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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

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

1138670

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Highways England have made towards its target of ensuring that the majority of roads with a (a) 1* and (b) 2* safety rating under the EuroRAP3* assessment programme have improved to a 3* rating; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusion of the Highways England Strategic Road Network Star Rating Report published on 4 July 2019 that for the funding period 2015-2020 60 per cent of journeys on Highways England’s single carriageways are forecast to be below the three-star road safety benchmark under the EuroRAP/iRAP rating system for the safety of road infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	276544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy (RIS 1) 2015 - 2020 has enabled Highways England to deliver unprecedented levels of investment on the strategic road network in England and the star rating system is an assessment tool which Highways England continue to use to assist them in prioritising future investment opportunities. The latest data indicates 95% of our travel will be on roads rated 3* and above by 2020, which exceeds the targrt set in the delivery plan.</p><p> </p><p>On single carriageways Highways England are committed to investing £77 million in improvement schemes by 2020, which is over and above enhancements through routine maintenance such as new road markings, signing and vegetation clearance. Highways England will review the star rating of the network when it is re-evaluated as part of RIS 2. Estimates of star ratings by 2020 are conservative as they do not reflect the impacts or include the results of these designated funds. Travel on single carriageways only accounts for a small proportion of overall traffic on the network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 15:35:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

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

1138992

	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	Aviation: Alternative Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the viability of deploying sustainable alternative aviation fuels.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	277102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Sustainable alternative aviation fuels are an important means of reducing aviation emissions.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Government is encouraging the production and use of sustainable alternative aviation fuels in the UK. Recent changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) mean that renewable aviation fuels are eligible for reward, in the form of tradeable certificates. Additionally, the Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition (the F4C) makes up to £20 million of capital funding available to projects that will produce low carbon waste-based fuels to be used in aeroplanes and lorries. Research commissioned by the Department in support of the competition considered the feasibility of technologies that could produce advanced renewable fuels for use in aviation. The research is published here at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/637662/dft_f4c-feasibility_final_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/637662/dft_f4c-feasibility_final_report.pdf</a>.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Government’s new aviation strategy, Aviation 2050 – The future of UK aviation, will be published later this year. Through consultation on that Strategy the Government is also considering further policies it can put in place to assist the long-term uptake of sustainable alternative fuels in this sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 15:51:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1139282

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway road will be subject to a strategic environmental assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	277839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The preferred route for the Oxford to Cambridge expressway, anticipated to be announced in autumn 2020, will be subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment. A Strategic Environmental Assessment will not be required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 14:09:01 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1139284

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) major routes and (b) feeder roads are classified as (i) projects or (ii) programmes for the purposes of determining whether they require strategic environmental assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	277840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Individual road enhancement schemes are projects that are subject to Environmental Impact Assessment requirements as necessary. Strategic Environmental Assessments are a specific legal requirement for plans and programmes that set the framework for the future development consent of projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 14:15:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1139285

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit to cost ratio of the Oxford to Cambridge expressway road is; and whether that ratio is comparable with other transport proposals under review.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	277841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government published a strategic outline business case for the construction of the ‘missing link’ between Oxford and Milton Keynes in September 2018 (available on the Department for Transport website). This showed a benefit cost ratio of 1.2 or 1.3 for the preferred corridor B.</p><p>Highways England is in the process of identifying potential routes within the preferred corridor which will enable a more thorough assessment of benefits and costs. At the current stage of work the estimated benefit cost ratio is not unusual.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 15:04:08 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1139286

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the benefit to cost ratio of the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway road includes the (a) cost and (b) effect of (i) new feeder roads and (i) increases in road capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	277842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The estimation of scheme benefits and costs in the strategic outline business case for the ‘missing link’ between Oxford and Milton Keynes was not based on any specific route design considerations. They were derived using the appropriate modelling tools, which take account of the effect of the new capacity on traffic demand, journey times, safety and environmental impacts.</p><p>Highways England is in the process of identifying potential routes within the preferred corridor which will enable a more thorough assessment of benefits and costs.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 15:10:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1139287

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
	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 of the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway project on the Government's greenhouse gas emissions targets.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	277843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Highways England is in the process of identifying potential routes within the preferred corridor for the Oxford to Cambridge expressway for a non-statutory public consultation in the autumn. This work will include an assessment of environmental impacts, including carbon emissions using the Defra forecasts for emission rates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 14:58:52 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds