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	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Huddersfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has held discussions with Kirklees council in the last 12 months on increasing the number of electrical vehicle public charging points in Huddersfield.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	84810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>In June, my Rt. Hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Transport wrote to local authorities, including Kirklees Council, encouraging engagement with the upcoming Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund, and the existing On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme. The On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme is currently open for applications.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the Department for Transport subsequently met with Kirklees Council to discuss LEVI, which will provide councils in England with resource and capital funding to plan and deliver local charging infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/11/2022 17:16:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1134176

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to improve public transport to provide an incentive to stop driving and lower emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	268389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Bus Services Act 2017 provides the tools that local authorities need to improve local bus services. It allows Mayoral Combined Authorities to franchise bus services and local authorities to develop partnerships with bus operators to take the actions which they’ve identified locally to incentivise uptake of public transport. Bus Open Data powers in the Act will require bus operators in England to open up information about routes, timetables, fares and tickets in real time for passengers by 2020. These improvements aim to improve journey planning and help passengers secure best value tickets. The Government is also investing record levels in the U.K. rail network, as part of the biggest rail modernisation programme for over a century</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 02/07/2019 13:41:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1104915

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its response to its consultation, Bus Services Act 2017: accessible information.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	236336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of accessible on-board information in helping bus passengers to travel with confidence, and in Summer 2018 published a public consultation on proposals to require its provision on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 236337 question first answered 02/04/2019 11:27:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1104921

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Bus Services Act in 2017, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals for audio visual next stop and final destination announcements for buses.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	236337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of accessible on-board information in helping bus passengers to travel with confidence, and in Summer 2018 published a public consultation on proposals to require its provision on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 236336 question first answered 02/04/2019 11:27:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

931893

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Visual Impairment
	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 non-electronic copies of train timetables are available for people who have visual impairments or who cannot easily access timetables online.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	158165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>This Government is determined to ensure that disabled people have the same access to transport as everyone else, and that they are able to travel easily and with confidence.</p><p> </p><p>Stations must display relevant information on information displays. In addition, through their Franchise Agreements train companies are required to make timetable information available and free of charge in booklets or similar format at staffed stations.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled People’s Protection Policies, required as a condition of a train operator’s licence, require train companies to demonstrate that the varied needs of different disabled passengers are taken into account when considering how information is communicated. All information about train services on display at stations must be made available through appropriate telephone help lines and staffed information points.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/07/2018 11:11:24 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

824590

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new apprenticeships have been created in the transport sector in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	123391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education have published apprenticeship starts by subject area over the required time period.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport began reporting in 2016 through the Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce (STAT). The STAT “One year on” report sets out apprentice starts in: DfT; Roads and Rail client bodies; and the supply chain, generated through procurement contracting. In 2016-17, 2,000 apprenticeships were delivered in roads and rail. A report covering 2017 to 2018 is due to be published this summer. The Transport Infrastructure Skills strategy published in 2016 committed to creating 30,000 apprenticeships by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2018 14:48:06 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman