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1129989

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Sales
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 adequacy of DVLA powers to take enforcement action against car dealerships that are responsible for dangerously and unsafely parked cars.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	260582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is responsible for the enforcement of unlicensed vehicles and is able to clamp or remove an unlicensed vehicle if it is seen on a public road.</p><p> </p><p>A vehicle that is causing an obstruction, is likely to cause damage or is broken down or abandoned without lawful authority can be dealt with by the police as they have the necessary powers to remove them. Local authorities can also remove abandoned, dangerous and unsafely parked vehicles using powers contained in the Cleaner Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2006. Both the police and local authorities can take action against those responsible for vehicles that are parked dangerously.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/06/2019 11:44:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1130044

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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, what the timeframe is for bringing forward legislative proposals to extend the eligibility for the Blue Badge Scheme to include hidden disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	260536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The guidance to help local authorities implement the expanded scheme is being finalised and will be issued shortly, and the scheme will become operational on 30 August.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/06/2019 12:39:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1130091

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports: Carbon Emissions
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 4 June 2019 to Question 256996 on regional airports: air pollution, what criteria his Department uses to define material impact in determining how a project affects the Government's ability to meet its carbon reductions target.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	260619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face and we are working to ensure the UK takes a leading role in tackling it.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2018 the Government published a green paper consultation for a new aviation strategy, ‘Aviation 2050 – The future of UK aviation’. It commits the Government to ensure that the aviation sector plays its part by limiting greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to achieving the UK’s domestic and international climate change obligations.</p><p> </p><p>The green paper also includes a proposal that “<em>planning applications for capacity growth provide a full assessment of emissions, drawing on all feasible, cost-effective measures to limit their climate impact and demonstrate that their project will not have a material impact on the Government’s ability to meet its carbon reduction targets</em>”. However, this proposal is still subject to consultation and is not yet the Government’s policy. The consultation closes on 20 June.</p><p> </p><p>On 2 May the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published advice to government, recommending the UK legislates for a 2050 net zero greenhouse gas emissions target. We await aviation specific advice from the CCC and will take this into consideration in the development of Aviation 2050, which is due to be published later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/06/2019 15:34:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1129766

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Post Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department's contracts with Post Office Ltd for (a) driver licensing, (b) vehicle registration, (c) Excise Duty collection, and (d) international driving permits are due to expire; and whether he has plans to extend the duration of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	260045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>All four services are provided by a single contract between the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and Post Office Ltd. The initial term of this contract will expire on 31 March 2020, following which there is an option for a three-year extension. The DVLA is currently considering its options regarding the potential extension, although no decision has yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/06/2019 11:22:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1129019

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
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 5 February 2018 to Question 256295, Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions, what steps a member of the public can take if they want to report a private vehicle that has an excessively smoky exhaust and may not be meeting the required emissions standards.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	259167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, as amended, requires all vehicles to meet strict emission standards and be constructed and maintained so as not to emit any avoidable smoke or avoidable visible vapour.</p><p> </p><p>The police are responsible for enforcing these requirements on public roads for light goods vehicles and private cars. They also have powers, under Regulations 54 and 61 of the Regulations, to take action if they suspect a vehicle is in breach of these regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government would encourage members of the public to bring such problems to the attention of the police through their neighbourhood policing teams to ensure they are given an appropriate priority.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency operate a website so that members of the public can report heavy goods vehicles that appear to have excessively smoky exhausts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/06/2019 14:14:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1129074

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many roads managed by Highways England as part of the Strategic Road Network have illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	259426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Highways England’s Air Quality Strategy published in August 2017, sets out the company’s actions to improve air quality on the strategic road network. This supports the Government’s Air Quality Plan for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) in UK (2017), which established the Government’s commitment to improve air quality on the Strategic Road Network (SRN).</p><p> </p><p>Highways England’s Delivery Plan 2018-2019, published in July 2018, provides an update on progress and this year’s Delivery Plan with a further update will be published this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England have agreed with the Department for Transport a programme of work to assess and deliver improvements in air quality on the SRN, with a focus on 101 SRN road links which have been identified by Government’s Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) model as exceeding NO2 limit values.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England are analysing these road links through their programme of work to identify what measures can be implemented to deliver compliance as quickly as possible. The total number of roads affected will be lower, as some roads have more than one link in exceedance along the whole route.</p><p>We anticipate that the programme of improvement activity will be published later this year, once the appropriate links have been assessed and mitigation measures identified.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 259427 question first answered 06/06/2019 12:55:02 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1129075

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Highways England plans to publish a plan to meet legal levels of nitrogen dioxide on the strategic road network.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	259427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Highways England’s Air Quality Strategy published in August 2017, sets out the company’s actions to improve air quality on the strategic road network. This supports the Government’s Air Quality Plan for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) in UK (2017), which established the Government’s commitment to improve air quality on the Strategic Road Network (SRN).</p><p> </p><p>Highways England’s Delivery Plan 2018-2019, published in July 2018, provides an update on progress and this year’s Delivery Plan with a further update will be published this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England have agreed with the Department for Transport a programme of work to assess and deliver improvements in air quality on the SRN, with a focus on 101 SRN road links which have been identified by Government’s Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) model as exceeding NO2 limit values.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England are analysing these road links through their programme of work to identify what measures can be implemented to deliver compliance as quickly as possible. The total number of roads affected will be lower, as some roads have more than one link in exceedance along the whole route.</p><p>We anticipate that the programme of improvement activity will be published later this year, once the appropriate links have been assessed and mitigation measures identified.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 259426 question first answered 06/06/2019 12:55:02 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1129100

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Technology
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 maximise the opportunities that new transport technologies are creating for cleaner, cheaper, safer and more reliable journeys.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>These themes are at the heart of our Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy. This document sets out the principles that we will implement to ensure we maximise the benefits from new transport technologies. It also sets out our plans to review laws regarding new forms of transport, to invest alongside industry in innovative vehicle technologies, and to establish Future of Mobility Zones to shape the way in which these technologies emerge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/06/2019 15:04:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129102

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of passengers flying from British airports.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, 292 million passengers flew to or from a UK airport. That figure was almost 3% higher than in 2017, and 24% higher than in 2008.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/06/2019 12:10:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129104

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Females
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 of the Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter on improving gender equality in aviation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Earlier this year, nine months after its inception, the Charter celebrated reaching 100 signatories. This milestone signifies that industry is not only committed to greater diversity, but that it is also willing to come under greater scrutiny to prove its commitment to attract and recruit more women and then support their progress so they in turn can act as role models for future generations. We look forward to seeing progress being made against the Charters objectives and the difference it makes to industry.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/06/2019 10:45:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight