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1179354

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date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
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 effect on climate change of (a) particulate matter effecting air quality and (b) greenhouse gasses created by ships whilst in port.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	18433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Assessment of the climate change and air quality impacts arising from shipping emissions are undertaken on both a national and international basis.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally the UK’s National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory incorporates an assessment of emissions from ships, including those in port. The inventory includes both particulate matter and greenhouse gases. Additionally the Department published targeted research on shipping emissions in July 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Internationally the UK provides fuel sales and consumption data to both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the International Maritime Organization, which informs international assessments of greenhouse gas emissions from shipping. The UK has also provided financial support to the IMO to progress this work.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/02/2020 15:38:04 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1179550

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescale is for responding to the Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing: protecting users consultation published on 12 February 2019.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	18841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>We will shortly be issuing Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Standards to licensing authorities on protecting passengers.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/02/2020 15:23:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1178317

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the average number of passengers on public service bus routes in (a) the East Midlands, (b) Leicester and (c) Leicester East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	2010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the average number of passengers per route at regional or parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>The average bus occupancy on local bus services was 12.5 in England in 2018/19, an increase from 12.2 in 2017/18 and 11.7 in 2009/10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/02/2020 10:52:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178324

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications have been received; which organisations made those applications; to the Ports Infrastructure and Connectivity and Resilience Fund; and how much has been paid from that Fund to date.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	2016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>My Department received 28 Ports Infrastructure and Connectivity and Resilience Fund applications. They were from Bristol, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Harwich, Heysham, Hull, Immingham, Ipswich, Kings Lynn, Lancaster, Liverpool, London Gateway, Newhaven, Pembroke Dock, Plymouth, Poole, Port of London, Portland, Portsmouth, Sheerness, Shoreham, Southampton, Teesport, Thames Oilport, Thamesport, Tilbury, and Tyne.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far a total of £265,458.50 in grants has been paid to the successful applicants who have completed their projects and provided fully verified expenditure documentation for these projects. We expect that this amount will increase rapidly over the next month or so as my Department receives, and is able to verify, the relevant documentation from the remaining successful applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/02/2020 10:58:43 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1177995

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the trends in the level of misuse of civilian drones; and whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals on civilian drone use.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>In its Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Strategy, the Government has set out its ongoing commitment to building a comprehensive, up-to date risk picture, as well as horizon scanning to predict the future threat. The Government also introduced the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill in the House of Lords on 9<sup>th</sup> January, which will provide the police with greater powers to tackle drone misuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/02/2020 10:43:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones