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1129219

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to reduce emissions of (a) sulphur dioxide, (b) nitrogen oxides and (c) particulate matter in the shipping industry.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	259052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has taken a leading role at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to both secure improvements in UK air quality, and to ensure that the IMO’s global requirements for marine fuel enter into force later this year.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 January 2020 the IMO’s global 0.5% limit on sulphur in marine fuel will enter into force, the UK has played a significant role in both supporting this limit, and working with industry to develop guidance to ensure it enters into force effectively.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 Jan 2021, following work undertaken at IMO by the UK and neighbouring states, the North Sea and English Channel will become a Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Emissions Control Area, applying the highest levels of NOx controls available under international maritime law.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also active at the IMO in an ongoing work programme to quantify and ultimately regulate emissions of black carbon (a major constituent of particulate matter) from international shipping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/06/2019 13:34:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1134806

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
	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 the potential merits of local authorities franchising of bus services.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	269657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Bus Services Act 2017 introduced new bus franchising powers for local authorities as well as providing other tools such as Enhanced Partnerships to improve bus services.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have met with a number of interested local authorities to help them understand the opportunities in the Act to improve bus services in their area. It is up to individual local authorities to decide what powers in the act to use and the Department has published guidance and continues to provide advice when requested to those that are taking plans forward.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/07/2019 11:47:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1132064

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Conditions of Employment
	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 the wellbeing of a ship's crew is linked to ship safety and included in international regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	264350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The International Labour Organisation’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC), which the UK ratified in 2013, provides a global framework for decent living and working conditions for seafarers. The MLC has been amended three times since then to provide measures</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>For financial support for seafarers abandoned by shipowners;</p></li><li><p>To protect seafarers against bullying and harassment; and</p></li><li><p>To ensure that employment protection remains in place throughout the period of captivity for seafarers held captive in cases of piracy or armed robbery.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The UK continues to take an active role in the international Committee which keeps the MLC under review and will support practical measures to improve the wellbeing of seafarers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is expecting to publish new guidance for shipowners and for seafarers on wellbeing issues later this year.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/06/2019 11:04:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1128878

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Staffordshire
	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 the potential merits of increasing government support to subsidise bus services in Staffordshire.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	259033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>£250m of Bus Services Operators Grant (BSOG) payments have been made to bus companies and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Bus operators in Staffordshire were paid a total of £1,016,186 BSOG in 2018-19 to help meet some of their fuel costs in running local bus services.</p><p> </p><p>Staffordshire County Council received a total of £174,967 in BSOG during 2018-19 to support subsidised local bus services.</p><p> </p><p>BSOG spend figures are published on Gov.uk and can be found via this link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider whether to make any changes to BSOG as part of the forthcoming spending review.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/06/2019 09:56:01 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly