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713045

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	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	Offshore Industry: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to promote the transfer of employment and skills between different sectors of the offshore energy industry.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	68761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>Many companies that work in offshore energy already do so across a range of sectors. To further support this, Government, working with industry, published a workforce plan for the oil and gas sector and also set up a recruitment portal for displaced oil and gas workers to enable them to access employment opportunities in other sectors.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2017 09:21:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 42148 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

713044

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 his Department or its predecessors have conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of training standards developed by the Global Wind Organisation for employees in the UK offshore wind industry.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	68760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out an assessment of the training standards developed by the Global Wind Organisation. Training content and training standards are a matter for the industry, and companies need to ensure they comply with relevant health and safety legislation in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/03/2017 13:09:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 42242 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

829942

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Biofuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings have taken place between Ministers of his Department or members of its Low Carbon Fuels team and counterparts in other countries on E10 fuel and overseas experiences of its implementation since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	124683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet regularly with representatives from fuel suppliers and counterparts in other countries, and discuss a wide range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>Details of meetings taking place with either Ministers or the Permanent Secretary and external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and are available via the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>Other officials at the Department are not required to keep a record of meetings attended and a comprehensive list of meetings with fuel suppliers and counterparts in other countries could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, officials hold regular meetings with such parties. These include stakeholder meetings and workshops with fuel suppliers affected by the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, and regular meetings with counterparts from other EU Member States as part of the Concerted Action on Renewable Energy Sources group. Information on Concerted Action is available at <a href="https://www.ca-res.eu/index.php?id=2" target="_blank">https://www.ca-res.eu/index.php?id=2</a></p><p> </p><p>The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, sponsored by Government and industry, runs a working group which considers E10 as well as new labelling requirements under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive. This group takes into account experiences in other countries. Details of working group meetings are at</p><p><a href="https://www.lowcvp.org.uk/projects/fuels-working-group/e10-public-info-prep.htm" target="_blank">https://www.lowcvp.org.uk/projects/fuels-working-group/e10-public-info-prep.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 124769 question first answered 02/02/2018 09:11:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

830067

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, on January 18 2018, Official Report, column 634, if his Department will publish details of meetings Ministers and officials of his Department have held with fuel suppliers in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	124769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet regularly with representatives from fuel suppliers and counterparts in other countries, and discuss a wide range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>Details of meetings taking place with either Ministers or the Permanent Secretary and external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and are available via the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>Other officials at the Department are not required to keep a record of meetings attended and a comprehensive list of meetings with fuel suppliers and counterparts in other countries could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, officials hold regular meetings with such parties. These include stakeholder meetings and workshops with fuel suppliers affected by the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, and regular meetings with counterparts from other EU Member States as part of the Concerted Action on Renewable Energy Sources group. Information on Concerted Action is available at <a href="https://www.ca-res.eu/index.php?id=2" target="_blank">https://www.ca-res.eu/index.php?id=2</a></p><p> </p><p>The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, sponsored by Government and industry, runs a working group which considers E10 as well as new labelling requirements under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive. This group takes into account experiences in other countries. Details of working group meetings are at</p><p><a href="https://www.lowcvp.org.uk/projects/fuels-working-group/e10-public-info-prep.htm" target="_blank">https://www.lowcvp.org.uk/projects/fuels-working-group/e10-public-info-prep.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 124683 question first answered 02/02/2018 09:11:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

830380

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Biofuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of waste-based biodiesel which will be used in 2020; and what information his Department holds on the amount of such biodiesel which was used in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2013-14, and (c) 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	124946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>In September we published “The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order, Government response to the consultation on amendments”. Appendices of Annex A of that Government response include details of the evidence and assumptions underpinning our analysis of the costs and benefits of the proposals. Table 30 in Appendix 3 includes estimates of waste-based biodiesel supply to 2020 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>Biofuel statistics setting out the amount of biofuel by feedstock reported under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) are published on the Department for Transport pages of the gov.uk website. These statistics indicate that the volume of waste-based biodiesel supplied was as follows (a) 742 million litres in 2014-15, (b) 749 million litres in 2013-14, and (c) 461 million litres in 2012-13.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/02/2018 11:43:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

851663

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost is of the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme to date; and how many people have used that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	130426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The total cost is of the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme to date is £28.7 million and our records show that the scheme has helped people install just under 46,700 home chargers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/03/2018 14:30:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

895394

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department’s latest survey of the Strategic Road Network based on the International Roads Assessment Programme star safety rating model, and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	140057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>Highways England will publish their star safety rating assessment of the Strategic Road Network based on the International Roads Assessment Programme model later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/05/2018 11:39:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

895395

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to paragraph 4.1.1 Safer Roads of the Highways England Delivery Plan 2015-2020, what progress has been made on ensuring that Highways England meets its target of ensuring that by the end of 2020 (a) 90 per cent of travel on the strategic road network is on roads with a safety rating of EuroRAP 3* or equivalent and (b) the majority of those roads with a 1* and 2* rating have been brought up to 3*.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	140058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The strategic road network is one of the safest national road networks in the world. Highways England is committed to maintaining and improving levels of safety across the network, including single carriageways that typically have a lower star rating.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England are making good progress against these targets and will publish updated figures later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2018 15:30:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

946857

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	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 the realisation of the economic potential of drones for the UK economy in the forthcoming draft Drones Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	167242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The measures included in the current consultation, which will feed into the upcoming draft Drones Bill, are a key step in maintaining the UK’s position as a global leader in the drones services market; by tackling misuse and building public confidence in drone technology and encouraging positive, innovative drone use. The consultation includes a proposal to mandate the use of safety apps which, if taken forward, will be one of the initial steps towards facilitating an unmanned traffic management system (UTM) and to unlocking the future potential of drones.</p><p> </p><p>The intention is to publish the draft Drones Bill later this year, following consultation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 167243 167245 question first answered 10/09/2018 13:43:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

946859

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	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 draft Drones Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	167243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The measures included in the current consultation, which will feed into the upcoming draft Drones Bill, are a key step in maintaining the UK’s position as a global leader in the drones services market; by tackling misuse and building public confidence in drone technology and encouraging positive, innovative drone use. The consultation includes a proposal to mandate the use of safety apps which, if taken forward, will be one of the initial steps towards facilitating an unmanned traffic management system (UTM) and to unlocking the future potential of drones.</p><p> </p><p>The intention is to publish the draft Drones Bill later this year, following consultation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 167242 167245 question first answered 10/09/2018 13:43:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner