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1700942

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date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on licensing electric black cabs.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	21622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Whilst the Secretary of State for Transport has not had any direct discussion with the Mayor of London on licensing electric taxis, revised best practice guidance was issued to all licensing authorities in November last year recommending they enable as many types of vehicles as possible to be licensed. Licensing authorities should give very careful consideration to a policy that automatically rules out particular types of vehicle or prescribes only one type or a small number of types of vehicle.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/04/2024 10:03:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1669653

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Alternative Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the use of (a) low carbon and (b) synthetic fuels for L-Category vehicles in the transition to net zero.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	1533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles was open to responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and was supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement. We are now analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p><p>The Government’s approach to delivering its ambitions for greener transport is not outcome neutral - the end goal must be zero exhaust emissions. Vehicles that burn synthetic fuels still emit air pollutants at the exhaust. However, the Government understands the need to decarbonise vehicles on the road today and the potential contribution synthetic fuels can make. This is why the Government has increased targets for the supply of low carbon fuels under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) and will continue to review that scheme to ensure that it can continue to support delivery of its carbon budgets.</p><p>Synthetics and other alternative fuels can be expensive, energy intensive to produce and do not always improve air quality. They show greatest potential in areas that are difficult to electrify, such as aviation. Relying on synthetic fuels to decarbonise road transport would put the UK at risk of failing to meet its economy wide targets on both CO<sub>2</sub> and air pollution emissions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/11/2023 12:29:07 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1669654

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take account of the life cycle analysis of L-Category vehicles when phasing out new non zero emission variants.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	1534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles was open to responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement. We are now analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of lifecycle emissions is an important consideration as we accelerate the transition to a zero-emission fleet of road vehicles. Whilst there is no internationally recognised method of measuring lifecycle emissions in any transport sector, the Department’s Transport Energy Model, published in 2018, and the externally commissioned Lifecycle Analysis of UK Road Vehicles, published in 2021, provide clear assessments of the relative environmental impacts of different road vehicle technologies and fuels in the UK.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/11/2023 12:35:05 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1669656

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts about their decision not to set a date for the phase out of new non zero emission L-Category vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	1535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK’s exit from the European Union has provided the opportunity for this country to develop its own regulatory approach to decarbonising its entire fleet of new road vehicles, supporting UK industry and riders in the process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/11/2023 12:26:58 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1365509

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £300 million investment identified in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 for the extension of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition and HGV technology trials will be made available specifically to the maritime sector.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	68228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>DfT received £300m for R&amp;D initiatives to help commercialise low and zero emission technologies. The Department will shortly commence a prioritisation process to allocate this funding across different programmes, including maritime. The outcome will be shared in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 09/11/2021 12:24:05 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman