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	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	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	What steps he is taking to improve charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	910669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s vision is to have one of the best infrastructure networks in the world for electric vehicles, and we want chargepoints to be accessible, affordable and secure. The Government’s grant schemes fund chargepoints at homes, workplaces and on residential streets. The £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will add thousands more public chargepoints to the 17,000 already installed. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act gives Government new powers to regulate the chargepoint market and improve the experience for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/05/2019 13:18:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

1092044

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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, what steps his Department is taking to reduce carbon emissions from shipping.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	909957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK was a leading participant in the April 2018 negotiations that led to the Initial International Maritime Organization Greenhouse Gas Strategy. The UK continues to play a leading role in efforts to address carbon emissions from international shipping.</p><p> </p><p>Domestically, we will be launching our Clean Maritime Plan in Spring 2019. This will set out plans to address both greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions from shipping, and will underpin our long-term vision of zero emission shipping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/03/2019 14:00:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

432046

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: South West
	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 benefits of extending rail electrification from Bristol to Taunton.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	17493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. Network Rail is currently assessing the case for further electrification of the rail network. It plans to publish a draft update to the industry electrification strategy in early 2016, taking into account the outcome of the review by Sir Peter Hendy of Network Rail’s programme of rail investment.</p><br /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/12/2015 14:22:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

432047

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase investment in rail infrastructure and services to provide additional public transport support for construction of Hinckley Point C nuclear power station.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	17497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department has provided £2.8m funding to Somerset Council to upgrade transport links before construction begins. It will help guide the Council on the development of business cases for road, rail and public transport changes and on bidding for funding to support this, including seeking an appropriate contribution from third parties.</p><br /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 17496 question first answered 02/12/2015 14:33:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

432048

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Somerset
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with his ministerial counterparts on ensuring that road and rail links through Somerset are protected by stronger flood defences and mitigation measures.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	17495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport continues to meet regularly with Somerset County Council to discuss a number of issues related to transport, including resilience. The Minister with responsibility for roads, my Hon Friend, the Hon Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones), recently sent a letter to all local highway authorities in England with respect to this including reminding councils of their duties in respect to clearing drains and gullies to prevent the risk of surface water flooding on the local road network . In addition the Department for Transport provided over £22 million, as part of the Government response to the flood events of 2013/14 and the Somerset Flood Action Plan. This funding helped in raising the main road into Muchelney and also installing four culverts at Beer Wall to reduce the risks of flooding and local communities being cut-off in the future.</p><p>Following flooding incidents in 2012-14,Network Rail iscurrently implementing a £31million package of schemes to improve the resilience of the Great Western route through the Thames Valley and the West of England. Work has already been completed at Whiteball Tunnel, near Taunton.</p><br /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/12/2015 14:28:32 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

432049

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Hinckley Point C nuclear power station project is served by a road and rail network resilient to climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	17496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department has provided £2.8m funding to Somerset Council to upgrade transport links before construction begins. It will help guide the Council on the development of business cases for road, rail and public transport changes and on bidding for funding to support this, including seeking an appropriate contribution from third parties.</p><br /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 17497 question first answered 02/12/2015 14:33:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow