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1701547

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for plug-in vehicle grants to private cars.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	22139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There are now over a million battery electric cars registered in the UK, and their sales continue to grow. The Government is targeting its incentives where they have the most impact and deliver the greatest value for money. Plug-in Grants will continue until at least financial year 2024/25 for motorcycles, vans, taxis, trucks and wheelchair accessible vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 18/04/2024 16:08:39 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1690417

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the Local Government Association entitled The path to inclusive footways, published on 10 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	14935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department is aware that pavement parking is a challenging and complex issue.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for parking restrictions and already have powers to tackle pavement parking by implementing Traffic Regulation Orders. The Department has consulted on further options to help local authorities outside London tackle this issue and will publish a formal response when final decisions have been taken.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/02/2024 17:01:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1690421

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that highways funding supports pavement accessibility.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	14936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the public highway network in their area, including footways and pavements. In doing so the Department recommends that they follow the advice set out in various guidance documents, which covers topics such as the maintenance and design of pavements, and the use of tactile paving .</p><p> </p><p>The additional £8.3 billion of highway maintenance funding that the Government is providing to all English local highway authorities over the years 2023/24 to 2033/34 will allow them to invest in improvements to their local highway networks, including pavements and footways. Authorities will be expected to detail how this additional funding is being spent, to allow members of the public to hold them to account for this.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/02/2024 15:39:12 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1687421

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Access
	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 1 February 2024 to Question 11862, for what reason successful nominations for funding under the Access for All programme have not yet been announced.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	13050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>Further to the answer of 1<sup>st</sup> February 2024, I reaffirm the Government’s commitment of £350m of additional funding to improve the accessibility of stations across Great Britain. We are assessing over 300 nominations for Access for All funding which is a detailed and rigorous process.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 08/02/2024 16:58:32 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1685518

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Department for Transport during the oral question on Access for All of 8 June 2023, Official Report, column 856, what his planned timetable is for making a decision on the projects receiving funding from the Access for All programme.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	11862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>As part of our recent Network North announcement, the Government confirmed £350m will be made available to improve the accessibility of train stations across Britain. We are assessing over 300 nominations for funding under the Access for All programme. At stations awarded funding this will create an obstacle free, accessible route from the station entrance to all platforms. Successful nominations will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 01/02/2024 09:46:59 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1675639

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cars: Exhaust Emissions
	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 14 November 2023 to Question 451 on Cars: Exhaust Emissions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to move the ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2030 to 2035 on (a) public health and (b) other matters; and whether his Department has plans to conduct further impact assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	5371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not completed any assessment on the air quality impact of the decision to delay the end of sale date for new diesel and petrol cars from 2030 to 2035. However, the Government has laid the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 before the Houses of Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd Cymru on 16th October,which implements the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The ZEV mandate is Government biggest carbon reduction measure and will significantly reduce tail pipe emissions as set out in the cost benefit analysis published by the Department. All impacts, including public health, are detailed in the impact assessment: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252453/pdfs/ukdsiod_9780348252453_en_001.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252453/pdfs/ukdsiod_9780348252453_en_001.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 12/12/2023 15:48:56 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1667969

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cars: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the decision to move the ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2030 to 2035 on air pollution (a) in major cities and (b) across England.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not completed any assessment on the air quality impact of the decision to delay the end of sale date for new diesel and petrol cars from 2030 to 2035. The Government has however laid the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 before the Houses of Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd Cymru on 16th October (which implements the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate across Great Britain).</p><p>The ZEV mandate is Government biggest carbon reduction measure and will significantly reduce air pollutant emissions as set out in the cost benefit analysis published by the Department. <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252453/pdfs/ukdsiod_9780348252453_en_001.pdf" target="_blank">The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/11/2023 11:26:48 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1661353

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	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, with reference to the closed consultation entitled Pavement parking: options for change, updated on 29 June 2023, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the outcomes of that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	200070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Ministers have had informal discussions with colleagues from time to time. The process for identifying and securing collective agreement to the approach the Government wishes to take on pavement parking in light of the consultation is ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 18/10/2023 11:10:49 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1656923

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
	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 potential merits of implementing a long-term funding system for bus (a) operators and (b) manufacturers.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	196586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport recently announced a long-term approach to protect and improve bus services backed by an additional £300 million until April 2025. £140 million of this funding will go to bus operators to support services, and the remaining £160 million will go to Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) to protect and enhance bus services, and support local fares initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>We also make available up to £259 million every year for bus operators and LTAs to keep fares down and run services that might otherwise be unprofitable and could lead to cancellation through the Bus Service Operators Grant.</p><p> </p><p>The Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme did not provide funding for bus manufacturers; however, we have provided £269.57 million to Local Transport Authorities to support the introduction of 1,300 zero emission buses and supporting infrastructure. This is part of the government’s wider investment in zero-emission buses (ZEBs), which totals over £450m and funded an estimated 4,200 ZEBs across the UK so far.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 11/09/2023 11:40:42 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1650991

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Active Travel: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of whether he will meet his target to increase the proportion of short journeys that are walked or cycled in towns and cities to 46% by 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	192956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s most recent assessment of this was set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy report to Parliament in July 2022, a copy of which is available in the House Libraries. The Department will provide an updated assessment in its next report to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/07/2023 07:42:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan