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1701029

	registered interest
	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	Buses: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many zero-emission buses have been allocated funding under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme 1 as of 15 April 2024; and how many and what proportion of those buses (a) have been ordered and (b) are on the road as of that date.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	21868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government provided £270 million to Local Transport Authorities under the ZEBRA 1 programme. This funded 1,314 buses,1,053 have been ordered of which 313 are already on our roads across England. <br></p><p>More recently, the Government announced ZEBRA 2, with a further £142.8 million to Local Transport Authorities. This will help LTAs to purchase more zero emission buses, going further in our commitment to reduce carbon emissions in the transport sector whilst improving service quality for users.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/04/2024 16:03:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1700410

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 16992 on Parking: Pedestrian Areas, if his Department will publish its response to that consultation before the end of this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	21297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Pavement Parking is a complex issue. The Department is considering the consultation findings in order to reach the best outcome for all road users. We want to take the right step for communities and ensure that local authorities have appropriate and effective tools at their disposal and will make an announcement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/04/2024 11:24:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1687962

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many zero emission buses had been allocated Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas funding as of 6 February 2024; and how many of those buses (a) have been ordered and (b) are on the road as of that date.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	13478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The following table presents information on the number of zero emission buses funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas 1 (ZEBRA 1) programme by local transport authority. The numbers in this table are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore indicative and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>ZEBRA 1 funding was awarded in March 2022 for local transport authorities except Oxfordshire who received funding in December 2022.</p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local Transport Authority</p></td><td><p>Number of buses funded</p></td><td><p>Number of buses ordered</p></td><td><p>Number of buses in service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent County Council</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City Council</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Borough Council</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk County Council</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire County Council</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth City Council &amp; Hampshire County Council</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Council</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City Council</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of York Council</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1,309</p></td><td><p>1,031</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/02/2024 17:39:17 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1677241

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aircraft: Emergency Services
	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 number of laser attacks on airborne emergency service vehicles; and what assessment he has made of the impact of such attacks on those vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	6631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Whilst information on this is tracked through Mandatory Occurrence Forms, along with a range of other information, data on the specific number of incidences is not publicly released. However, I can say that in terms of a high-level trend, the current rate of laser incidents encountered by emergency service helicopters is similar to that of 2019 and 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 18/12/2023 14:41:20 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1676059

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
	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 commissioned into pavement parking (a) for the consultation entitled Managing pavement parking, which closed on 22 November 2020, and (b) beyond the scope of this consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	5696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>There were over 15,000 responses to the consultation. The Department has been giving careful consideration to the findings. The Department is working through the options and the opportunities for taking matters forward and will publish a formal response as soon as this process is concluded.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/12/2023 17:38:24 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1676069

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buses funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme (a) have been ordered and (b) are on the road.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	5705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) 1 scheme provided funding to 16 local transport authorities in England outside London. The scheme will fund up to 1,300 zero emission buses, though this is subject to change as projects are progressed by local transport authorities. Of the buses funded, an estimated 984 have been ordered and 137 are on the road.</p><p> </p><p><em>Overall, since February 2020, an estimated 4,200 zero emission buses have been funded across the UK, this includes buses funded by ZEBRA 1.</em></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/12/2023 11:57:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1676070

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rapid Transit Systems: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing Bus Service Improvement Plan funding to be used for light rail systems in areas where funding has been awarded.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	5706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>BSIP and BSIP+ funding is intended to be used by LTAs to support the aims of the National Bus Strategy to make buses more frequent, more reliable, easier to understand and use, better co-ordinated and cheaper. It can also be used to support and protect existing bus services that would otherwise be at risk. It should not be used to support other modes, including light rail systems, where it is not clear that the primary benefits accrue to buses.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/12/2023 11:55:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1676071

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department is making on introducing national minimum standards for taxi and private hire vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	5707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government has taken action to support taxi and private hire vehicle licensing authorities in England to use their existing powers to set consistent licensing standards. The Government published the Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards in 2020, statutory guidance, which focus on safeguarding standards to protect children and vulnerable adults, although the measures benefit all passengers. On 17 November 2023 the Government issued updated Best Practice Guidance, following consultation, which seeks to drive consistency on licensing issues outside of the scope of the statutory guidance and maintaining high standards of safety and accessibility.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to legislating for national minimum standards when Parliamentary time allows. The guidance already issued would be a natural starting point when setting future legislation.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/12/2023 11:51:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1666672

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many zero emission buses had been allocated Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas funding as of 23 October 2023; and how many of these buses (a) have been ordered and (b) are on the road as of that date.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	203980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Since February 2020, an estimated 4,200 ZEBs have been funded across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The first round of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme provided £270m funding to 16 local transport authorities in England outside London. The scheme will fund up to 1,309 zero emission buses, though this is subject to change as projects are progressed by local transport authorities. The second round of the scheme was launched in September, with £129m funding to be provided to schemes by March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 26/10/2023 10:30:58 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1666674

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Greater London
	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 time it will take to deliver private finance for the (a) tunnel and (b) terminus for Euston HS2.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	203981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Network North paper published by the Department for Transport on 4 October 2023 sets out that we will appoint a development company, separate from HS2 Ltd, to manage the delivery of this project. We will also take on the lessons of success stories such as Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms, which secured £9 billion of private sector investment and thousands of homes. So we will harness the future growth that the station will unleash to support its development, to ensure we get the best possible value for the British taxpayer - and ensure that funding is underpinned by contributions from those people and businesses its development supports.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 26/10/2023 09:15:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood