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800893

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date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) timetable and (b) remit is for the independent review of funding and financing for Crossrail 2 announced in the Autumn Budget 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to Crossrail 2 which is why we see an independent review to examine the funding and financing options to pay for the scheme as a crucial next step to give the scheme the best chance of success.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with Transport for London and the Mayor of London to establish the terms of reference of the review. We are also working with them to determine the precise timetable. I will update the House when further details are available.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 11/12/2017 15:47:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

800895

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorway Service Areas: Public Lavatories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that toilet facilities accredited to the Changing Places standard are available in all motorway service stations in England.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	117454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Whilst all Motorway Service Areas (MSAs) are privately operated businesses, they are required to fully comply with the Equality Act 2010 legislation. The application of the Act does not require operators to provide accessible changing facilities, but I have made it clear to operators my wish to see MSAs offer more than the legal minimum they are required to.</p><p> </p><p>I have agreed to address this issue through my forthcoming Taskforce on the design and facilities of MSAs. The Taskforce will commission independent advice on the options and potential levers to increase well-being of all visitors to MSAs in England.</p><p> </p><p>We will also consider the accessibility requirements of disabled and older travellers when visiting MSAs as part of the final Accessibility Action Plan due to be published in 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/12/2017 15:12:47 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

800896

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorway Service Areas: Public Lavatories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of motorway service stations in the North West which provide toilet facilities to the Changing Places standard.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	117455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>According to figures provided by Motorway Services Online, there are currently 14 toilet facilities provided to the Changing Places standard in England, with none in the North West. But I am clear that customers should have access to toilet facilities at motorway service areas that are appropriate to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>I have therefore agreed to address this issue through my forthcoming Taskforce on the design and facilities of Motorway Service Areas (MSAs). The Taskforce will commission independent advice on the options and potential levers to increase well-being of all visitors to MSAs in England.</p><p> </p><p>We will also consider the accessibility requirements of disabled and older travellers when visiting MSAs a part of the final Accessibility Action Plan due to be published in 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/12/2017 15:17:29 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

800897

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorway Service Areas: Public Lavatories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of motorway service stations in England that provide toilet facilities to the Changing Places standard.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	117456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>According to figures provided by Motorway Services Online, there are currently 14 toilet facilities provided to the Changing Places standard in England. But I am clear that customers should have access to toilet facilities at motorway service areas that are appropriate to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>I have therefore agreed to address this issue through my forthcoming Taskforce on the design and facilities of Motorway Service Areas (MSAs). The Taskforce will commission independent advice on the options and potential levers to increase well-being of all visitors to MSAs in England.</p><p> </p><p>We will also consider the accessibility requirements of disabled and older travellers when visiting MSAs as part of the final Accessibility Action Plan due to be published in 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/12/2017 15:07:06 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

800924

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Employment
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 contribution to growth and employment in the STEM sector made by the general aviation sector in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	117483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Government published research that the Department for Transport commissioned from York Aviation entitled “The Economic Value of General Aviation in the UK”. That research contained an estimate of the jobs linked to the general aviation sector in the UK being 38,000. York Aviation did not separate out the contribution from the Government’s STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics) education programmes.</p><p> </p><p>We are commissioning research on what a strategic network of general aviation airfields might look like and this research may review that calculation. We expect this research to report in 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/12/2017 14:09:09 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

800961

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) men and (b) women hold a (a) full and (b) provisional UK driving licence.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	117520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is already published and can be found at</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2017 15:55:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

800973

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse to date has been of installing or subsidising (a) uni-directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	117532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117533 117535 117539 question first answered 13/12/2017 15:28:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

800974

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) uni-directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles have been installed and are operational within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	117533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117532 117535 117539 question first answered 13/12/2017 15:28:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

800976

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse is planned to be allocated on installing or subsidising (a) uni-directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles within the UK by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	117535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117532 117533 117539 question first answered 13/12/2017 15:28:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

800980

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) uni- directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles which are planned to be installed within the UK by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	117539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117532 117533 117535 question first answered 13/12/2017 15:28:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint