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	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>As at June 30<sup>th</sup>, the numbers of BAME staff at the requested grades are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>BAME Staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 (SCS Payband 3)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 (SCS Payband 1)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is worth noting numbers are not complete as these figures represent only those staff who have chosen to record their diversity information and self-identified as BAME on our HR records system. It is not mandatory to complete this information.</p><p> </p><p>This figure represents the numbers across the Department and its Executive Agencies.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2019 15:26:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1138386

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 271500, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the changes to electric vehicle plug-in grants announced in November 2018 on the uptake of electric vehicles after 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	276195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The plug-in car grant (PICG) was introduced in 2011 to support the early market for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs). Through the PICG we have supported the purchase of over 200,000 plug-in vehicles, including around 100,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles. Last year, in light of increased demand and decreasing prices, we reviewed the PICG to focus on the cleanest vehicles. While sales of plug-in hybrids have decreased since the grant was reviewed, sales of zero emission cars are up by more than 60% in 2019 so far than for the same period in 2018. Overall, sales of all alternatively fuelled cars have increased this year, compared to the same period last year. In our Road to Zero Strategy we set out ambitions for uptake of ULEVs in the UK, and stated that consumer incentives in some form will continue to play a role beyond 2020. In addition, 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> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/07/2019 12:45:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1137843

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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, how many people in each region of the UK have received electric vehicle plug-in grants in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	275202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows where new plug-in grant eligible vehicles were registered by region of the UK from 2011 to 2018. In October 2018 plug-in hybrids became ineligible for the plug-in car grant. Those registered after this date are not accounted for in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/07/2019 15:09:51 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis attachment 1 file name Tables for PQs 261774 and 261775 (1).xlsx title Plug-in grant eligible vehicles
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1137846

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of which models of electric vehicle are most popular with consumers by region; and for which of those models are plug-in grants available.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	275203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The attached tables show the top six most popular ultra low emission vehicle models with consumers by region between April 2018 and March 2019. Those vehicles eligible for plug-in grants are marked with a star. A number of different models are popular with consumers across the country. The number of models of ultra low emission vehicles available in the UK continues to increase. Nearly all major automakers have made significant commitments to start selling ULEVs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/07/2019 14:58:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis attachment 1 file name Tables for PQs 261774 and 261775.xlsx title Tables of ULEV models by region
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1135894

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of vehicles that are electric in each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	271501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table contains the number and proportion of all licensed vehicles that are electric at the end of March 2019. This includes battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric vehicles.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region/Country</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>3,599</p></td><td><p>0.26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>11,287</p></td><td><p>0.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>14,174</p></td><td><p>0.47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>11,449</p></td><td><p>0.38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>28,400</p></td><td><p>0.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>26,835</p></td><td><p>0.66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>26,253</p></td><td><p>0.85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>42,482</p></td><td><p>0.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>22,871</p></td><td><p>0.56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>187,350</p></td><td><p>0.57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>4,290</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>12,397</p></td><td><p>0.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>2,664</p></td><td><p>0.23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom TOTAL</p></td><td><p>210,415</p></td><td><p>0.53%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/07/2019 10:43:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1136224

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to support electric vehicles in (a) becoming competitive without financial incentives or subsidies for their purchase and (b) reaching price parity with non-electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	272192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>We are investing nearly £1.5bn‎ between April 2015 and March 2021, with grants available for plug in cars, vans, lorries, buses, taxis and motorcycles, and schemes to support chargepoint infrastructure at homes, workplaces and on residential streets. These subsidies are designed to support the early market and achieve a competitive, self-sustaining market.</p><p> </p><p>The £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will add thousands more public chargepoints. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act gives Government new powers to regulate the chargepoint market and improve the experience for consumers. We have supported the installation of more than 20,000 public chargepoints, including over 2,000 rapid chargepoints. The UK’s network is already one of the largest networks in Europe and the Road to Zero strategy includes new commitments to massively expand electric and low emission vehicle infrastructure across the country. The Government has also put in place a favourable tax regime that rewards the cleanest, zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has awarded over £300m in grants via Innovate UK into ultra low emission technologies. Part of this is the Faraday battery challenge, designed to ensure research and innovation takes centre stage in the Industrial Strategy and to reduce the cost of new technologies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also put in place a favourable tax regime that rewards the cleanest, zero emission vehicles. Go Ultra Low is a joint Government-Industry funded campaign which aims to inform vehicle purchasers about the operational savings from driving electric vehicles and to dispel widespread myths.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate that electric vehicles will achieve price parity with their petrol and diesel counterparts in the mid-2020s. We will review progress by 2025. Against a rapidly evolving international context, we will seek to maintain the UK’s leadership position and meet our ambitions, and will consider what interventions are required if not enough progress is being made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 272193 question first answered 09/07/2019 13:02:13 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1136225

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to provide support for the purchase of electric vehicles to meet the targets set out in the Government's Net Zero Road Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	272193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>We are investing nearly £1.5bn‎ between April 2015 and March 2021, with grants available for plug in cars, vans, lorries, buses, taxis and motorcycles, and schemes to support chargepoint infrastructure at homes, workplaces and on residential streets. These subsidies are designed to support the early market and achieve a competitive, self-sustaining market.</p><p> </p><p>The £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will add thousands more public chargepoints. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act gives Government new powers to regulate the chargepoint market and improve the experience for consumers. We have supported the installation of more than 20,000 public chargepoints, including over 2,000 rapid chargepoints. The UK’s network is already one of the largest networks in Europe and the Road to Zero strategy includes new commitments to massively expand electric and low emission vehicle infrastructure across the country. The Government has also put in place a favourable tax regime that rewards the cleanest, zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has awarded over £300m in grants via Innovate UK into ultra low emission technologies. Part of this is the Faraday battery challenge, designed to ensure research and innovation takes centre stage in the Industrial Strategy and to reduce the cost of new technologies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also put in place a favourable tax regime that rewards the cleanest, zero emission vehicles. Go Ultra Low is a joint Government-Industry funded campaign which aims to inform vehicle purchasers about the operational savings from driving electric vehicles and to dispel widespread myths.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate that electric vehicles will achieve price parity with their petrol and diesel counterparts in the mid-2020s. We will review progress by 2025. Against a rapidly evolving international context, we will seek to maintain the UK’s leadership position and meet our ambitions, and will consider what interventions are required if not enough progress is being made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 272192 question first answered 09/07/2019 13:02:13 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1135893

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	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 incentivise the take-up of electric vehicles in areas with high levels of pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	271500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government takes its air quality obligations extremely seriously and is firmly committed to improving the UK’s air quality and cutting harmful emissions. In July 2017, we published the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations, setting out how we will achieve compliance in the shortest possible time. As a result of this, we are now working closely with 61 English local authorities, and have placed legal duties on them to tackle their nitrogen dioxide exceedances. This is underpinned by £495m in funding, including £220m Clean Air Fund to mitigate the impact of the plans on individuals and businesses. This funding can include, where appropriate, funding towards incentivising take up of electric vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>To support the transition to zero emission vehicles, we are investing nearly £1.5bn‎ between April 2015 and March 2021, with grants available for plug in vehicles, and schemes to support charge point infrastructure at homes and workplaces and on residential streets. We have made real progress to date. 200,000 ultra-low emission vehicles are now registered in the UK, and we now have over 20,000 publicly accessible chargepoints. More than 2,000 are rapid devices – one of the largest networks in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>In London, the Plug-in Car Grant (PIGC) paid out £45m in respect of vehicles registered in London.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/07/2019 15:40:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra