§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when the decision was taken to hold an inquiry into the fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport. [142703]
§ Ms Beverley HughesOn 15 March 1993, when the main application for the development of a fifth terminal complex and associated facilities was called in by the Secretary of State for the Environment for joint decision by the then Secretaries of State for Environment and Transport. Related applications were similarly called in on various dates between 20 May 1993 and 5 May 1998 for consideration by the Terminal 5 public inquiry.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what has been the cost to date of the inquiry is into the Fifth Terminal at Heathrow Airport; [142706]
(2) what his latest estimate is of the cost of the inquiry into the building of the Fifth Terminal at Heathrow Airport. [142704]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and its Agencies has spent approximately £11.8 million on the Terminal 5 (T5) Inquiry to date. The total costs of the T5 Inquiry to all participants is estimated at over £83 million of which the private sector is estimated to have spent some £64 million with the rest borne by central and local government.