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1675466

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	5192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport incurred costs of £50,934 in 2021-22 and £156,907 in 2022-23 on hospitality spend. Data for 2020-21 can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Departmental spending on alcohol is not normally permitted.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 12/12/2023 12:17:25 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1643831

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to introduce national minimum standards for taxi and private hire vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	188864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to bring forward legislation to create national licensing standards for taxis and private hire vehicles, enhanced enforcement powers and a national licensing database, when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 19/06/2023 14:24:40 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1643832

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	TransPennine Express: Nationalisation
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 potential cost of bringing TransPennine Express into public ownership.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	188865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The decision was made balancing a number of factors, with outcomes for passengers the priority. An indicative assessment suggests that although some areas may see increased costs, there are expected to be offsetting savings elsewhere. The 2023/24 budget for the operator is unchanged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/06/2023 14:31:23 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1643833

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
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 development of sustainable aviation fuels.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	188866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is focused on stimulating the demand and use of sustainable aviation fuel in the UK. To create demand for SAF, the Government will introduce a SAF mandate in 2025, which aims to deliver at least 10% of jet fuel from sustainable sources by 2030. The second consultation on the design of the scheme is currently open for consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is seeking to kickstart a domestic SAF industry through the £165 million Advanced Fuels Fund to support the development of commercial scale plants. The Government has already awarded funding to five projects and is currently considering applications to the second funding round.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2023, the Government responded to Philip New’s report on developing a UK SAF industry. Officials are now working with industry to develop options for an industry-funded revenue certainty mechanism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/06/2023 11:03:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1523016

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The following table provides the total spend on taxi cabs for the core Department and its agencies, covering financial years 2019-20 to 2021-22.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£’000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>244</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department is unable to break down travel expense costs for officials and Ministers by mode of transport.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/10/2022 09:19:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1521328

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	61753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>Department for Transport policy states “All staff must travel standard class irrespective of grade, except under certain circumstances, including temporary or permanent disability or pregnancy related reasons”</p><p> </p><p>To obtain the information in the format requested would be at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/10/2022 10:33:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1505603

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Nationalisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority on public ownership of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	48241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to regional airports. They are key to serving our local communities, supporting thousands of jobs in the regions, and they act as a key gateway to international opportunities. While the UK Government supports airports, it does not own or operate them.</p><p>The Minister for Aviation recognises the importance of Doncaster Sheffield Airport to the region and has made clear in meetings both with the South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard and the Peel Group the Government’s desire to see a viable aviation future for the airport. The Minister has urged Mayor Coppard to work with all parties to find a locally led solution to preserve aviation at Doncaster-Sheffield Airport.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 48242 question first answered 20/09/2022 10:12:02 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1505604

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority on finding investors for Doncaster Sheffield Airport.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	48242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to regional airports. They are key to serving our local communities, supporting thousands of jobs in the regions, and they act as a key gateway to international opportunities. While the UK Government supports airports, it does not own or operate them.</p><p>The Minister for Aviation recognises the importance of Doncaster Sheffield Airport to the region and has made clear in meetings both with the South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard and the Peel Group the Government’s desire to see a viable aviation future for the airport. The Minister has urged Mayor Coppard to work with all parties to find a locally led solution to preserve aviation at Doncaster-Sheffield Airport.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 48241 question first answered 20/09/2022 10:12:03 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491453

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s published figures in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts includes the total contingent labour expenditure figures for the core Department and its Executive Agencies. These numbers are available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dft-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dft-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the total spend on contingent labour</p><p>for DVSA, covering financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21, as these figures are not included in the total Departmental contingent labour expenditure published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for those years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Agency workers (more commonly referred to as “Contingent Labour” or “Temporary Workers”) are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control</a></p><p> </p><p>Commentary on Contingent Labour usage, if applicable, is available in departmental annual reports.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments</a></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service provides two frameworks specifically for the supply of Contingent Labour which are used by central government departments. These are:</p><p>RM3749 - Public Sector Resourcing. <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749</a></p><p>This provides a managed service for departmental use including low supplier margins, regular pay rate benchmarking, comprehensive tracking and reporting of contingent labour assignments, full timesheeting and approvals technology and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p>RM6160 - Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160</a></p><p>This provides access to a range of generalist, specialist and niche contingent labour agencies offering a wide range of suppliers, maximum margins, free transfer to permanent after 12 weeks and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p>Use of these frameworks provides robust governance, visibility, value for money and flexibility in meeting departmental contingent labour needs.</p><p> </p><p>We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service, this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post.</p><p>Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 05/09/2022 10:30:15 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488884

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	35845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The following table provides the total spend on air travel for the core Department, covering financial years 2019-20 to 2021-22:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£’000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>356</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The department is unable to break down travel expense costs for officials and Ministers by mode of transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/07/2022 09:36:30 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett