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1696621

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 17164 on Carbon Emissions: Finance, how much funding has been allocated for the continuation of his Department's 2024-25 net zero policies in the 2025-26 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Departmental budgets are set at Spending Reviews. The previous Spending Review (SR21) set departmental budgets until 24-25. Funding for the continuation of net zero policies in 25-26 will be allocated as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 12:51:22 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1696622

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 17165 on Carbon Emissions: Finance, how much funding each of the policies listed will receive in the financial year 2025-26.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Departmental budgets are set at Spending Reviews. The previous Spending Review (SR21) set departmental budgets until 2024-25. Funding for the continuation of net zero policies in 2025-26 will be allocated as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 12:46:32 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1696754

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost to the public purse was for legal (a) support and (b) representation for Ministers in his Department in relation to their official conduct in the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	19065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the form requested.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 16:12:45 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1696804

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Innovation
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 encourage innovation in (a) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (b) the DVLA, (c) HS2 Ltd. and (d) National Highways.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	19055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government has an overarching goal of making the UK a global hub for innovation, placing innovation at the centre of everything the nation does. We can see this within our Public Bodies:</p><ol><li>Maritime and Coastguard Agency</li></ol><p>The MCA is committed to supporting innovation in maritime. This includes:</p><p>- Taking an enabling approach to regulation of innovative future maritime technologies,</p><p>- Implementation of the UK Concierge Service and the My MCA technology platform supporting customers and the UK economy, and</p><p>- Empowering and supporting staff to explore innovative ways of working, including digital technology, to make best use of resources.</p><ol><li>DVLA</li></ol><p>The DVLA builds its new software and services using the very latest methodologies and technologies. Examples include:</p><p>- It is a fast adopter of cutting edge features offered by public cloud infrastructure so it can deliver quicker, safer and serve greater numbers of customers than ever before.</p><p>- The DVLA’s in-house TechLab research emerging technologies, including how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can assist in building software to support motorists though their interactions with DVLA.</p><p>- The DVLA has used these innovations most recently in the development of its driver and vehicles account. When fully rolled out, the account will fundamentally change how the DVLA operates, allowing individuals to authenticate, register and return to DVLA services, view and manage their details, set notification preferences (including reminders) and seamlessly link to the services they need.</p><ol><li>HS2 Ltd.</li></ol><p>HS2 Ltd is at the forefront of innovation within the construction industry and has an obligation to incentivise innovation across the supply chain under the Development Agreement.</p><p>Innovation across the programme has made HS2 more efficient with hundreds of millions saved through an accelerator programme to fast-track technology and ideas into the supply chain. Since its launch in September 2020, the accelerator has supported 25 SMEs, raised £220 million in investment, funding and contracts, and helped to create 418 new STEM jobs. Two of the SMEs supported through the accelerator have recently been through an acquisition on the basis of their success.</p><p>D. National Highways</p><p>National Highways have an innovation and modernisation fund. The Department has provided £216m to NH for this fund during RIS2 (covering the period 2020-2025).</p><p>They will use it to research and develop emerging technologies which have the potential to revolutionise what it means to travel on our roads. They will also use this fund to produce new requirements and guidance for proven concepts, enabling the widespread adoption of innovations to modernise the road network. The fund is split across 5 themes:</p><p>- Design, construction, and maintenance</p><p>- Connected and autonomous vehicles</p><p>- Customer mobility</p><p>- Energy and environment</p><p>- Operations</p><p>The Department expect a similar approach to be continued in RIS3 (covering the period 2025-30) which is currently in development.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 15:11:04 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1696493

registered interest
date	15/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential impact of planning regulations on the installation of electronic vehicle charging points.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	18844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Officials in the Department for Transport and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) are exploring potential changes to planning to make it easier to install chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023, the Government introduced changes to permitted development rights (PDR), enabling chargepoint operators to install through PDR on behalf of local authorities. On 13 February 2024, DLUHC launched a consultation, seeking to make further changes to PDR. The proposed changes aim to make installations at off-street locations easier and quicker. A government response to the consultation will be issued in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 15:09:42 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1696494

registered interest
date	15/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to encourage uptake of electronic vehicles among all socioeconomic groups.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	18845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to keeping the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) affordable for all consumers. Plug-in vehicle grants have been in place for over a decade to support the transition to EVs, and remain in place for harder to transition vehicles such as vans.</p><p> </p><p>The uptake of EVs continues to be supported through generous tax incentives. The 2022 Autumn Statement extended favourable benefit in kind tax rates for EVs out to April 2028, and EVs are either exempt or pay minimal Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) until 2025. From 2025, EVs will still have preferential first year rates of VED in comparison to the most polluting vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>To transform the availability of charging for drivers without off-street parking, the Government introduced the £381 million Local EV Infrastructure Fund. This will deliver tens of thousands of local chargepoints, ensuring the transition to EVs takes place in every part of the country. The Government also continues to provide funding for domestic and workplace chargepoints. This includes the recently announced grant for eligible households without off-street parking, to install a cross-pavement charging solution.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 16:06:19 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1696309

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the review of slots policy will clarify the exemption for non-use of slots for reasons outside the control of the carrier.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	18696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>We published the airport slot reform consultation on 4 December 2023 putting forward options for longer term reform of the slot system, including powers to provide alleviation from slot rules in exceptional circumstances. The consultation closed on 8 March. We are considering responses and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p>In addition, a permanent expansion of justified non-utilisation provisions to include pandemics and other health crisis is being taken forward separately using powers in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 15:06:23 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1697725

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Somerset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is providing for public transport in Somerset.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
uin	902107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of high quality, affordable public transport and is committed to working with local authorities to support and improve services for passengers. We have taken action to help improve public transport in Somerset, including providing over £13 million to help deliver better bus services, and as part of the MetroWest Programme and May ‘23 Timetable, increased rail services are now running to and from the area.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 15:03:47 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1697727

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the operators of helicopter search and rescue services on response times.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	902111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>As the Rt Hon Member will be aware, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency manages the contract for search and rescue helicopter services on behalf of the Department for Transport, and the ongoing activity related to the future of these services, including response times. Analysis of recent incident data is underway which will be concluded later this year, after which the MCA will provide further updates.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 15:01:33 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1697728

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
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 impact of the Spring Budget 2024 on his Department’s spending plans.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	902112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Spring Budget was not a Spending Review, and as such departmental spending limits are unaffected.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/03/2024 15:23:59 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson