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1546814

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to introduce mandatory consultation by local authorities on transport projects with women and girls from various cultures, backgrounds and ages following the publication of recommendations from the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in March 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	99960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>We welcome the ambition of the recommendations from the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls. In line with their recommendation on national transport planning guidance, the Department for Transport is updating guidance on consultation for local transport schemes as part of its forthcoming Local Transport Plan guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of their Public Sector Equality Duty, when designing transport projects local authorities must consider the needs of people in relation to characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010, including sex, age and race.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/12/2022 16:40:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1546813

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken work to develop a national Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit following the publication of recommendations from the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in March 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	99959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring women and girls are safe on the transport network. We welcome the ambition of the recommendations from the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls and agree that the principle of safe access to transport networks must be embedded in the core objectives of transport policy and its implementation.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Transport Champions' recommendation on national transport planning guidance, the Department for Transport has reviewed existing gender in transport toolkits and is using these to inform improvements to guidance, including the forthcoming Local Transport Plan guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/12/2022 16:32:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1546804

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls strategy published in March 2022, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the recommendations of that report.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	99950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is part of the cross-government Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, and is working with the Home Office and Department for Education to deliver the ambitions of the recommendations from our Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/12/2022 16:24:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1547018

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Jet Skis
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 effectiveness of local authority rules in tackling the negative effects of jet ski usage.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	99932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Local and harbour authorities have wide-ranging powers to introduce measures to respond to the negative effects of personal watercraft usage. They are best placed to decide how to ensure safety for all users in the waters they manage given significant differences in local geography and usage. Guidance, including case studies looking at effective management strategies, is available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is supporting these authorities through the introduction of new national legislation to further strengthen enforcement measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 07/12/2022 11:36:43 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1547011

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Jet Skis
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 effect of (a) responsible and (b) irresponsible use of Jet Skis on (i) the marine environment and (ii) people including other water users and local residents.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	99931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Most people ride personal watercraft, like jet skis, safely and responsibly and as a result serious issues are rare. There are a small minority of users who through their irresponsible actions put other people at risk.</p><p> </p><p>Local and harbour authorities already have wide-ranging powers to introduce measures to respond to dangerous or anti-social behaviour. The Department is supporting them through the introduction of new national legislation to further strengthen enforcement measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 06/12/2022 13:51:36 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1466516

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways
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 effectiveness of his Department's public information campaign on smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>In March 2020, as part of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/936811/smart-motorway-safety-evidence-stocktake-and-action-plan.pdf" target="_blank">Smart motorway safety evidence stocktake and action plan</a>, the Transport Secretary committed an additional £5 million to communications campaigns to further increase awareness and understanding of smart motorways.</p><p>In March 2021 National Highways launched a new national public information campaign, ‘Go left’, to give drivers clear information about what to do in a breakdown.</p><p>Other public information campaigns being delivered by National Highways include urging drivers to adhere to Red X signals, to carry out tyre checks, to discourage tailgating and advise drivers on the use of the emergency (eCall) system in newer cars and vans.</p><p>In January 2022, National Highways launched a ‘Driving on Motorways’ hub on its website, providing a central point for all its information on motorway driving, including smart motorways. The hub was launched alongside a multimedia campaign, with content featured reaching over 6 million listeners.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 08/06/2022 09:37:15 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1466514

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has any plans to reinstate hard shoulders on smart motorways already in use, following the Government's announcement in January 2022 that the rollout of smart motorways would be paused.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>In November 2021, the Transport Select Committee published its Third Report of Session 2021-22 following its inquiry into the rollout and safety of smart motorways. The Committee agreed that the Government was right to focus on upgrading the safety of All Lane Running (ALR) smart motorways rather than reinstating the hard shoulder, which the Committee recognised could put more drivers and passengers at risk of death or serious injury on our roads.</p><p>Having carefully considered the Committee’s report, the Department is taking forward all its recommendations. This includes pausing the roll-out of ALR smart motorway schemes yet to commence construction until five years of safety data is available for ALR smart motorways introduced before 2020. We are continuing to act to make sure all existing ALR smart motorways are as safe as possible with over £900m being invested, including for the construction of additional emergency areas and the roll-out of Stopped Vehicle Detection technology across existing ALR motorways.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 08/06/2022 09:31:29 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1546913

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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, what estimate he has made of the total amount of funding allocated to local transport authorities under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme where the procurement process has not yet been completed.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	99878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>We have committed to funding 4,000 zero emission buses (ZEBs) this Parliament. Since February 2020 we have provided funding support for nearly 2,400 zero emission buses in England. Across the UK an estimated 3,250 ZEBs have been funded so far.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of the Government’s commitment to ZEBs, the Government awarded £270 million through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (Scheme) to 17 local transport authorities which will support up to 1,278 zero emission buses.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below presents information on whether zero emission buses have been ordered from funding from the ZEBRA scheme. The numbers in Table 1 are not official statistics: they are based on the latest publicly available information and are therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local transport authority</p></td><td><p>Funding</p></td><td><p>No. Buses</p></td><td><p>Status</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>£4,200,000</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent County Council</p></td><td><p>£9,500,000</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City Council</p></td><td><p>£19,000,000</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>6 buses on the road 90 buses ordered</p></td><td><p>6 buses on the road supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong 90 buses ordered from Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes City Council (MKCC)</p></td><td><p>£16,600,000</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>Funded – on hold</p></td><td><p>Following the operator's withdrawal of support, the Department is working closely with MKCC to determine next steps.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Borough Council</p></td><td><p>£21,400,000</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>£8,400,000</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk County Council</p></td><td><p>£3,300,000</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire County Council</p></td><td><p>£7,800,000</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth City Council &amp; Hampshire County Council</p></td><td><p>£6,600,000</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Council</p></td><td><p>£19,600,000</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City Council</p></td><td><p>£15,200,000</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>12 ordered. 66 funded.</p></td><td><p>12 buses supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong. Bus manufacturer for 66 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>£35,700,000</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>£5,600,000</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>£30,400,000</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of York Council</p></td><td><p>£8,400,000</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>£24,600,000</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>32 buses ordered 79 buses funded.</p></td><td><p>32 buses ordered from Wrightbus Bus manufacturer for 79 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>£32,800,000</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 07/12/2022 11:40:06 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1546966

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how (a) much money and (b) many hours have been spent by (i) High Speed Two Limited and (ii) his Department on (A) the design and (B) consultation on the proposed HS2 line to Leeds from the East Midlands Hub since 21 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	99848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Preparatory work on the study envisaged in the IRP of how HS2 services could best reach Leeds has been undertaken using existing Department for Transport staff as part of their routine work. No consultation has been launched. We intend to publish the terms of reference for the Study soon.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd has not undertaken, and no money and no hours have been spent on, any proactive work (design or consultation) on the section of high speed route to Leeds from the East Midlands Hub in the period in question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 07/12/2022 14:52:40 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1682848

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Carbon Emissions
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 taking the use case of large capacity L-Category vehicles into consideration when setting proposed phase-out dates for new non-zero emission (a) mopeds and (b) motorcycles.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	9983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles was open to responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement, which is ongoing. The Department is now analysing the responses, including points raised on the use cases of these vehicles, and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 23/01/2024 13:18:16 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley