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1002550

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department will measure progress towards the target for all new vehicles to be effectively zero-emission by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	188783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>By setting long term ambitions for 2040 and 2050, the Government has sent a clear signal for the UK’s direction of travel to provide industry and consumers with certainty on the transition to zero emission vehicles. The Government’s Road to Zero strategy, published in July, set out that by 2030 we want to see at least 50% and as many as 70% of new car sales being ultra low emission, alongside up to 40% of new vans. We expect this transition to be industry and consumer led, supported in the coming years by the measures set out in the Road to Zero strategy.</p><p> </p><p>There is significant uncertainty over some of the key drivers of the transition – including battery technology and new mobility services. The Government will be actively tracking market developments, looking at key factors such as uptake of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles, deployment of infrastructure, and consumer issues. We will review momentum towards our ambition by 2025, and will consider what interventions are needed if not enough progress is being made.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/11/2018 13:30:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1002551

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on delivering smart ticketing across the rail network by the end of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	188919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s £80m investment in accelerating smart ticketing builds on previous and existing franchise commitments, and sits alongside Government funding for Transport for the North’s smart ticketing programme and the Rail Delivery Group’s investment in barcode technology. Together, these programmes mean that the rail industry is on track to deliver a smart card or barcode option for singles, returns and seasons for journeys across almost all of the rail network by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>Rail ticketing in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2018 14:04:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1002555

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations the Government has made to the International Maritime Organisation on impact assessments for the large-scale use of scrubbers on marine environments and ecosystems.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	188873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, played an active role in the development of the Guidelines for the use of scrubbing technology at both European and international level. Ships’ installed scrubbers must be approved in accordance with the Guidelines before operating in UK waters.</p><p> </p><p>Along with other European States, we recognise that more ship owners are installing these systems in order to comply with the 0.5% sulphur cap, and that large numbers of ships using scrubbers in enclosed waters might have an impact on local water quality. This is why we have asked for more evidence from ship owners and industry associations about the content of wash water, and there are a number of ongoing studies being undertaken by the industry on the issue. At this stage, we are not aware of any significant issues which have been found, but we will seek further amendments to the IMO Guidelines if it becomes clear that additional controls are needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/11/2018 16:47:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1002557

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cross Country Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 1 November 2018 to Question 183468 on Cross Country Rail Franchise, when he plans to publish the timetable for each stage of the Cross country rail franchise process.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	188838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The current Cross Country Franchise is due to expire in October 2019 with an option available of extending the current contract by one year to October 2020. We are currently reviewing options for the Cross Country Franchise and are therefore unable to make any comment as to what and when any decisions will be made.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2018 13:58:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1002583

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Office of Rail and Road, (iii) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (iv) the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, (v) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (vi) the Vehicle Certification Agency, (vii) the British Transport Police Authority, (viii) Directly Operated Railways Limited, (ix) High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, (x) the Civil Aviation Authority, (xi) London and Continental Railways Limited, (xii) the Air accident Investigation Branch, (xiii) Highways England, (xiv) the Marine Accident Investigation Branch, (xv) Network Rail and (xvi) the Rail Accident Investigation Branch in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	188859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table – quantity of electricity and natural gas used, 2015/16 – 2017/18 (some figures rounded)</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Body</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015/16</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016/17</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(KwH)</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Natural Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfT (Central Department)</p></td><td><p>4,500,394</p></td><td><p>725,688</p></td><td><p>4,454,986</p></td><td><p>830,540</p></td><td><p>4,465,990</p></td><td><p>786,896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Rail and Road (1)</p></td><td><p>408,206</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>430,929</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>472,418</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency</p></td><td><p>13,269,324</p></td><td><p>33,469,655</p></td><td><p>15,634,961</p></td><td><p>23,556,858</p></td><td><p>13,765,563</p></td><td><p>26,434,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency</p></td><td><p>9,565,659</p></td><td><p>8,556,748</p></td><td><p>7,804,111</p></td><td><p>8,967,871</p></td><td><p>7,769,203</p></td><td><p>9,877,482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maritime and Coastguard Agency</p></td><td><p>7,736,199</p></td><td><p>2,226,320</p></td><td><p>7,981,696</p></td><td><p>2,045,046</p></td><td><p>7,816,819</p></td><td><p>2,375,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Certification Agency</p></td><td><p>345,856</p></td><td><p>93,961</p></td><td><p>248,558</p></td><td><p>113,515</p></td><td><p>196,866</p></td><td><p>108,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Transport Police Authority and British Transport Police (2)</p></td><td><p>8,655,241</p></td><td><p>1,018,696</p></td><td><p>8,369,135</p></td><td><p>1,538,210</p></td><td><p>7,537,946</p></td><td><p>1,471,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directly Operated Railways Limited</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HS2 Ltd (3)</p></td><td><p>2,304,866</p></td><td><p>276,841</p></td><td><p>2,680,857</p></td><td><p>256,787</p></td><td><p>2,458,898</p></td><td><p>886,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Aviation Authority</p></td><td><p>2,956,203</p></td><td><p>1,353,509</p></td><td><p>2,898,654</p></td><td><p>1,819,784</p></td><td><p>2,719,268</p></td><td><p>1,722,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and Continental Railways Limited (4)</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Air Accident Investigation Branch</p></td><td><p>234,430</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>438,437</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>328,829</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highways England (5)</p></td><td><p>176,087,852</p></td><td><p>3,915,094</p></td><td><p>177,864,030</p></td><td><p>6,058,714</p></td><td><p>206,546,532</p></td><td><p>6,563,503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marine Accident Investigation Branch (6)</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network Rail</p></td><td><p>3,816,870,000</p></td><td><p>67,740,000</p></td><td><p>3,787,390,000</p></td><td><p>73,720,000</p></td><td><p>3,804,530,000</p></td><td><p>70,620,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Accident Investigation Branch</p></td><td><p>87,816</p></td><td><p>158,833</p></td><td><p>90,081</p></td><td><p>170,486</p></td><td><p>91,628</p></td><td><p>169,826</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Only ORR’s Glasgow office uses natural gas. The landlord does not provide an individual usage figure as ORR is one of many tenants.</p><p>(2) The figures include consumption by the British Transport Police Authority and the British Transport Police as separate figures are not readily available.</p><p>(3) These figures include estimates where direct meter readings were not available</p><p>(4) London and Continental Railway (LCR) occupies space at One Kemble Street under a Memorandum of Terms of Occupation (MOTO) from the Government Legal Department (GLD). As part of the MOTO arrangements GLD recovers a service charge from LCR. This includes electricity and gas, but the costs and quantum used are not identifiable on an individual basis.</p><p>(5) Electricity figures include roads lighting and other infrastructure assets throughout the Strategic Road Network.</p><p>(6) The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is located in Spring Place, Southampton. This building is owned by the Department for Transport and managed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Utility supplies to the building are not separated out by organisation. Approximately 20% of the energy consumption for Spring Place is attributable to MAIB. The figure shown for MCA (which includes other buildings) therefore includes a proportion that could be attributed to MAIB.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/11/2018 16:32:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1002584

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Office of Rail and Road, (iii) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (iv) the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, (v) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (vi) the Vehicle Certification Agency, (vii) the British Transport Police Authority, (viii) Directly Operated Railways Limited, (ix) High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, (x) the Civil Aviation Authority, (xi) London and Continental Railways Limited, (xii) the Air Accident Investigation Branch, (xiii) Highways England, (xiv) the Marine Accident Investigation Branch, (xv) Network Rail and (xvi) the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	188860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table – cost of electricity and natural gas used, 2015/16 – 2017/18 (some figures rounded)</em></p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Body</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015/16</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016/17</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2017/18</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>(£) Fully built up (delivered) cost unless indicated otherwise. Inclusive of VAT unless indicated otherwise.</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Natural Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfT (Central Department)</p></td><td><p>540,610</p></td><td><p>29,803</p></td><td><p>538,750</p></td><td><p>34,135</p></td><td><p>556,292</p></td><td><p>32,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Rail and Road (1)</p></td><td><p>69,769.44</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>83,218.70</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>86,448.29</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency</p></td><td><p>1,870,000</p></td><td><p>867,000</p></td><td><p>1,837,000</p></td><td><p>657,000</p></td><td><p>1,993,000</p></td><td><p>570,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (2)</p></td><td><p>1,163,636</p></td><td><p>327,967</p></td><td><p>998,114</p></td><td><p>330,264</p></td><td><p>1,141,902</p></td><td><p>343,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maritime and Coastguard Agency (3)</p></td><td><p>1,662,671.26</p></td><td><p>106,181.92</p></td><td><p>1,604,049.36</p></td><td><p>38,102.68</p></td><td><p>1,331,501.34</p></td><td><p>215,486.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Certification Agency (4)</p></td><td><p>48,949.18</p></td><td><p>2,410.84</p></td><td><p>60,671.67</p></td><td><p>5,392.41</p></td><td><p>55,301.89</p></td><td><p>4,517.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Transport Police Authority and British Transport Police (5)</p></td><td><p>1,037,961.64</p></td><td><p>75,405.27</p></td><td><p>1,181,823.37</p></td><td><p>77,636.17</p></td><td><p>1,168,793.97</p></td><td><p>57,351.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directly Operated Railways Limited</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HS2 Ltd (6)</p></td><td><p>310,012</p></td><td><p>46,671</p></td><td><p>473,075</p></td><td><p>26,330</p></td><td><p>321,793</p></td><td><p>41,828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Aviation Authority</p></td><td><p>397,564</p></td><td><p>45,370</p></td><td><p>365,735</p></td><td><p>51,556</p></td><td><p>350,663</p></td><td><p>50,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and Continental Railways Limited (7)</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Air Accident Investigation Branch (8)</p></td><td><p>20258.45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>36,828.27</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>24,343.71</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highways England (9)</p></td><td><p>27,000,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>28,500,000</p></td><td><p>150,000</p></td><td><p>30,600,000</p></td><td><p>290,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marine Accident Investigation Branch (10)</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network Rail</p></td><td><p>412,000,000</p></td><td><p>1,959,000,000</p></td><td><p>417,000,000</p></td><td><p>2,078,000,000</p></td><td><p>437,000,000</p></td><td><p>2,169,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Accident Investigation Branch</p></td><td><p>11,019.87</p></td><td><p>5,542.43</p></td><td><p>10,238.80</p></td><td><p>5,369.53</p></td><td><p>5,188.71</p></td><td><p>14,212.35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Only the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) Glasgow office uses natural gas. The landlord does not provide an individual usage figure as ORR is one of many tenants.</p><p>(2) Gas/electricity component cost only.</p><p>(3) Due to a supplier billing issue, a significant proportion of gas costs from 2016/17 were paid in 2017/18.</p><p>(4) Information to verify whether the costs for Vehicle Certification Agency sites are fully built up costs or component costs only is not readily available.</p><p>(5) The figures include costs for the British Transport Police Authority and the British Transport Police as separate figures are not readily available.</p><p>(6) Figures are for calendar year. Figures are net of VAT. Some of the properties utilised by HS2 Ltd do not (or did not) have separately identifiable costs as these are (or were) included in the utilities charge, service charge or licence fee, and consequently are not included in these totals.</p><p>(7) London and Continental Railway (LCR) occupies space at One Kemble Street under a Memorandum of Terms of Occupation (MOTO) from the Government Legal Department (GLD). As part of the MOTO arrangements GLD recovers a service charge from LCR. This includes electricity and gas, but the costs and quantum used are not identifiable on an individual basis.</p><p>(8) Electricity component cost only.</p><p>(9) Electricity figures include roads lighting and other infrastructure assets throughout the Strategic Road Network.</p><p>(10) The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is located in Spring Place, Southampton. This building is owned by the Department for Transport and managed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Utility supplies to the building are not separated out by organisation. Approximately 20% of the energy consumption for Spring Place is attributable to MAIB. The figure shown for MCA (which includes other buildings) therefore includes a proportion that could be attributed to MAIB.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/11/2018 14:31:01 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1002604

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency raised from selling personal data to third parties in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	188880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) neither promotes the release of personal data, nor does the DVLA seek to release personal data to generate a fee/revenue.</p><p> </p><p>DVLA responds, as required, to each request for vehicle and driver data and while DVLA is permitted to charge a fee for the release of information under the reasonable cause provisions, DVLA is not permitted to profit from the release. The fee set is to recover the related administrative costs and this means that it is the applicant and not the taxpayer that funds this activity.</p><p> </p><p>Total fees recognised by DVLA from charges for requests for vehicle and driver personal data for the most recent financial year available, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Account</p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver Fee Paying Enquiries</p></td><td><p>4,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fee Paying Enquiries</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electronic Data Link Fee Paying Enquiries</p></td><td><p>15,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Receipts / Sale Vehicles including Bulk Data</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,818</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/11/2018 17:59:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1002681

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of compensation payments made by Network Rail to Northern Rail as a result of disruption to the infrastructure network in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	188799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Compensation payments made by Network Rail to Northern Rail as a result of disruption to the infrastructure network in 2018 are governed by the contractual agreements between Network Rail and the operator and are therefore a matter for them and not the Department.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/11/2018 14:44:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1002682

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has been made of the value of compensation payments made by Northern Rail to rail passengers in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	188800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest figures on the value of compensation payments paid by Northern Rail to passengers that are held by the Department for Transport are to the end of the 2017/18 financial year. These were published on 1 October <strong>[</strong><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744567/2017-2018-passenger-compensation-figures.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744567/2017-2018-passenger-compensation-figures.pdf</strong></a><strong>]</strong> and show that, in 2017/18, Northern Rail paid £567,000 in compensation to rail passengers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2018 13:20:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1001909

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken on the effect of recent reductions to funding for concessionary bus passes on adults with (a) learning difficulties and (b) autism.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	188110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding to local authorities for concessionary travel is not provided in isolation, but as part of their Local Government Finance Settlement. This Formula Grant funding is not ring-fenced, which enables authorities to make spending decisions that more closely match local needs and circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility for the statutory concession on medical grounds is assessed by local authorities on a case by case basis, using the seven criteria set down in legislation and supported by the Department’s published guidance.</p><p>Local authorities also have the powers to offer concessions over and above the statutory minimum, for instance by extending the concession to residents who may not qualify under the statutory criteria.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/11/2018 14:39:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire