Asked by: Andrew Griffith (Conservative - Arundel and South Downs)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his Portuguese counterpart on the potential for an air bridge permitting air travel between the UK and Portugal without a quarantine being imposed on inbound travellers to the UK.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Secretary of State for Transport has had no such discussions with the Governments of those specific states about the potential for creating an air bridge with said countries. However, the Government is working closely with industry to explore this concept. This includes work with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), airlines and airports.
Asked by: Andrew Griffith (Conservative - Arundel and South Downs)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his Icelandic counterpart on the potential for an air bridge permitting air travel between the UK and Iceland without a quarantine being imposed on inbound travellers to the UK.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Secretary of State for Transport has had no such discussions with the Governments of those specific states about the potential for creating an air bridge with said countries. However, the Government is working closely with industry to explore this concept. This includes work with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), airlines and airports.
Asked by: Andrew Griffith (Conservative - Arundel and South Downs)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) progress has been made on and (b) the preliminary results are of the acoustic camera trials announced in June 2019 to monitor traffic noise.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The acoustic camera trial is completed and the results are awaiting publication. Preliminary indications are that the device can identify individual vehicles in certain circumstances and assign noise levels to them but further development is needed to improve accuracy.
The technology has the potential to identify excessively noisy vehicles, however, there are still difficulties in measuring noise in an uncontrolled environment to be overcome.
Asked by: Andrew Griffith (Conservative - Arundel and South Downs)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of UK freight by value was exported via (a) UK sea ports, (b) bellyhold of passenger flights, (v) freighter aircraft and (d) road hauliers via France in 2019.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The Department does not collect data on the value of freight by mode of transport.
Asked by: Andrew Griffith (Conservative - Arundel and South Downs)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of freight by value was imported via (a) sea ports, (b) in the bellyhold of passenger flights, (c) freighter aircraft and (d) road hauliers travelling via France in 2019.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The Department does not collect data on the value of freight by mode of transport.