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1388601

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Penzance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans (a) his Department or (b) the franchise operator has to end the Night Riviera sleeper service from London Paddington to Penzance via Plymouth.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	94519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to end the Night Riviera sleeper service.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/01/2022 14:08:40 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1388602

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great Western Railway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has requested operating reductions in costs or routes from Great Western Railway.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	94520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>Negotiations are ongoing with Great Western Railway regarding a new National Rail Contract. It would be inappropriate to comment any further at this point.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/01/2022 14:10:37 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1388603

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Dawlish
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Great Western Railway and Hitachi on the failure of IET trains at Dawlish after coming into contact with waves; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	94521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>GWR and the train manufacturer, Hitachi, are working on further solutions for issues caused by sea water on electrical equipment on the roof. My Officials are working with GWR and Hitachi to ensure that any lessons learned are fully understood and recommendations implemented.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/01/2022 14:13:17 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1433688

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have faced enforcement action for failing to pay the £0 cost of car tax for electric or low emission vehicles in the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	126801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) issues renewal reminders to the registered keeper of the vehicle. These reminders make clear that it is a legal requirement for a vehicle to be licensed annually even where no duty is payable. This helps ensure that the keeper information held on the DVLA’s record is accurate and reminds the keeper that if they do not intend on licensing the vehicle then it must be kept off road and a statutory off road notification must be made. The following table shows the number of electric or low emission vehicles with a nil rate of duty that were identified for potential enforcement action over the last five years as the vehicle had not been licensed on time.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of vehicles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>34,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>38,464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>35,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>13,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>40,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 (up to 22 Feb)</p></td><td><p>4,902</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 01/03/2022 12:34:52 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1454858

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	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, whether he has plans to ban parking on a pavement for roads outside residential properties that are only one car wide.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	148373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department consulted on measures to address pavement parking and received over 15,000 responses. Ministers are carefully considering the options in the light of the consultation findings, including the issue of parking on narrow roads. We will publish the formal consultation response and announce next steps as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 04/04/2022 10:41:08 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1235641

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Patrol Craft: Plymouth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department holds information on a vessel named HMS Alfred the Great being registered and based in Plymouth.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	91721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has no record of a vessel named HMS Alfred the Great on its UK Ship Register.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/09/2020 15:28:34 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1247034

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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 discussions his Department has had with the Treasury on the effect the announcement of a one-year spending review will have on investment in maritime decarbonisation.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	109634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>I am sure the honourable gentlemen will understand that I cannot discuss detail of the Spending Review at this time. As he will be already aware, the Government has decided to conduct a one-year spending review, prioritising its response to Covid-19 and focusing on supporting jobs.</p><p>Government remains fully committed to achieving Net Zero green House gas emissions by 2050, including from domestic maritime activity. Decarbonising shipping is essential to achieve the target of net zero emissions across the economy by 2050.</p><p>The Clean Maritime Plan, published in July 2019, outlines the UK’s pathway to zero carbon emissions in domestic maritime. Further plans on the decarbonisation of the maritime sector will be included in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, to be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 09/11/2020 14:13:51 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1247035

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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 discussions his Department has had with local government leaders in coastal communities on the potential merits of investing in maritime decarbonisation.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	109635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>My Department has published its assessment of the potential merits of investing in maritime decarbonisation.</p><p>In 2015, the Department published the Maritime Growth Study, which considered all aspects of the maritime sector and identified where action could be taken to generate growth. Following the publication of Maritime 2050 in 2019, which builds on the findings of the Maritime Growth Study, the Department published the Clean Maritime Plan, which identified the potential for clean economic growth in the UK as a result of the transition to zero emission shipping.</p><p>Alongside the Plan, the Department published an assessment of the value of potential economic opportunities from low and zero emission shipping. This review provided a framework for assessing the scale of the opportunity generated by emission reduction technologies, including a mapping of the relevant supply chain, an assessment of the global uptake of these technologies, the economic footprint of the UK firms in the supply chain and the UK’s share of global export of these technologies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 09/11/2020 14:11:49 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1296941

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Fishing Vessels: Coronavirus
	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 guidance on the covid-19 secure operation of charter boats for recreational fishing
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	161864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has published Safer Transport Guidance on the GOV.UK website, which is regularly updated. This guidance provides advice for operators on measures to assess and address the risks of coronavirus (COVID-19), ensuring safer workplaces and services for themselves, their workers and passengers.</p><p> </p><p>Government works closely with industry stakeholders including charter and leisure vessel operators, to ensure there is a clear, shared understanding of Government guidance. This approach enables operators to rapidly put in place their own bespoke guidance to meet their specific needs.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 10/03/2021 08:52:35 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1301237

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Freeports: Plymouth
	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 potential effect of the Plymouth Freeport on existing (a) road, (b) rail and (c) ports infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	166552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>I would like to congratulate the Plymouth and South Devon on its successful Freeport bid. My Department recognises that appropriate links will be vital to ensure the success of the UK’s newly established Freeports. My Department will consider the implications of the Freeport business cases for our transport networks and future infrastructure investment decisions.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 16/03/2021 15:34:47 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard