§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the estimated overspill of passenger demand in relation to runway and terminal capacity at(a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick and (c) Stansted in (i) 2005, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2015 on the basis of his Department's forecasts of air traffic. [10069]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe Department's air traffic forecasts for the United Kingdom 1997 estimate passenger demand at London area airports as a whole to be 124 million in 2005, 153 million in 2010 and 184 million in 2015. The forecasts show that the London area airports taken together do not reach their assumed capacity until 2015. My Department does not produce forecasts for individual airports.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the proportion of scheduled passengers arriving at Heathrow and Gatwick in(a) 1986 and (b) 1996 who were making immediate onward connections by air. [10081]
§ Ms JacksonFigures are not available for 1986, but are for 1987. The proportion of total passengers making immediate onward connections by air at Heathrow airport in 1987 was 22.1 per cent. In 1996, it was 32.8 per cent. Of total passengers at Gatwick in 1987, 8.8 per cent. were making onward connections by air. In 1996, this proportion had risen to 17.3 per cent.