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1684492

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date	23/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Railways: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the value of rail exports in (a) 2023, (b) 2024, (c) 2025 and (d) 2026.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	11056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Research published by Oxford Economics in 2021 estimated that the rail industry contributed £43 billion Gross Value Added to the UK economy in 2019, supporting 710,000 jobs.</p><p>The ONS data shows that in 2022 the UK exported £433 million rail transport services and £293 million worth of railway equipment in this year.</p><p>For the 12 months to November 2023, ONS goods data shows that the UK exported £453 million worth of railway equipment. Services data is not available for this time period.</p><p>We do not have estimates for the value of UK rail exports in 2024 or in future years. However, this Government will continue to help UK companies to export from the rail sector and our Export Strategy sets out the support we provide through our network of international trade advisers, sector specialists, UK Export Finance, and the export support service.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/01/2024 15:06:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1684493

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Railways: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the value of (a) rail industry and (b) all exports in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	11057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Research published by Oxford Economics in 2021 estimated that the rail industry contributed £43 billion Gross Value Added to the UK economy in 2019, supporting 710,000 jobs.</p><p>The ONS data shows that in 2022 the UK exported £433 million rail transport services and £293 million worth of railway equipment in this year.</p><p>For the 12 months to November 2023, ONS goods data shows that the UK exported £453 million worth of railway equipment. Services data is not available for this time period.</p><p>We do not have estimates for the value of UK rail exports in 2024 or in future years. However, this Government will continue to help UK companies to export from the rail sector and our Export Strategy sets out the support we provide through our network of international trade advisers, sector specialists, UK Export Finance, and the export support service.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/01/2024 15:03:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1550492

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Maritime UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many hours officials in his Department have worked to (a) attend and (b) support the policy agenda of the National Council of Maritime UK since 2019-20 to date.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	108152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>BEIS officials regularly engage with Maritime UK as a key trade body for Marine in the UK, including attending and updating on BEIS activities at the National Council – work to support the Marine agenda is a key priority across Government and as such officials spend a great deal of time working directly and indirectly on Marine policy issues which are often discussed at National Council meetings.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/12/2022 16:12:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1150033

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will abolish fees for the Blue Badge Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>It is for each local authority to decide whether to charge for a Blue Badge. There are no plans to abolish the Blue Badge fee which allows local authorities to recover some of the costs involved with issuing the badge and administering the Scheme. In England the maximum fee that can be charged is £10.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 August the scheme in England was extended to include people with non-visible disabilities or conditions which affect an individual’s mobility.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/10/2019 15:57:13 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1133911

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Buses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the target date for the electrification of the bus network is.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	267736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to decarbonising the UK bus fleet. Since 2010 over £240 million has been provided to fund the cleanest buses, and in February 2019 announced the winners of a £48 million scheme which will fund a further 263 zero emission buses. The Road to Zero Strategy also sets measures towards cleaner road transport, adding up to nearly £1.5 billion of investment and one of the most comprehensive packages of support for the transition to zero emission vehicles in the world.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/07/2019 09:34:09 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1132471

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	HM Coastguard: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether projected staffing level figures for the HM Coastguard national network for this summer 2019 period meet the minimum levels to function effectively as recommended in 1.9.3 of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch accident report of December 2018 – Solstice (PH199).
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	265488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>HM Coastguard has implemented measures following the Maritime Accident Investigation Branch report of December 2018 and projected staffing levels for the HM Coastguard national network for this summer 2019 period meet the minimum levels to function effectively.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/06/2019 13:39:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1059973

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: North Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the companies that provide vessels for offshore worker accommodation in the North Sea oil and gas industry.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	220186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/02/2019 16:15:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1059975

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf
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 adequacy of the crewing model used by Prosafe to secure contracts with oil and gas companies for offshore worker accommodation on the UK Continental Shelf since January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	220187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, has powers in respect of the safe manning of UK ships and enforcement of international requirements for safe manning in respect of the navigation and safe operation of a non-UK ship. “Safe manning” in these terms does not include the crewing model in respect of other functions of the ship (such as the hotel services on board). The MCA can only inspect non-UK ships when calling at a UK port or anchorage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/02/2019 16:43:05 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1059976

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that crewing agencies used by Prosafe on accommodation vessels contracted for work in the UK Continental Shelf are compliant with the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	220188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations apply only to employment businesses and employment agencies based in the United Kingdom. They, along with other UK legislation regulating employment businesses and employment agencies, enshrine the requirements of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 in respect of recruitment and placement services in UK law and are enforced by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), on behalf of the Secretary of State, enforces the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum requirements for seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014. These Regulations implement the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) requirement that the shipowner must ensure that seafarers on board the ship are recruited from employment businesses or employment agencies which are compliant with the MLC. The shipowner is also responsible for ensuring that the seafarers’ living and working conditions are compliant with UK regulations</p><p> </p><p>Seafarers have the right to complain, if they are not receiving their entitlements, to the shipowner. If the seafarer does not receive a satisfactory response, they can then complain to the ships flag State or to the MCA, as the port State.</p><p> </p><p>These provisions do not cover offshore workers who are not seafarers working or staying on board accommodation vessels contracted for work in the UK Continental Shelf.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/02/2019 16:54:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1005713

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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, whether his Department plans to encourage the introduction of low emission buses outside London by amending the terms of the Bus Service Operators Grant.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	190426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming the Bus Service Operators Grant, including reform of the current low carbon emission bus incentive to further encourage the uptake of low and ultra-low emission buses outside London.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the low carbon bus incentive, with £4 million per year paid to bus operators, since 2010 the Government has provided almost £150 million to help bus operators in England and Wales purchase low and ultra-low emission buses.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/11/2018 10:49:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris