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Written Question
Offshore Industry
Tuesday 16th January 2024

Asked by: David Duguid (Conservative - Banff and Buchan)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of potential future trends in the level of demand for oil and gas.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

As set out in our Net Zero Strategy demand pathway, in 2035, demand for oil and gas may be just over half of 2022 levels.

Whilst our domestic production is expected to decline by 7% year-on-year, new licensing will limit our import dependency to around 60% instead of 70% by 2035.

By 2050, oil use will concentrate in aviation. Gas will be used with CCUS abatement, generating cleaner electricity and hydrogen.


Written Question
Civil Aviation Authority and European Union Aviation Safety Agency
Monday 8th January 2024

Asked by: Kirsten Oswald (Scottish National Party - East Renfrewshire)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy to negotiate mutual recognition of pilot licenses between the Civil Aviation Authority and European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The UK continues to have a productive relationship with EASA in many areas and have already agreed a high-level Aviation Safety Agreement. We hope to be able to expand this in appropriate areas that support our industry in the future, including in relation to pilot licensing. However, this may well take some time, and it would require willingness from the EU as well. We are continuing to work to ensure an effective licensing regime supports UK aviation and delivering effective implementation of the existing agreement with the EU.


Written Question
Aviation: Hydrogen
Thursday 16th November 2023

Asked by: Henry Smith (Conservative - Crawley)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the processes it has in place for the licensing of hydrogen in aviation (a) testing and (b) programmes.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government works closely with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the UK’s independent aviation regulator.

Baroness Vere met with new CAA CEO Rob Bishton on 26 October and discussions included the CAA’s approach to regulating innovative technologies that will support decarbonisation of the sector.

The CAA are active participants in the Jet Zero Council, the forum that brings together Government, industry and academia to drive the delivery of new technologies and innovative ways to cut aviation emissions and co-chaired by the Secretaries of State for Transport, Business and Trade and Energy Security and Net Zero. The CAA attended the ninth Jet Zero Council, held on 8 November, and also chair a Regulatory Sub-Group within the Zero Emission Flight Delivery Group of the Council.

The CAA is supporting the testing of hydrogen in aviation by a range of UK organisations. As one example ZeroAvia, with CAA permissions, are currently test flying an aircraft using hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion in Gloucestershire.

The CAA have also established a Hydrogen Regulatory Challenge which will run for 18 months from October 2023 supported by funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s Regulatory Pioneers Fund.


Written Question
Aviation: Crew
Monday 4th September 2023

Asked by: Simon Lightwood (Labour (Co-op) - Wakefield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on personnel licensing in the aviation sector.

Answered by Jesse Norman

Personnel who currently hold EASA licences and would like to work in the UK will now have to apply for a new UK CAA licence, as mutual acceptance of licences between the UK and the EU has ceased following the UK’s withdrawal from EASA. Any UK personnel who seek to work within the EU will have to apply for a licence from an EASA competent authority.


Written Question
flypop: Future Fund
Wednesday 17th May 2023

Asked by: Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 29 March 2022 (HL6989), whether FlyPop was granted a licence by the Civil Aviation Authority; and if not, what time limits have been set for businesses to become operational before monies obtained through the Future Fund are required to be repaid.

Answered by Earl of Minto - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Licensing is a matter for the Civil Aviation Authority.

The repayment of monies obtained through the Future Fund is not driven by businesses becoming operational. The Future Fund is invested through a standardised 3-year term Convertible Loan Agreement (‘CLA’); the CLA either converts to equity or is repaid in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The full scheme eligibility criteria and rules can be viewed on the British Business Bank’s website.


Written Question
Public Transport: Disability
Tuesday 14th February 2023

Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Bosworth)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Inclusive Transport Strategy, published on 25 July 2018, what recent progress his Department has made on helping to ensure equal access for people with disabilities on public transport.

Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

Good progress has been made on the Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS), and the majority of commitments have now been completed.

In the last year, the Department has delivered a number of commitments from the ITS, including:

  • consulting on best practice guidance for taxi and private hire vehicle licensing and proposing updated guidance on disability awareness training;
  • working with the aviation sector, consumer and disability groups to develop and publish the Aviation Passenger Charter, providing a single point of information for consumers on their rights and responsibilities;
  • delivering a further round of our “It’s Everyone’s Journey” campaign, aiming to raise public awareness of the needs of disabled passengers when travelling.

We are committed to delivering the remaining ITS commitments. In January 2022, the Department published a baseline evaluation report, which provides a detailed picture of disabled people’s experience using the transport network as we work towards full implementation of the ITS. This will be used as a baseline for future evaluation, including the annual scorecard of disabled people’s experiences using the transport network. The next scorecard is due to be published this spring, and a final evaluation report will be published in 2024.


Written Question
Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing) Regulations 2012
Tuesday 24th January 2023

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether they plan to (a) revoke (b) retain or (c) replace the Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing) Regulations 2012.

Answered by Jesse Norman

The Department is currently reviewing all transport-related Retained EU Law. It will set out its approach to individual pieces of Retained EU Law, including the Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing) Regulations 2012, in due course.


Written Question
Aircraft: Electric Vehicles
Monday 25th April 2022

Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to develop the regulation of (a) trials and (b) use of electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles.

Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

The Department for Transport recently explored how current legislation relates to new aircraft such as electric vehicle take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) and found that eVTOLs fit within existing broad legislation.

The Department has recently conducted a consultation on the Future of Flight as part of the Future of Transport regulatory review and supports the Civil Aviation Authority to work with innovators to certify eVTOL aircraft and their uses.

The licensing regulations that apply to the trial and use of eVTOLs are retained EU regulations as amended by an increasing amount of UK law, the Civil Aviation Act 1982, the Aircraft Navigation Order 2016 and the Chicago Convention 1944.

The Department for Transport and the CAA, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, are continually working on ensuring the right regulatory environment for any new industry requirements that arise.


Written Question
Aircraft: Electric Vehicles
Monday 25th April 2022

Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what licensing regulations apply to the (a) trial and (b) use of electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles.

Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

The Department for Transport recently explored how current legislation relates to new aircraft such as electric vehicle take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) and found that eVTOLs fit within existing broad legislation.

The Department has recently conducted a consultation on the Future of Flight as part of the Future of Transport regulatory review and supports the Civil Aviation Authority to work with innovators to certify eVTOL aircraft and their uses.

The licensing regulations that apply to the trial and use of eVTOLs are retained EU regulations as amended by an increasing amount of UK law, the Civil Aviation Act 1982, the Aircraft Navigation Order 2016 and the Chicago Convention 1944.

The Department for Transport and the CAA, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, are continually working on ensuring the right regulatory environment for any new industry requirements that arise.


Written Question
flypop: Future Fund
Tuesday 29th March 2022

Asked by: Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding FlyPop Ltd has received from the Future Fund; what due diligence they undertook, prior to awarding this funding, to ensure that the company complies with the requirement for the majority of its business to be based in the UK; whether the company has yet applied for the necessary UK AOC Licence; and if so, whether that licence has been granted.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Department is unable to provide information relating to loan amounts for individual companies as this information is commercially sensitive for both investors and investee businesses.

All investee companies were required to certify that they met the UK nationality criteria as part of the process of signing the Convertible Loan Agreement. Businesses provided details of their country of incorporation, UK Company registration number as well as the citizenship of company officers and an ownership structure chart or supporting documentation showing ultimate beneficial owners of the company. These details were checked as part of the eligibility checks carried out. As this particular business was pre-revenue and pre-operational at the time of application, these checks also satisfied the requirement that over half of employees should be UK-based or half of revenues should be from UK sales.

Licensing is a matter for the Civil Aviation Authority. A UK Air Operator Certificate has not been granted to this company to date.