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1628665

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M3
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the M3 westbound speed limit is 50mph at Junction 2; and for what reason the carriageway is reduced to one lane at that junction.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	185719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>There is only a single lane coastbound through M3 Junction 2. The speed limit is permanently reduced to 50mph to allow slow moving vehicles, such as heavy goods vehicles and vehicles towing trailers, to safely move into and out of lane 3 either side of the junction.</p><p>The traffic flows at this junction are unusual with a very low traffic flow through the junction on the M3 but with very high traffic flows joining the coastbound M3 from the M25. The layout of the junction allows these uneven traffic flows to be accommodated with the minimum of delays for road users of both motorways.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 14:26:46 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1628041

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 17 February 2020 to Question 13938 of that session, what recent estimate he has made of the average number of passengers on a public service bus route.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	185327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The average bus occupancy in England for 2021/22 was 9.5. This was an increase on the previous year, when it was 5.7. Both of these figures are impacted by movement restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, the average bus occupancy had remained steady in England at about 12.5 from 2017/18 to 2019/20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 14:24:09 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1628052

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of driving test appointments available in (a) the London Borough of Southwark and (b) London.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	185181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) recognises there is a high demand for learners who are wanting to take their car practical driving test.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA has a 24-week forward booking window and tests are not available to book beyond this. As the booking service is live, test appointments can also become available to book through other candidates cancelling, or rescheduling, their test.</p><p> </p><p>As of 15 May 2023, there were 6,402 car practical driving tests booked, and 297 car practical driving tests available within the next 24-weeks at the three centres that serve the London Borough of Southwark.</p><p> </p><p>Within London, as of 15 May 2023, there were 79,109 car practical driving tests booked, and 4,390 car practical driving tests available within the next 24-weeks.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the measures already taken by the DVSA, overall, since April 2021, an estimated 813,000 additional car test slots have been created. On average, the DVSA is creating approximately 35,300 extra car test slots each month.</p><p> </p><p>Actions already being taken to make this possible include asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job to return to conducting tests, conducting out of hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking recently retired driving examiners to return, and recruiting more than 300 driving examiners across Great Britain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 11:42:40 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1628084

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Lighting
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 potential merits of introducing a minimum level of brightness car lights must have when driving at night.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	185441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>This is already the case. Before cars can be sold or registered in the UK, they must demonstrate that the lighting system meets a range of lighting system performance requirements. Lamps must also be maintained throughout the life of the vehicle - which is checked at each MoT.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 13:37:21 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1628157

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding for active travel was allocated to the South West for the (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-25 financial years (A) before and (B) after March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	185385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The majority of capital and revenue funding for dedicated active travel schemes has not been allocated for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Three South West councils (Cornwall and Bath, North East Somerset, and Plymouth) are part of a three-year £13.9m Active Travel Social Prescribing Pilot Programme that commenced in 2022. Allocations under this pilot programme are expected to be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 11:44:56 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1628207

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the Government car fleet is ultra-low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	185226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>38% of the operational fleet of the Government Car Service are classed as Ultra Low Emission vehicles (ULEV).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 11:51:32 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1628223

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government is taking steps to incentivise the procurement of British-built buses through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	185464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting the introduction of 4,000 zero emission buses and achieving an all zero-emission bus fleet across the entire UK. Across the UK, an estimated 3,400 zero emission buses have been funded since February 2020. The ZEBRA scheme will support an estimated 1,342 zero emission buses, with 731 buses ordered so far.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Orders for zero emission buses will be placed by local transport authorities or bus operators. UK bus manufactures are well placed to secure orders for zero emission buses from the ZEBRA scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 731 zero emission buses ordered so far, 454 orders have been placed with UK based manufacturer Wrightbus and 59 with UK based manufacturer Alexander Dennis Ltd.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 14:20:44 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1628236

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Fares
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 impact of the £2 bus fare cap scheme on bus patronage.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	185465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department has published interim evaluation findings for the £2 Bus Fare Cap (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-2-bus-fare-cap" target="_blank">Evaluation of the £2 bus fare cap - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>). Key findings from the first month of the scheme include:</p><ul><li>There were high levels of awareness, with around 7 in 10 survey respondents reporting being aware of the scheme.</li><li>Around a third of survey respondents felt that the scheme was having a positive impact on their disposable income they have for other spending or saving.</li><li>Overall, 10% of respondents reported using the bus more since the fare cap scheme was introduced.</li></ul><p>The findings are from the early stages of the scheme and it has not yet been possible to draw conclusions about the extent to which any changes in patronage are due to the fare cap scheme as opposed to other factors. However, findings are broadly aligned with external evidence including survey research from Transport Focus in March 2023 which found that 11% of respondents reported using the bus more as a result of the fare cap scheme, and the evaluation is ongoing and will provide further findings on the impact of the scheme as it progresses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 11:46:45 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1628243

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Active Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer given on 10 May 2023 to Questions 184394 to 184396, if he will ask National Highways to undertake an assessment of the adequacy of provision for walking, cycling and horse-riding along and across the corridors of the strategic road network.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	185411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>National Highways already undertakes periodic research to explore customer views on its walking, cycling and horse-riding provision on the Strategic Road Network (SRN). The Route Strategies undertaken during each Road Period gather views from all stakeholders on any needs and requirements for walking cycling and horse-riding provision that interacts with the SRN.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 14:12:16 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1628286

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local transport authorities (a) applied for and (b) were successful in applying for funding from the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	185467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting the introduction of 4,000 zero emission buses and achieving an all zero-emission bus fleet across the entire UK. Across the UK, an estimated 3,400 zero emission buses have been funded since February 2020. The ZEBRA scheme will support an estimated 1,342 zero emission buses.</p><p> </p><p>The following local transport authorities have received funding through the ZEBRA scheme:</p><ul><li>Blackpool Council</li><li>Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Combined Authority</li><li>City of York Council</li><li>Hertfordshire County Council</li><li>Kent County Council</li><li>Leicester City Council</li><li>Norfolk County Council</li><li>North Yorkshire County Council</li><li>Nottingham City Council</li><li>Oxfordshire County Council</li><li>Portsmouth City Council and Hampshire County Council</li><li>South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority</li><li>Transport for Greater Manchester</li><li>Warrington Borough Council</li><li>West Midlands Combined Authority</li><li>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</li></ul><p> </p><p>In October 2021 the Government announced that Milton Keynes Council had been awarded funding from the ZEBRA scheme to introduce 56 electric buses and charging infrastructure. The buses were due to be operated by bus operator Arriva. In November 2022 Arriva informed Milton Keynes Council that they could no longer support the existing ZEBRA proposal. Arriva and Milton Keynes Council then worked to develop revised proposals for the Department to consider. After the reviewing the revised proposals ministers decided not to provide funding to Milton Keynes Council for the project.</p><p> </p><p>The following local transport authorities applied to the ZEBRA scheme but did not receive funding:</p><ul><li>Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council</li><li>Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council</li><li>East Sussex County Council and Brighton &amp; Hove City Council</li><li>Liverpool City Region Combined Authority</li><li>Luton Borough Council and Central Bedfordshire Council</li><li>Reading Borough Council</li><li>Southampton City Council</li><li>Swindon Borough Council</li><li>Tees Valley Combined Authority</li><li>Torbay Council</li><li>Transport North East</li><li>Warrington Borough Council</li><li>West Sussex County Council &amp; Surrey County Council</li><li>Worcestershire County Council</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/05/2023 11:49:17 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood