§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects to receive a report from the inspector at the terminal 5 inquiry. [10804]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonIt is not known at this stage precisely when the report will be submitted. The public inquiry into the proposed fifth terminal at Heathrow airport is not scheduled to finish until the second half of 1998, after which the inspector will prepare his report on the applications before the inquiry.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on how many occasions the use of reduced separation at Heathrow and Gatwick have been logged in the watch logs at West Drayton during(a) 1996 and (b) 1997. [10805]
§ Ms JacksonI refer to my answer of 1 July,Official Report, column 132. The specific information is not available. The recording of the number of occasions when reduced separation is used is not an operational requirement and is not part of the trial procedure.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the number of passengers flying with British Airways and its franchisees through Heathrow airport in 1996; and what are the projected numbers in 2005. [10852]
§ Ms JacksonThe number of passengers who flew with British Airways and its franchisees through Heathrow airport in 1996 was 25.4 million. British Airways predicts that this will increase to 32.7 million in 2005.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the loss of flight capacity at Heathrow airport form the closure of the cross-wind runway. [11071]
§ Ms JacksonThe cross-wind runway remains open, and I have made no estimate of the potential capacity loss were it to close.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the annual passenger capacity for the proposed fifth terminal at Heathrow airport on the day of opening; and when he expects it to reach a capacity of 30 million passengers. [10853]
§ Ms JacksonI have made no such estimates. These are matters for BAA plc as promoter of the scheme, and are being examined by the public inquiry currently under way.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions for how many movements and what percentage of movements the cross-wind runway at Heathrow airport has been used in the last five years. [10850]
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§ Ms JacksonData provided by National Air Traffic Services Ltd., show that in the five-year period from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1996 the cross-wind runway at Heathrow was used as follows:
Year Movements Percentage of total movements (all runways) 1992 1,347 0.33 1993 255 0.06 1994 136 0.03 1995 256 0.06 1996 241 0.05