Robert Goodwill corrected a written answer on Aviation: Noise

3 March 2016 · Commons written answer · Department for Transport

Richard Burden (Labour, Birmingham, Northfield) asked written question 28994 on 29 February 2016. Mr Robert Goodwill answered on 3 March 2016 for the Department for Transport, and Mr Robert Goodwill corrected the answer on 3 March 2016. The correction replaced 2 figures (£2015, £712k) with 1 figure (£712000). Altogether 4 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) projects and (b) funding was allocated to the Civil Aviation Authority for research on noise trunks in each of the last five years.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The Department for Transport (DfT) funds the Environmental, Research and Consultancy Department of the CAA for work on aviation noise. Over the last 5 financial years the funding provided by the DfT was as follows 2011/12 £725 460 2012/13 £760 087 2013/14 £694 712 2014/15 £613 267 ~~£2015/16 £712k~~ (forecast for year end) Over these 5 years the funding has been used to: provide annual noise contours for Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted; Maintain the ANCON noise model which is used to estimate noise exposure; Technical support to DFT’s Aircraft Noise Management Advisory Committee; Evidence to support policy consultations including the night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted; Evidence and support to DfT in negotiating noise and emission standards for aircraft within the International Civil Aviation Organisation; Monitoring relevant research in the field of health and annoyance impacts of aviation noise.	The Department for Transport (DfT) funds the Environmental, Research and Consultancy Department of the CAA for work on aviation noise. Over the last 5 financial years the funding provided by the DfT was as follows 2011/12 £725 460 2012/13 £760 087 2013/14 £694 712 2014/15 £613 267 2015/16 £712000 (forecast for year end) Over these 5 years the funding has been used to: provide annual noise contours for Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted; Maintain the ANCON noise model which is used to estimate noise exposure; Technical support to DFT’s Aircraft Noise Management Advisory Committee; Evidence to support policy consultations including the night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted; Evidence and support to DfT in negotiating noise and emission standards for aircraft within the International Civil Aviation Organisation; Monitoring relevant research in the field of health and annoyance impacts of aviation noise.

Original

Corrected

The Department for Transport (DfT) funds the Environmental, Research and Consultancy Department of the CAA for work on aviation noise.
Over the last 5 financial years the funding provided by the DfT was as follows
2011/12 £725 460
2012/13 £760 087
2013/14 £694 712
2014/15 £613 267
~~£2015/16 £712k~~ (forecast for year end)
Over these 5 years the funding has been used to:
provide annual noise contours for Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted;
Maintain the ANCON noise model which is used to estimate noise exposure;
Technical support to DFT’s Aircraft Noise Management Advisory Committee;
Evidence to support policy consultations including the night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted;
Evidence and support to DfT in negotiating noise and emission standards for aircraft within the International Civil Aviation Organisation;
Monitoring relevant research in the field of health and annoyance impacts of aviation noise.

The Department for Transport (DfT) funds the Environmental, Research and Consultancy Department of the CAA for work on aviation noise.
Over the last 5 financial years the funding provided by the DfT was as follows
2011/12 £725 460
2012/13 £760 087
2013/14 £694 712
2014/15 £613 267
2015/16 £712000 (forecast for year end)
Over these 5 years the funding has been used to:
provide annual noise contours for Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted;
Maintain the ANCON noise model which is used to estimate noise exposure;
Technical support to DFT’s Aircraft Noise Management Advisory Committee;
Evidence to support policy consultations including the night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted;
Evidence and support to DfT in negotiating noise and emission standards for aircraft within the International Civil Aviation Organisation;
Monitoring relevant research in the field of health and annoyance impacts of aviation noise.

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