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1486177

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the nomination process for the next round of the Access for All programme will open.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	30193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>Nominations for the next round of Access for All (AfA) funding were formally commissioned on 17 June with a deadline of 16 September. Any station in Great Britain without an accessible route into the station and to all platforms will be a potential candidate.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 06/07/2022 16:05:05 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1485304

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres are due to close over the next two years in each nation of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	28910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is committed to providing its customers with the best service possible. The DVSA continually reviews its estate to identify any test centres that could be closed, and services relocated to a nearby site.</p><p>The decision to close a test centre is made if the demand for testing can be absorbed at an existing nearby centre without reducing test capacity, cancelling tests or impacting on the DVSA’s recovery plan to reduce waiting times caused by the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/07/2022 10:57:04 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1485305

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon 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 implications of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendations in their report published on 29 June 2022, for the Jet Zero Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	28896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>We will consider recommendations from the Climate Change Committee’s June 2022 progress report in further detail as we finalise and implement our Jet Zero Strategy.</p><p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with members of the CCC and considered recommendations from their June 2021 progress report in the development of the Jet Zero Consultation which was published in July 2021 and considered all available evidence for the development of the Jet Zero Strategy, which we are aiming to publish later this year.</p><p>As a responsible government, we recognise that we will need to keep our strategy under review and therefore, intend to regularly assess the progress of aviation’s emissions reductions and update our strategy where necessary through five-year reviews<strong>.</strong></p><p>Our ambition is to decarbonise aviation in a way that preserves the benefits of air travel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 06/07/2022 09:05:11 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1485348

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of audio-visual announcements on bus services in (a) Derbyshire and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	28886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to making Accessible Information Regulations to require operators of local services in Great Britain to provide onboard audible and visible next stop and route and direction information to support disabled passengers.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to lay Accessible Information Regulations by the end of 2022 and to publish guidance for operators to support them to comply.</p><p> </p><p>These Regulations will apply across Great Britain, including in Derbyshire. Bus policy in Northern Ireland is generally a devolved matter.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Derbyshire County Council has been allocated indicative funding of up to £47 million to deliver on their Bus Service Improvement Plan. This will be based on their submission and implementation of an Enhanced Partnership that delivers a package of improvements to bus services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/07/2022 09:07:37 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1485369

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes
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 extend rental e-scooter trials beyond November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	28907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has decided to allow current e-scooter trials, which are live in 30 areas across England, to be extended. The existing trials will continue to run until 30 November and participating local authorities will then have the option to end their local trial or extend it to 31 May 2024. Extensions will be restricted to existing trial areas only and will allow us to gather further evidence where gaps are identified, building on the findings of the current evaluation. We hope that all areas will want to continue, but there is no compulsion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/07/2022 10:51:15 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1485068

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
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, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of and (b) percentage increase in public electric vehicle chargers in London that would be required to help support a target of (i) 50 and (ii) 70 per cent of new vehicle purchases being electric in 2030.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	28468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>In March the Government published its electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure strategy setting out our vision and commitments to make electric vehicle charging cheaper and more convenient than refuelling at a petrol station.</p><p>In the strategy we laid out our expectation that at least ten times more public chargepoints to be installed across the UK by the end of the decade, bringing the number to around 300,000 by 2030. To support our vision, we will invest £1.6 billion in accelerating the roll-out of charging infrastructure.</p><p>Government has not set targets for chargepoint provision per region because the exact number and type of chargepoints will be highly dependent on local circumstances and the range and technology of future electric vehicles. Local authorities have a key role to play as they are best places to consider local needs. We will require all local transport authorities in England to develop their own chargepoint strategies, subject to consultation.</p><p>The Mayor of London and Transport for London have produced their own EV Infrastructure Strategy for 2030 which was updated in December 2021. This estimates that London will need around 40,000 to 60,000 charge points by 2030, of which up to 4,000 will be rapids. This is based on there being between one and 1.4 million EVs in London, which is between 34 per cent and 49 per cent of London’s total car and van fleet.</p><p>Of the £1.6 billion, at least £500 million will support local chargepoint provision to ensure that the transition to electric vehicles takes place in every part of the country, the local electric vehicle infrastructure fund (LEVI) will provide approximately £400 million of capital and £50 million of resource funding to support local authorities to work with industry and transform the availability of charging for drivers without off-street parking. Local authorities in London will be eligible to apply for this funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/07/2022 09:25:46 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1485069

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres there were in each UK nation in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) as of 30 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	28469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of driving test centres (DTC) in Great Britain from where the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) delivered practical driver and riding tests.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>As of 30 June 2022</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain total</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>360</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2010, practical driver and riding tests were delivered by the DVSA’s predecessor, the Driving Standards Agency. The DVSA does not retain records of DTCs dating back to 2010 in line with its retention policies.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA does not hold data relating to DTCs in Northern Ireland. Practical driver and rider testing is delivered by the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 05/07/2022 13:43:27 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1485074

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers
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 (a) number and (b) dates of meetings between Ministers in his Department and officials at the RMT union since 13 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	28471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with the RMT on a variety of matters.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/07/2022 10:23:07 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1485076

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Leamside Line: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will (a) visit the Leamside line and (b) hold discussions with the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South on the potential merits of reopening that line.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	28415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>While the future city region settlement remains under negotiation, I cannot comment further on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 06/07/2022 08:05:47 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1485133

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will announce the shortlist for the headquarters of Great British Railways before the 2022 summer recess.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	28440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>Yes. Today (5 July 2022), the shortlist of towns and cities for the Great British Railways headquarters has been revealed. Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and York will compete for the honour of being crowned the home of Britain’s railways, following an expressions of interest stage that drew applications from 42 towns and cities across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>A consultative public vote will run for six weeks until 15 August and a decision on the final location will be made later this year.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 06/07/2022 16:03:04 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell