To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the additional road vehicle movements which would result from (a) an increase from 67 to 122 million passengers a year and (b) an increase of 125,000 flight movements a year at Heathrow Airport. (252660)

Forecasts of surface access demand at Heathrow are set out in BAA's ‘Surface Access Report’, published alongside the ‘Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport’ consultation document. This is available at the following link:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/closed/heathrowconsultation/technicalreports/surfaceaccess.pdf

The figure of 122 million passengers assumes around 702,000 flights a year in 2030, whereas we are initially supporting a maximum of 605,000 (an additional 125,000 a year). The additional number of passengers accessing the airport by road is therefore expected to be around 14 million, around half the number previously assumed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the number of additional car journeys per day which will result from the establishment of a third runway at Heathrow, broken down by major road. (253936)

Forecasts of surface access demand at Heathrow are set out in BAA’s ‘Surface Access Report’, published alongside the 2007 ‘Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport’ consultation document. This is available on the Department’s website at the following link:

http://wvwv.dft.gov.uk/consultations/closed/heathrowconsultation/technicalreports/surfaceaccess.pdf

Table 36 reproduced below shows the daily traffic composition for the main road corridors (A4, M4 and M25) with a third runway in 2020 and 605,000 air transport movements a year, which is the limit we are supporting initially.