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1667892

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the update to the Clean Maritime Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>As per my response on 04 September, the department is working to publish an update to the Clean Maritime Plan as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2023 15:54:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1667894

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to reduce international shipping emissions independently of the International Maritime Organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK proudly hosts the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and is committed to acting through the IMO to address international shipping pollutants and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.</p><p> </p><p>A decade of concerted action at international level has seen effective reductions in pollutant emissions and the UK took a leading role in advocating for the global IMO sulphur cap for marine fuels in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Domestically the Government published guidance to support UK ports to reduce pollutant emissions and since April 2010 applied limits to sulphur content of marine fuels for ships at berth.</p><p> </p><p>To complement UK climate leadership at the IMO, particularly in securing the ambitious IMO Greenhouse Gas Strategy (July 2023), the UK has been a driving force on the development of clean maritime technologies, with announcements at London International Shipping Week’s Clean Maritime Day on Green Shipping Corridors through the Clydebank Declaration and launching a £1.5 million International Green Corridor Fund in September 2023, as well as the winners of the over £80 million Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition, which will see zero emission vessels deployed in the UK by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>We will also set out how we will take ambitious action domestically in the forthcoming refreshed Clean Maritime Plan, which will set out an ambitious and credible pathway to net zero GHG emissions for the sector, considering the impact of our own domestic action and international measures, as these develop through the IMO.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2023 16:26:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1667896

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cars: Noise
	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 prevent the use of modified car exhausts which generate excessive noise.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has been trialling noise camera technology to understand if it can be used to automatically detect when vehicles are excessively noisy, such as when car exhausts have been modified. As set out in the Government’s recent Plan for Drivers, the Department intends to publish the findings of the trial shortly and issue guidance to local authorities setting out minimum requirements and best practice for the use of noise cameras</p><p> </p><p>Compliance with vehicle standards is monitored by the Department’s Market Surveillance Unit based in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Current and past market surveillance activity includes targeted investigation of both illegal vehicle modifications in respect of exhaust replacement and of the legality of silencers which form part of the exhaust system. Prosecutions will be taken where there is sufficient evidence to do so. There are currently cases of this type in the court system waiting to be heard.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2023 16:25:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1667897

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will redirect funding that would have otherwise been used for the cancelled phase 2 of HS2 to electrification of the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton line.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>I am aware of and grateful for Midlands Connect’s Strategic Outline Business Case which sets out the case for the electrification of the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton line, as well as work from other local parties to identify and promote improvements to the line.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to a rail infrastructure portfolio which delivers benefits for rail users and value for money for the taxpayer. Individual schemes are assessed on their alignment with Government priorities and the strength of their business cases in line with the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline policy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/11/2023 14:48:06 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1667794

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern Trains: Ticket Offices
	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 reintroduce the sale of Advance Purchase on Departure fares from Northern Trains ticket offices.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>This is an independent commercial decision by Northern: operators decide their own retailing strategy.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 13/11/2023 10:15:27 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1667795

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
	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 number of FTE vacancies there are in (a) ticket offices and (b) other station staff grades at (i) Avanti West Coast, (ii) Chiltern, (iii) C2C, (iv) East Midlands, (v) Greater Anglia, (vi) Great Western Railway, (vii) Govia Thameslink Railway, (viii) LNER, (ix) Northern Trains, (x) Southeastern, (xi) South Western Railway, (xii) Transpennine Express and (xiii) West Midlands Trains.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely receive information from train operating companies on vacancies for roles at railway stations.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 13/11/2023 10:40:28 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1667796

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
	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 time that ticket offices were not open during their regulated hours at (a) Avanti West Coast, (b) Chiltern, (c) C2C, (d) East Midlands, (e) Greater Anglia, (f) Great Western Railway, (g) Govia Thameslink Railway, (h) LNER, (i) Northern Trains, (j) Southeastern, (k) South Western Railway, (l) Transpennine Express and (m) West Midlands Trains in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department receives a range of management information to support effective contract management. This data is provided under terms of commercial confidentiality and cannot be released. It is the train operating companies' responsibility to comply with their regulated hours (schedule 17).</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 13/11/2023 09:59:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1667797

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations
	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 has been of processes enacted by his Department following the issuing of mandates to train operating companies on station reform in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>No estimate of these costs are available. Government had asked train operators to reduce the cost of the industry to the taxpayer given the challenging financial situation facing the railways; as well as ensure staff are deployed where they are most needed by passengers.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/11/2023 14:36:05 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1667798

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the potential impact on passenger revenue of staffing unstaffed stations.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>We are not aware of any proposals to staff stations that currently operate without staffing.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/11/2023 11:38:41 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1667775

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Fares
	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 a comparative estimate of the average cost of railway travel for consumers in (a) England and (b) other European countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>England has one of widest ranges of fare prices in Europe, including some fare types that are among the cheapest – particularly when booked in advance.</p><p>Following last year’s biggest ever Government intervention to cap rail fare increases well below inflation, we will continue to protect passengers from cost of living pressures and we will not increase next year’s rail fares by as much as the July RPI figure (which was 9 per cent). As in 2021, 2022 and 2023, we have also temporarily delayed the fares increase, enabling passengers to purchase tickets at last year’s prices throughout January and February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/11/2023 11:44:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord