gas.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 27 March 2017 to Question 69282, what the number of (a) Audis, (b) SEATs, (c) Skodas, (d) commercial vehicles and (e) Volkswagen private cars was to which fixes had been applied by the time of the (i) April, (ii) May, (iii) June and (iv) July meetings.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Volkswagen UK provided the Department with the following figures for the number of ‘fixes’ that have been applied to the affected UK vehicles, across the Group:
| Number of vehicles reported ‘fixed’ on: | |||
13 April 2017 | 11 May 2017 | 15 June 2017 | 13 July 2017 | |
Audi | 215,845 | 232,478 | 252,273 | 262,355 |
SEAT | 33,249 | 36,218 | 39,386 | 40,882 |
Skoda | 29,253 | 30,354 | 33,850 | 44,085 |
VW commercial vehicles | 27,769 | 30,103 | 33,750 | 35,625 |
VW passenger cars | 285,512 | 305,269 | 327,610 | 340,490 |
Total | 591,628 | 634,422 | 686,869 | 723,437 |
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2017 to Question 69282, on Volkswagen, how many Skoda cars fixes had been applied to by the time of the (a) January, (b) February and (c) March 2017 meetings.
Answered by John Hayes
Volkswagen provided the Department with the following figures for the number of ‘fixes’ that have been applied to the affected Skoda vehicles in the UK ahead of the January, February and March meetings. I have also included the latest April figures for your information.
| Number of vehicles reported ‘fixed’ on: | |||
17th January | 21st February | 20th March | 10th April | |
Skoda | 22,284 | 25,678 | 28,094 | 29,253 |