§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many representations he has received(a) for and (b) against the Cliffe airport option as part of the consultation on the future development of air transport in the south-east. [123632]
§ Andy KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many responses to "The Future of Air Transport in the UK: Midlands'', the Department received(a) in total and (b) during the extended period of consultation, broken down by region. [124269]
§ Mr. McNultyThe information requested is not available as we do not, as yet, have numbers of responses broken down by consultation option.
Many thousands of responses, questionnaires and petitions have been received. We are analysing these carefully. As soon as possible after completing the analysis, we shall set out our decisions in the air transport White Paper.
In due course all responses will be made available for public inspection, unless consultees have explicitly requested confidentiality.
§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport in what circumstances he will consider representations on the future of airport capacity in the south-east after the consultation deadline of 30 June 2003. [123633]
§ Mr. McNultyWe will consider all communications posted to the freepost consultation address and received by 4 July 2003 as responses to "The Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: A National Consultation". During the analysis of the684W thousands of responses received we may wish to approach stakeholders to clarify points in their submissions or to explore issues further.