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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

1701535

	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	Motor Vehicles: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the regulation of car insurance premiums.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	22123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate car insurance premiums. However, the Government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under the FCA rules.</p><p> </p><p>Department for Transport officials regularly liaise with representatives of the motor insurance industry on a variety of issues such as the cost of insurance. It is the responsibility of individual motor insurers to set their premiums and the terms and conditions of their policies, and the Government does not intervene in or seek to control the market.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 10:21:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1701511

	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	Motor Vehicles: Insurance
	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 trends in the level of car insurance premiums in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	22122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>My Department has not made an assessment of the rising cost of motor insurance premiums over the past year. However, officials regularly liaise with representatives of the motor insurance industry on a variety of issues such as the cost of insurance. I will also soon meet with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and industry, to discuss this matter further.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under the Financial Conduct Authority rules. It is the responsibility of individual motor insurers to set their premiums and the terms and conditions of their policies, and the Government does not intervene in or seek to control the market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 10:22:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1701416

	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	Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the report on the study commissioned his Department on the inclusion of electrification in the renewable transport fuel obligation.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	21974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Last year the Department commissioned independent research into potential regulation-based options that may be required to support the continued rollout of public electric vehicle chargepoints from mid-2020s, including their opportunities, risks and likely impact. This research is still in progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 13:46:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1701274

	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	Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund and Rapid Charging Fund
	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 extend funding for the (a) rapid charging fund and (b) Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund beyond April 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	21972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund is providing £381 million funding to support local authorities in England to work with industry and transform the availability of electric vehicle (EV) charging for drivers without off-street parking.</p><p> </p><p>On the 6 December, a £70m pilot for the Rapid Charging Fund opened for applications, focused on motorway service areas in England. Alongside the pilot, a consultation on the main fund was also launched. Evidence gathered from the consultation will be used alongside the learning from the RCF pilot in the development of the RCF main fund. The RCF main fund will open in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Government will continue to assess whether further support is required to ensure the continued rollout of EV infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 13:49:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1701275

	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, whether annual funding for the plug-in grant for cars has been reallocated to other funding pots since its expiry.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	21973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>This grant closed in 2022, there has been no allocated funding since that point.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 13:52:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1701304

	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	Official Cars
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles vehicles in the Government Car Service fleet drove in financial years (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24; and how many vehicles were in the fleet at the end of each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	21943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Please see below in relation to fleet mileage and numbers. Figures for the fleet mileage for the financial year 2023/2024 are not available. This is due to the legacy reporting system used by GCS no longer being supported by the Department for Transports IT suite. Figures for 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 are available as they have had been produced in previous years. The figures for fleet numbers have been collated manually.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet mileage</p></td><td><p>793,836.00</p></td><td><p>838,113.00</p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of vehicles</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Given the ongoing security context, demand for Ministerial cars has naturally increased. New cars are also purchased before older models are disposed of to ensure operational resilience and we anticipate at least 10 cars will be disposed of in the coming months. Our budget for new cars has remained consistent over recent years and we continue to take into account value for money for the taxpayer, bearing down on costs wherever possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 19/04/2024 13:54:36 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1701005

	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	Elizabeth Line and Southeastern: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 December 2023 to Question 5623 on Elizabeth Line and Southeastern: Repairs and Maintenance, what progress the cross Whitehall task force has made on (a) mitigations against redundancies and (b) bringing forward (i) existing refurbishment and (ii) new contracts for (A) Southeastern Rail and (B) Elizabeth Line trains.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have held intensive discussions over several months with rolling stock manufacturers to explore options to help them find viable and sustainable long-term solutions around their rolling stock capabilities. In January of this year, I published a pipeline of opportunities which I would expect all manufacturers to bid for; however, there is no guarantee on who will win these.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2024, Alstom was successfully awarded a contract for the refurbishment of the CrossCountry Voyager fleet that will support UK suppliers and skilled jobs across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in collaboration with the operator continue to work at pace on publishing the Invitation to Negotiate for the Southeastern procurement.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has met with Alstom to discuss a potential way forward regarding the Elizabeth Line fleet and a statement will be made at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/04/2024 11:23:45 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701002

	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	High Speed 2 Line
	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 19 March 2024 to Question 18584 on High Speed 2 Line, what train services were included in the business case.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The indicative train service specification will be published as part of the updated Business Case for the HS2 programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/04/2024 11:31:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1701003

	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	High Speed 2 Line
	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 19 March 2024 to Question 18584 on High Speed 2 Line, when he plans to publish the phase one updated business case.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	21782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Work is continuing on an updated Business Case for the HS2 programme. This update will be completed as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/04/2024 11:33:22 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan