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Car driving tests conducted in Northern Ireland are shown in the following table. Data for other categories are unavailable.
| Overall | |||
| Conducted | Passed | Percentage pass | |
Driving Under Influence
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Government spent on campaigns against drink-driving in the last year for which figures are available. [251744]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Directly attributable marketing expenditure on the “THINK! Don’t Drink And Drive” campaign was £3.6 million in the 2007-08 financial year. Nearly £3 million of this was on advertising across a wide range of media in June and December to coincide with police enforcement campaigns.
Driving: Licensing
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he has taken to ensure that people are aware that photocard driving licences need to be renewed every 10 years. [252875]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Photocard licence holders are sent a personalised renewal reminder two months in advance of the date of expiry of their photograph.
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on regular health checks for holders of driving licences; and if he will make a statement. [253608]
Jim Fitzpatrick: I have had no such discussions.
Economic and Monetary Union
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date the euro changeover plan of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of each plan. [250595]
Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport and its agencies last updated their euro changeover plans in September 2006. A number of technological and structural changes have taken place since then and would need to be revisited before the plans could be published. The costs of updating the plans for publication would be disproportionate. The Department and its agencies will however review their plans at a later date.
Freight
Norman Baker:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) volume and (b) weight of freight
was transported within the UK by (i) road, (ii) rail, (iii) inland water, (iv) coastal water and (v) pipeline in each year since 2001. [253310]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Domestic freight transport by mode is available in table 4.1 in the publication “Transport Statistics Great Britain 2008 Edition”. This is available on the DfT website at the following link:
Summary tables is provided as follows:
| Domestic freight transport by mode, Great Britain, goods lifted | |||||||
| Million tonnes | |||||||
| Road | Rail( 1) | Coastwise traffic between UK ports | One-port traffic of UK ports( 2) | Inland waters traffic | Pipeline | Total | |
| Domestic freight transport by mode, Great Britain, goods moved | |||||||
| Billion tonne kilometres | |||||||
| Road | Rail( 1) | Coastwise traffic between UK ports | One-port traffic of UK ports( 2) | Inland waters traffic | Pipeline | Total | |
| (1) Rail data are based on financial years (2001-02 etc.). (2) Traffic to and from UK offshore installations and sea dredging. | |||||||
Government Car and Despatch Agency: Disciplinary Proceedings
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many times a written warning has been issued to a member of staff of the Government Car and Dispatch Agency following misuse of the Government procurement card since January 2006. [252677]
Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 29 January 2009]: Two formal written warnings have so far been issued by the Government Car and Despatch Agency to two of its employees about their misuse of the Government Procurement Card.
Heathrow Airport
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Statement of 15 January 2009, Official Report, column 358, on transport infrastructure, when he plans to lift the cap of 125,000 on the number of additional flights permitted at Heathrow Airport. [250701]
Jim Fitzpatrick: We have made it clear that our support for a third runway is subject to an aggregate limit of 605,000 annual movements, to be reviewed in 2020. That review will take account of a number of factors, as set out in the “Adding Capacity at Heathrow—Decisions following consultation” document which can be found on the Department’s website. It follows that, until that review, it is not possible to anticipate whether of not the cap might be lifted or the timing of any decision to lift the cap, subject to planning approval.
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which models of plane will qualify to use the green landing slots at Heathrow Airport. [252658]
Jim Fitzpatrick: As stated in the document “Adding Capacity at Heathrow - Decisions Following Consultation” the Department intends to consult on the green slots approach to additional capacity at Heathrow. Details of how ‘green slots’ will work will be developed in the consultation process which is expected to begin later in 2009. It is the Government’s intention that green slots will incentivise the use of the most modern aircraft available at the time.
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of additional passengers using Heathrow Airport each year which would result from an increase of 125,000 in the number of flight movements from the airport each year. [252659]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The “UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts 2009”, page 131, shows the forecast passenger demand for Heathrow under several scenarios, including a third runway with an additional 125,000 air transport movements (ATMs) per year. This is available at the following link:
The number of additional passengers in 2030, compared to a base case of no third runway at Heathrow and Stansted second runway in 2015, is 28 million.
Forecasts of additional passengers from the opening of a third runway in 2015 up to 2030 are detailed in the following table.
| Additional passengers (Million) | |
| Note: This assumes that Stansted second runway (2015 opening) in the base case. | |
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence on Heathrow expansion (i) he, (ii) other Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department, have had in an official capacity with representatives from (A) BAA, (B) trades unions, (C) airlines using Heathrow, (D) other corporate bodies and (E) residents from communities affected by Heathrow expansion, since 3 October 2008; when each meeting took place; who attended each meeting; and what the subject of each meeting was. [252709]
Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 29 January 2009]: Since October 2008, Ministers and officials have not met BAA, trade unions, airlines using Heathrow, corporate stakeholders or residents around Heathrow to discuss Heathrow airport development issues.
The Department has received a high number of letters about Heathrow airport from local residents during this period and two from the Chief Executive of BAA. The first one on 28 November 2008 concerned the monitoring of the environmental impacts of expansion of Heathrow airport, the second one, dated 16 January 2009, related to the Secretary of State’s decisions on Heathrow which he announced to Parliament on 15 January 2009.
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