To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what advice he has received from IATA in relation to the impact of the millennium bug on airport and airline safety. [80031]

My Department has received no specific advice from IATA. The Department proposes to issue guidance on the millennium compliance situation of foreign aircraft and airports by 1 October, although the timing may be subject to the availability of relevant information. The guidance will be based largely on information received from governmental sources such as the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)—the major international aviation governmental organisation—and the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), supplemented by information from relevant sources such as IATA.