§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many copies of the(a) main document and (b) summary of the (i) National and (ii) regional consultation documents on Future Development of Air 458W Transport in the United Kingdom have been issued in hard copy as a result of each exhibition which has taken place to promote the consultation. [78810]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Department has issued to date, in total, around 111,000 copies of the main consultation documents and 156,000 copies of the summary documents for the seven areas of the UK. These figures include the documents distributed at the exhibitions across the country. We do not have a breakdown for the number of documents issued at individual exhibitions.
§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to his Department has been of(a) the exhibitions promoting the consultation documents on the Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom and (b) the printing costs relating to the publication of the consultation documents. [78811]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe cost of the exhibitions which have taken place at the major airport sites across the UK during the consultation period is around £1.1 million to date. The programme of exhibitions is not yet complete, due to high public demand. The printing costs relating to the publication of the consultation documents are around £480,000.
§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many responses had been received by 28 October in response to(a) the consultation document, Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: A National Consultation (b) each of the regional consultation documents on the Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom, for each region (i) in total and (ii) for each region. [78812]
§ Mr. JamiesonTo date we have received over 7000 responses to the NOP questionnaire and over 23,000 letters in total across the UK. This is set out by region in the table.
Region NOP Responses Letters received Scotland 464 29 South East 3949 8700 Midlands 1786 15000 North of England 983 39 South West 546 24 Wales 29 7 Northern Ireland 51 8 Total 7808 23801
Tom BlakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many copies of the(a) main document and (b) summary of the consultation documents (i) Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: A National Consultation, (ii) Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: North of England, (iii) Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: South West, (iv) Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: Midlands, (v) Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: Wales and (vi) Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: South East have been (A) issued in hard copy and (B) downloaded from the website. [78813]
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§ Mr. JamiesonWe have so far distributed around 105,750 main consultation documents and 145,700 summary consultation documents. The figures by region for distribution and website downloads are shown in the table.
Region Hard copy Website downloads Main Summary Main Summary North of England 11,500 27,500 11,000 5,800 South West 5,150 13,700 7,100 7,000 Midlands 33,400 42,600 31,100 25,300 Wales 4,000 5,200 2,000 1,500 South East 47,600 48,000 54,500 56,600 Northern Ireland 4,100 8,700 2,400 1,700 Total 105,750 145,700 108,100 97,900