Asked by: Brian H. Donohoe (Labour - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to meet the costs of the National Air Traffic Service's employee share scheme if the Civil Aviation Authority decides that these costs will no longer be allowed for in the next regulatory settlement.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The regulatory settlement is a matter for the Civil Aviation Authority. We would expect the NATS Board, in the first instance, to continue to consider the benefits of the employee share scheme and the terms on which it operates.
Asked by: Brian H. Donohoe (Labour - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the forthcoming independence referendum on the National Air Traffic Service Centre in Scotland's ability to secure international contracts.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
No assessment has been made as we believe Scotland is stronger in the UK and the UK is stronger with Scotland in it. NATS's success in winning international contracts is a matter in the first instance for its Board.