§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many responses had been received as of 31 May in response to(a) the consultation document, "Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: A National Consultation" and (b) each of the regional consultation documents on the "Future Development of Air Transport" in the United Kingdom, broken down by region. [119318]
§ Mr. JamiesonTo date we have received over 140,000 responses to the consultation from across the UK. A breakdown by region is set out in the following table.16W
Region NOP Responses E-mails and letters received Scotland 1,080 520 South East 25,100 41,600 Midlands 22,390 44,200 North of England 3,550 890 South West 1,460 970 Wales 130 280 Northern Ireland 170 120 Total 53,880 88,580
§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) 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" had been (A) issued in hard copy and (B) downloaded from the website, by 31 May; [119319]
(2) 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 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, as of 31 May. [119320]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe following summary and main consultation documents have been distributed since the start of the consultation to 31 May.
Main documents Summary documents Hardcopy Downloaded Hardcopy Downloaded Midlands 37,210 11,330 46,850 12,680 Northern Ireland 4,680 4,160 9,520 3,180 North of England 13,490 15,720 48,990 8,810 Scotland 6,230 12,460 12,200 19,680 South East 57,970 96,800 198,940 89,490 South West 5,850 9,870 14,430 9,860 Wales 4,510 3,330 5,980 2,720 Note:
All Figures rounded to the nearest 10
The number of documents distributed at exhibitions is not available, but the figures in the table are inclusive of them.
§ 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, as of 31 May. [119321]
§ Mr. JamiesonAs part of "The Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom" consultation, 18 public exhibitions were held on the major airport development options. The cost of these was —1.1 million—this includes the cost of the two recent exhibitions on the Gatwick airport options. The cost of printing the 17W consultation documents covering the whole of the UK, including the South East second edition paper, was —940,000.