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1681900

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the proportion of roads managed by local highways authorities that were classified as roads on which maintenance should be considered in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Statistics on this matter are published annually by the Department here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/01/2024 14:47:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1681901

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) national and (b) local highway maintenance in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much funding has been allocated for (i) national and (ii) local highway maintenance for the (A) 2023-24 and (B) 2024-25 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>National Highways and its predecessor bodies have spent approximately £8.417 billion, funded by the Department for Transport, on maintenance and renewals on the strategic road network in England during the period 2010-11 to 2022-23. It is also providing funding of £2.234 billion over 2023-24 and 2024-25, although these funding pots include an element of Capex operational activity in addition to maintenance and renewals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has allocated a total of approximately £17.1 billion of capital funding for highway maintenance to local highway authorities in England over the period 2010-11 to 2024-25. For the (A) 2023-24 and (B) 2024-25 financial years the allocations are £1.475 billion and £1.275 billion respectively. These include the amounts provided to Mayoral Combined Authorities within their City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS).</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for all eligible local authorities between 2020-21 – 2024-25 can be found on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>(a) National Maintenance – actual spend</p></td><td><p>(b) Local Highway Maintenance – allocated funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>£660m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>£30m</p></td><td><p>£672m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£108m</p></td><td><p>£683m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£284m</p></td><td><p>£703m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£793m</p></td><td><p>£755m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£374.3m</p></td><td><p>£1,077m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£373.4m</p></td><td><p>£806m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£421.5m</p></td><td><p>£779m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£517.1m</p></td><td><p>£1,063m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£705.5m</p></td><td><p>£950m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£663.3m</p></td><td><p>£1,154m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£626.2m</p></td><td><p>£1,026m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£776.1m</p></td><td><p>£1,222m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£674.2m</p></td><td><p>£1,346m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£733.8m</p></td><td><p>£1,051m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£759.5m</p></td><td><p>£1,626m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£881.1m</p></td><td><p>£1,125m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£911.2m</p></td><td><p>£1,125m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Budget Allocation</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>(i) National Maintenance</p></td><td><p>(ii) Local Highway Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>£1,118m*</p></td><td><p>£1,475m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024-25</p></td><td><p>£1,116m*</p></td><td><p>£1,275m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* To note that the National Highways budgets for 2023-24 &amp; 2024-25 include an element of Capex Operational activity and other business costs in addition to Maintenance &amp; Renewals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/01/2024 12:27:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1681902

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 26 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 13 October 2023, how the funding to fix potholes will be allocated for (a) national highways and (b) local highways; what his Department's timescales are for allocating this funding; and by what date he expects the funding to be spent.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The £8.3 billion of additional Network North roads resurfacing funding announced on 4 October 2023 is for road resurfacing and wider maintenance activity on the local highway network. It covers an eleven-year time period from 2023/24 to 2033/34.</p><p> </p><p>£150 million of the funding has already been paid out to local authorities in the 2023/24 financial year to allow them to make an immediate start on improving their local roads, and a further £150 million has been allocated for the 2024/25 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have also been given an indicative total funding allocation covering the entire eleven-year period. All of these details are on gov.uk at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-maintenance-funding-allocations" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-maintenance-funding-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The profiling of funding for the years 2025/26 onwards has not yet been confirmed and will be a matter for the next Spending Review. The funding will be backloaded, meaning that relatively more of it will be available in later years to ensure that it aligns with the profile of savings from the rescoping of the HS2 programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/01/2024 12:19:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1681913

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Shrewsbury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with Shropshire Council on the potential impact of the North West Relief Road on (a) levels of (i) congestion in Shrewsbury town centre and (ii) emissions and (b) journey times within Shrewsbury.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	9480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport continues to work with Shropshire Council, but has not yet received the Full Business Case (FBC) from them. Once this has been received, then officials will examine the local authority’s proposals before putting any recommendations to Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/01/2024 14:54:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1681914

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Industrial Disputes
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 impact of industrial action on the number of rail cancellations between Shrewsbury and (a) Birmingham and (b) London in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	9481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold specific statistics on the cancellations caused by industrial action on services between Shrewsbury and either Birmingham or London during 2023. However, such action will undoubtedly have caused severe disruption and inconvenience for passengers on this route throughout the year.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/01/2024 14:50:49 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1681915

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Non-fungible Tokens
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using non-fungible tokens in the issuing of driving licences.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	9482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency will continue to monitor any relevant ongoing work within government on non-fungible tokens (NFTs).</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/01/2024 14:48:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1681923

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel and Low Emission Zones: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much grant money has been given to (a) the Mayor of London and (b) London boroughs for (i) ULEZ and (ii) active travel schemes.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	9364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved and is the responsibility of the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). While the Department for Transport works closely with TfL on a range of issues, decisions on spending are entirely matters for TfL and/or the London boroughs where funding is devolved at the borough level.</p><p>No grant money has been given to the Mayor of London for his recent expansion of ULEZ, indeed the department specifically prohibited the use of government-provided funds for it.</p><p>In 2020/21, government allocated TfL and London Boroughs £25m from the Active Travel Fund and has since required TfL to ring-fence set amounts of funding for active travel schemes, including funding for London Boroughs under the local implementation plan process, in the extraordinary funding settlements with TfL throughout the Covid era.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/01/2024 11:04:53 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1681926

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicles in the car fleet for (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials are pure electric cars.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	9365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government Car Service (GCS) provide a Departmental Pool Car Service to Departments as a shared resource. Ministers have access to this service which is managed by the receiving Department. The GCS currently operates 38 battery electric cars (33% of the GCS fleet). Initial capital costs to procure battery electric cars for the GCS fleet incurred an uplift of at least 18% compared to a similar fit for purpose car.</p><p>A comparison of annual running costs is not held at present by GCS. This is due to the fact that the electric battery fleet is charged at multiple locations across numerous Government departments, and that data is not recorded. However, in many cases, electric vehicles continue to benefit from significant savings on the cost of fuel. Charging a medium sized electric car at rates equivalent to the January 2024 electricity price cap equates to around half the cost of filling up an equivalent petrol vehicle. In addition to this, electric vehicles generally cost less to maintain due to fewer moving parts than their petrol or diesel equivalents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne grouped question UIN 9366 question first answered 23/01/2024 11:38:55 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1681927

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a comparative estimate of (a) initial capital costs and (b) annual running costs of (i) pure electric vehicles, (ii) petrol cars and (ii) diesel cars in the Government car fleet.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	9366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government Car Service (GCS) provide a Departmental Pool Car Service to Departments as a shared resource. Ministers have access to this service which is managed by the receiving Department. The GCS currently operates 38 battery electric cars (33% of the GCS fleet). Initial capital costs to procure battery electric cars for the GCS fleet incurred an uplift of at least 18% compared to a similar fit for purpose car.</p><p>A comparison of annual running costs is not held at present by GCS. This is due to the fact that the electric battery fleet is charged at multiple locations across numerous Government departments, and that data is not recorded. However, in many cases, electric vehicles continue to benefit from significant savings on the cost of fuel. Charging a medium sized electric car at rates equivalent to the January 2024 electricity price cap equates to around half the cost of filling up an equivalent petrol vehicle. In addition to this, electric vehicles generally cost less to maintain due to fewer moving parts than their petrol or diesel equivalents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne grouped question UIN 9365 question first answered 23/01/2024 11:38:55 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1681941

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	KPMG: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the contract awarded by his Department to KPMG LLP on 12 December 2023 under procurement reference TROP0094, if he will publish the (a) services to be delivered under that contract and (b) purpose of that work.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	9467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>a) Professional services</p><p>b) Support to the private sector financing of the Euston Quarter</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/01/2024 14:57:36 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry