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1138828

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to ensure that the Access for All accessibility programme includes improving access to public transport for autistic passengers and other people with invisible disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	277116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>We recently added 73 stations to the £300m Access for All programme, which provides accessible routes at stations. Network Rail will engage with local disability groups to ensure that designs meet the needs of all passengers.</p><p> </p><p>£20m of this funding is available for smaller scale access improvements and we will welcome nominations for projects that provide improvements for non-visible disabilities, such as autism.</p><p> </p><p>Direct awards and future franchise replacements will also require train operators to deliver staff disability training which includes awareness of non-visible disabilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/07/2019 16:16:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1138856

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent guidance he has published on the use of off-road all-terrain vehicles by people under the legal driving age.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	277167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not published any guidance as the legislation governing the legal age to drive applies to on-road vehicles only. The Department for Transport’s remit covers road traffic legislation which applies to the road or public place. There is no legislation which covers use outside of a road or public place.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/07/2019 11:22:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1138873

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments
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 27 February 2019 to Question 223798 on International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, what progress his Department has made on compliance with the Ballast Water Management Convention in order to accede to the Convention in Autumn 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	277151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Good progress is being made on the development of UK regulations in order to accede to the Ballast Water Management Convention. This work was rescheduled in order to ensure that the legislation reflects the newest amendments to the Convention which were accepted by the International Maritime Organization in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to completing the regulations and acceding to the Convention in 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/07/2019 16:12:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1138877

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles
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 encourage a modal shift to motorcycles and scooters.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	277179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to leaving the environment in a better state than was inherited by this generation and improving the health and lives of people across the UK. Transport has a key role to play in reducing emissions to meet both climate change and air quality goals. The Clean Air Strategy, published this year, is the most ambitious air quality strategy in a generation, aiming to halve the harm to human health from air pollution in the UK by 2030.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Motorcycles can make a significant contribution to addressing the nation’s transport and traffic problems. They offer real benefits in terms of reduced congestion and an affordable alternative to the car, providing independence and mobility and widening employment opportunities. Motorcyclists represent one of the most vulnerable road user groups and the Department has just published a refreshed Road Safety Statement and a two-year action plan to address the following four key priority groups: motorcyclists; rural road users; young road users; and older road users.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Electric scooters are illegal to use on public roads in the UK. The Department is also currently undertaking a Regulatory Review which will include whether electric scooters and other micromobility devices should be permitted in the UK and the impacts of introducing electric scooters on congestion, the environment and road safety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 277180 question first answered 23/07/2019 11:36:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1138878

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles
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 opportunities to improve (a) congestion, (b) the environment and (c) road safety through a modal shift to motorcycles and scooters.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	277180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to leaving the environment in a better state than was inherited by this generation and improving the health and lives of people across the UK. Transport has a key role to play in reducing emissions to meet both climate change and air quality goals. The Clean Air Strategy, published this year, is the most ambitious air quality strategy in a generation, aiming to halve the harm to human health from air pollution in the UK by 2030.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Motorcycles can make a significant contribution to addressing the nation’s transport and traffic problems. They offer real benefits in terms of reduced congestion and an affordable alternative to the car, providing independence and mobility and widening employment opportunities. Motorcyclists represent one of the most vulnerable road user groups and the Department has just published a refreshed Road Safety Statement and a two-year action plan to address the following four key priority groups: motorcyclists; rural road users; young road users; and older road users.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Electric scooters are illegal to use on public roads in the UK. The Department is also currently undertaking a Regulatory Review which will include whether electric scooters and other micromobility devices should be permitted in the UK and the impacts of introducing electric scooters on congestion, the environment and road safety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 277179 question first answered 23/07/2019 11:36:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1138885

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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 charging points for electric vehicles there are in England; and how many of those are located in each region.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	277244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Figures on the total number of electric vehicle chargepoints are unavailable. Members of the public and businesses are able to install chargepoints without government support, and information on these are not routinely collected. Chargepoints that do receive government funding can be decommissioned or removed without notifying Government. The charging point platform Zap-map reports that, as at July 16<sup>th</sup>, there are 19,939 publicly available connectors in England, with the numbers in each region as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Number of chargepoint connectors</p></td><td><p>Percentage within England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,299</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>1,618</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>6,417</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,045</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1,807</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3,239</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1,903</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,388</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>1,223</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 16:00:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1138887

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Grants
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 replace the plug-in car grant to encourage the manufacture and sale of low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	277246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Our mission is to put the UK at the forefront of the design, manufacture and uptake of zero emission vehicles. We are investing more than £1.5bn between 2015 and 2021 to support this. The plug-in car grant continues to support the purchase of the cleanest vehicles and will remain in place until at least 2020. Our Road to Zero Strategy confirmed that consumer incentives in some form will continue to play a role beyond 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The government recently announced company car tax rates out to 2022-23. To accelerate the shift to zero emission cars, all zero emission models will pay no company car tax in 2020-21, 1% in 2021-22 before returning to the planned 2% rate in 2022-23 – a significant tax saving for employees and employers.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside other measures in the government’s Road to Zero strategy, including support schemes for the installation of charge points, the UK government’s support package adds up to one of the most comprehensive worldwide. As part of the upcoming spending review, government will be setting out funding and other measures for future years.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/07/2019 12:24:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1138895

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to commence negotiations with the First Group on the terms of an extension to the Great Western franchise after March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	277158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The current Great Western franchise agreement expires at 01.59am on 1 April 2020, having been extended to the fullest extent possible under its terms. In November 2017 the Secretary of State announced his intention to negotiate a new franchise agreement with the incumbent operator and discussions with FirstGroup are already under way.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 16:09:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1138898

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the standard of catering services on the new Class 800 trains operated by First Group under the Great Western franchise.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	277159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department published the response to its consultation on the future of the Great Western franchise on 28 August 2018: (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/736146/great-western-rail-franchise-stakeholder-briefing-document.pdf). This shows ten areas of response from consultees about catering.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 16:11:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1138899

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Catering
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 passengers of the decision by the First Group to discontinue its buffet car facilities and replace them with a more limited trolley service.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	277160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department published the response to its consultation on the future of the Great Western franchise on 28 August 2018: (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/736146/great-western-rail-franchise-stakeholder-briefing-document.pdf). This shows ten areas of response from consultees about catering, including comments about both trolley services and buffet cars</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 16:16:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice