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353855

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons vehicle excise duty is no longer valid if a vehicle changes ownership; and whether motorists were consulted about that change.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The decision to end vehicle excise duty at the point of sale was introduced as a consumer protection measure to prevent those purchasing second-hand vehicles unknowingly keeping an unlicensed vehicle in the absence of a tax disc.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This change was introduced in the Finance Act 2014. Her Majesty’s Treasury published this in draft form for public consultation in December 2013 on GOV.UK. The majority of comments received (83%) supported the change.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) also carried out a survey asking members of the public what they thought of the change and 78% of respondents were supportive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/06/2015 10:09:31 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

353858

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Immobilisation of Vehicles: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles the DVLA clamped in each month of the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The table below provides a monthly breakdown of the number of vehicles that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has clamped for the financial year 2014-15. The DVLA may also authorise others, such as, the police or local authority to take enforcement action against vehicles that are unlicensed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of vehicles clamped by the DVLA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of vehicles clamped by other authorities</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>4,362</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>4,748</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>4,686</p></td><td><p>844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>4,766</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>4,556</p></td><td><p>828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>4,751</p></td><td><p>779</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>5,008</p></td><td><p>798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>5,025</p></td><td><p>731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>5,920</p></td><td><p>820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>7,104</p></td><td><p>1,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>7,019</p></td><td><p>1,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>6,921</p></td><td><p>1,709</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/06/2015 09:50:52 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

353859

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much income the DVLA received from vehicle excise duty (a) fees and (b) fines in each month of the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>For the financial year 2013-14 the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) received £6,052 million from vehicle excise duty and £41 million from fines. Monthly figures are not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/06/2015 10:04:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

353873

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalty charge notices for non-payment of the Dart Charge have been issued for since free-flow charging was introduced at the Dartford Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	2342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>As at 15 June 2015, the total of 867,897 penalty charge notices have been issued for non-payment of the Dart Charge following its introduction on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2014.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 11:29:04 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

353874

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalty charge notices for non-payment of the Dart Charge issued since free-flow charging was introduced (a) have been in respect of foreign-registered vehicles and (b) remain unpaid.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	2343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>As at 15 June 151,871 Penalty Charge Notices have been passed to our European Debt Recovery Agency (EDRA) for issue to non-UK drivers.</p><p> </p><p>Currently 143,633 of these remain unpaid. Recovery of charges from overseas can be a lengthy process, as it can take several months to secure registered keeper details.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 11:32:18 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

353875

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to implement the EU Cross-Border Enforcement Directive in respect of non-payment of fines.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	2344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government will implement the requirements of the Directive by 7 May 2017.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 11:35:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

353883

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
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 improve the frequency and speed of rail services between Telford and Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	2356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>Services between Telford and Birmingham are supplied by more than one operator; London Midland and Arriva Trains Wales. Their Franchise Agreements state the minimum service provision of the train operator to protect service provision for passengers. This sees both providing hourly services Monday to Friday and where reasonable, these shall be timed with the other operator to promote a half hourly service.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the train operators cannot run fewer services than are stipulated (nor simply remove a station stop or two as this could mean that the minimum specifications for those removed station stops are not met), if the train operators believe that the demand exists for additional services (which may have quicker journey times) and they have the rolling stock, staff availability and they can obtain the required track access rights, there is nothing to stop them from running more frequent services. My Hon Friend, may wish to contact the operators to explore what options may be available to achieve quicker journeys in the short-term*.</p><p>Local Councils can also help specify and fund transport solutions if they decide that this is the best way to meet local transport needs. In doing so, they would discuss the feasibility of the scheme with Network Rail and the train operator(s). If the scheme is feasible and represents value for money, the Council would need to be prepared to fund the cost from sources which are available for transport investment.</p><p>The Department is aware of stakeholder aspirations for improvements in and to the service provision between Telford and Birmingham. As part of the competition for the new long term franchises for this route, public consultations will be opened to help inform the specification for those franchises.</p><p> </p><p>*Arriva Trains Wales contact email:<a href="mailto:customer.relations@arrivatrainswales.co.uk" target="_blank">customer.relations@arrivatrainswales.co.uk</a>; London Midland contact email: <a href="http://www.londonmidland.com/contact/contact-us/contact-form/" target="_blank">http://www.londonmidland.com/contact/contact-us/contact-form/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/06/2015 09:34:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

353889

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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, how many publicly-funded charging points for electric vehicles have been delivered in each of the last 10 years; and how many such points are planned for delivery in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Transport ran a public consultation to help inform the specification for the new Northern and TransPennine Express franchises, and received over 21,000 responses; a summary of these have been published on the Government’s website.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Invitation To Tender for the Northern franchise has specified the replacement of Pacers (which are currently used) on services between Huddersfield and Sheffield) by the start of 2020, and other rolling stock used on the franchise will be subject to a substantial refurbishment. It also specifies an increase in the Sunday service provision on this route by December 2017. Our process for evaluating franchise bids encourages bidders to exceed the minimum specifications we state, and the bids themselves are due in to the Department by 26 June. We are due to announce the outcome towards the end of the year.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of publicly-funded chargepoints for electric vehicles that have been delivered in each of the last 10 years, including those for domestic use and those that are publicly accessible, is provided below. The first Government funding for chargepoints was in 2010/11 under the Coalition Government. Chargepoint installations in 2015/16 will depend on demand for domestic chargepoints and the detail of new infrastructure schemes to be announced later this year. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><p> </p></ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010/11</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011/12</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012/13</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013/14</strong></ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">579</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,401</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">3,644</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">9,520</ins></p></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">42,423</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">This question was inadvertently grouped with 2324.</ins></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 13:47:08 question first ministerially corrected 19/06/2015 11:17:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 5724 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

353891

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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, what his Department's budget was for new charging points for electric vehicles in each of the last 10 years; and what budget he has set for such points for the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department's budget and expenditure for new chargepoints for electric vehicles in each of the last 10 years, and for the next five years, is provided below. There was no budget for chargepoints prior to 2009/10.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2009/10***</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2010/11***</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yr</strong></p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p>0.77</p></td><td><p>0.49</p></td><td><p>0.81</p></td><td><p>0.52</p></td><td><p>10.00</p></td><td><p>2.65</p></td><td><p>9.22</p></td><td><p>5.74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yr</strong></p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p>14.64</p></td><td><p>20.64</p></td><td><p>25.90*</p></td><td><p>53.78</p></td><td><p>47.00<strong>**</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p>* Budget revised upwards to meet demand.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>** This figure includes a Highways England budget of £15m for publicly accessible chargepoints on the Strategic Road Network There will also be contributions from other OLEV schemes including the Cities, Bus and Taxi schemes as these will feature infrastructure elements.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>*** The 2009/10 and 2010/11 budgets were for the alternative fuels infrastructure grant, of which electric vehicle chargepoints were one part.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/06/2015 09:43:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

353898

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve rail links between Huddersfield and Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	2324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport ran a public consultation to help inform the specification for the new Northern and TransPennine Express franchises, and received over 21,000 responses; a summary of these have been published on the Government’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The Invitation To Tender for the Northern franchise has specified the replacement of Pacers (which are currently used) on services between Huddersfield and Sheffield) by the start of 2020, and other rolling stock used on the franchise will be subject to a substantial refurbishment. It also specifies an increase in the Sunday service provision on this route by December 2017. Our process for evaluating franchise bids encourages bidders to exceed the minimum specifications we state, and the bids themselves are due in to the Department by 26 June. We are due to announce the outcome towards the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">This quesiton was inadvertently grouped with question 2332.</ins></p><p><br /></p></ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 13:47:08 question first ministerially corrected 19/06/2015 11:17:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 5725 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman