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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what initiatives his Department will be taking as part of the Government's National Noise Strategy to reduce the impact of night flights by civil aviation on those living in rural areas under flight paths.

Asked by

Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 2001

Reference

361 c462W;361 c463W; 146425

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has undertaken into the impact on individuals of loss of sleep due to aircraft noise in the vicinity of Heathrow; and if he will place a copy of the results in the Library;...

Asked by

Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 January 2001

For answer on

22 January 2001

Answered on

22 January 2001

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what research his Department has undertaken into the impact on individuals of loss of sleep due to aircraft noise in the vicinity of Heathrow; and if he will place a copy of the results in the Library; [146421] (2) what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the noise from aircraft approaching Heathrow to land between 11.30 pm and 6 am on residents in (a) London and (b) Berkshire. [146420] Mr. Mullin: The former Department of Transport published, in December 1992, the "Report of a Field Study of Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance". This study, which was conducted by a consortium led by the CAA's Department of Safety, Environment and Engineering (now the Environment Research and Consultancy Department, ERCD), was and remains to date the largest survey of its kind in the UK. The survey sites were near Heathrow (Hounslow and Stanwell Moor), Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted airports. Sleep disturbances were detected using actimetry, the validity of which was corroborated using electro-encephalography (EEG). It was found that noise events below 90dBA SEL (equivalent to about 80dBA Lmax) were unlikely to affect average sleep disturbance rates, while events noisier than this gave a mean probability of disturbance of about one in 75, with a range of individual sensitivities around this average. Based upon these results, illustrative estimates of disturbances due to aircraft noise events between 11.30 pm and 6.00 am were included at paragraphs 1.37-1.39 of the Department's Second Stage Consultation on the night restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, dated November 1998. These broad estimates, and the assumptions on which they rely, are carefully explained in the consultation document. A limitation of the 1992 study, recognised at the time, was that it was unable thoroughly to examine disturbance at the onset of sleep and at final awakening. Also, the results provided no evidence to suggest that aircraft noise is likely to cause harmful after effects but the study could not explore this issue exhaustively. In 1998 we announced that we would commission a trial study of sleep disturbance to help inform a decision whether to proceed with a full scale study which would examine, "inter alia", the question of sleep loss and possible after-effects. In the light of advice from a steering group and technical group established to advise on this work, we also commissioned a social survey of attitudes towards aircraft noise at night. These studies have been conducted by consortiums led respectively by Dr. Ian Flindell of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research and Prof Ian Diamond of the Department of Social Statistics, both at the University of Southampton. They will be published shortly and I shall ensure that copies are placed in the House Library.

Date

22 January 2001

Reference

361 c461-2W;361 c462-3W; 146421;146420

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answered by

Chris Mullin (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

16 January 2001

Reference

361 c188

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answered by

Chris Mullin (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

16 January 2001

Reference

361 c188

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, What measures his Department is taking to tackle the problem of antisocial behaviour by travellers; and if he will make a statement. Inc ref to copy in Library.

Asked by

Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

16 January 2001

Reference

361 c188; 143968

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will introduce legislation to deal with tall trees and boundary hedges in domestic gardens; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 December 2000

Reference

142876; 360 c176W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce legislation on the control of high hedges.

Asked by

Robert Syms (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2000

Reference

359 c290W;359 c288W; 142954

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will make a decision on the control of Leylandii and other hedges.

Asked by

Andrew Rowe (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 July 2000

Reference

354 c133W; 130631

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will meet Plantlife to discuss its proposals to prevent the spread of invasive species; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Joan Walley (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2000

Reference

347 c608W; 117587

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on anti-social behaviour in properties owned by private landlords. - Includes ref to report of Policy Action Team 8.

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2000

Reference

347 c414W; 116140

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his policy is on the control of hedgerows in residential areas; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to consultation paper "High hedges: possible solutions" and section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act...

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 December 1999

Reference

341 c538-9W; 103241

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Government will introduce legislation to restrict the height to which (a) leylandii trees and (b) hedges will be allowed to grow next to the boundaries of properties.

Asked by

Tony Clarke (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 1999

Reference

102705; 341 c96W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to change the planning regulations on permitted development rights relating to the inserting of windows into existing walls of properties, in connection with the plans to control the height of hedges and other...

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 December 1999

Reference

341 c72-3W; 102211;102212

House

House of Commons

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