{"value":{"id":1669979,"askingMemberId":4498,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-11-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-11-16T00:00:00","uin":"1944","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it her policy to measure the blood lead levels of children living near general aviation airfields.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4801,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-11-22T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government is supporting the development of new aviation fuels through a range of measures including developing a Sustainable Aviation Fuels mandate and the Advanced Fuels Fund.</p><p>There are some specific issues for replacing avgas, a fuel used in piston aircraft which represents less than 1% of total UK aviation fuel use.</p><p>An unleaded alternative, Unleaded 91, is now commercially available and may be used by much of the General Aviation sector. In addition, battery-electric aircraft have been certified for use in flight training. The Government encourages General Aviation operators to use unleaded alternatives to avgas when suitable for their aircraft.</p><p>The Government has no plans to require the testing of children.</p><p>DfT will continue to monitor progress in the transition away from leaded fuels working with DEFRA and the Health and Safety Executive who lead on the regulation of chemicals.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Blood: Lead","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1669979","method":"GET"}]}