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1247782

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date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation Restart, Recovery and Engagement Unit
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 in establishing the Restart, Recovery and Engagement unit; and what plans he has for the (a) work objectives of that unit and (b) engagement of that unit with the aviation industry.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	110282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>In response to Covid-19, the Department for Transport established its Aviation Restart, Recovery, and Engagement Unit at the beginning of the pandemic. The objectives of the unit are to support the restart of the sector, enable its safe recovery post Covid-19, and the Unit has engaged with industry throughout this process.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Aviation Restart, Recovery, and Engagement Unit, the Department established the Expert Steering Group to engage and consult with the sector regularly. This Group has supported work done to date including the development of the aviation sector health measures guidance and implementation of the International Travel Corridors. In addition, Ministers and officials continue to meet with Airlines, Airports, Ground Handling companies and industry bodies frequently throughout the crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has now also launched the Global Travel Taskforce, which is considering:</p><ul><li>How a domestic testing regime for international arrivals could be implemented to boost safe travel to and from the UK and allow UK residents to travel with confidence;</li><li>What steps we can take to facilitate global business and tourist travel, including through bilateral agreements and multilateral forums by exploring with key international partners issues such as global common standards, testing models, “bubbles”, measures around enforcement, exemptions and other border management measures;</li><li>What steps we can take to increase consumer confidence, ensure existing measures are being properly adhered to and restart international travel safely.</li></ul><p>The Global Travel Taskforce is also engaging with the sector on these points.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 10/11/2020 15:22:53 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1247800

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the next trance of repair vouchers under the Fix Your Bike scheme will be released.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	110217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department plans to release a further batch of vouchers shortly. The release of vouchers is being staggered to prevent repairers from being overwhelmed and to ensure that people can get their bikes fixed without significant delay.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 05/11/2020 15:40:45 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1247801

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vouchers have been claimed under the Fix Your Bike scheme.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	110218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>As of 3 November, 62,101 Fix Your Bike vouchers have been allocated to members of the public.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 05/11/2020 16:11:09 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1247857

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the safety of visually impaired individuals from e-scooters.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	110265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>Following our consultation earlier in the year, and feedback from subsequent stakeholder activities, we have required all e-scooters used in trials to have a horn or bell so that users can make others aware of their presence. Additionally, we have instructed all local authorities participating in trials to engage throughout the trial period with disability groups in their areas to ensure their concerns are being heard. We have also made additional commitments such as allowing vulnerable road user groups to take part in the evaluation process.</p><p>The trials have created a platform for innovation, and we are seeing very encouraging use of – for example – sound emitting devices on e-scooters in York. This is precisely the sort of initiative we want to monitor and evaluate and to help inform future policy.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 10/11/2020 15:53:17 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1247880

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Energy
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 support the development of the maritime energy efficiency sector.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	110071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to decarbonising the maritime sector both domestically, to meet our Net Zero target, and internationally to meet International Maritime Organisation targets.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, Government published the Clean Maritime Plan, which noted that by 2025 we expect that ‘all vessels operating in UK waters [should be] maximising the use of energy efficiency options’, to reduce emissions in the short-term before practical zero emission technologies are made deployable. Following publication of the Clean Maritime Plan, Government provided £1.5m for clean maritime projects including maritime energy efficiency projects, through the MarRI-UK Clean Maritime Call. The Department will soon publish the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, which will set out further details of the Government’s maritime decarbonisation measures.</p><p> </p><p>Internationally, the UK was crucial to securing both the efficiency target in the IMO’s Initial Greenhouse Gas Strategy, and to the IMO’s adoption of the Energy Efficiency Design Index. The UK will continue to push for ambition on efficiency and decarbonisation measures at the IMO.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 10/11/2020 15:40:47 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1247981

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 13 October (HLWS503), what plans they have to produce a revised plan for the remainder of HS2 encompassing (1) a revised estimated total cost, (2) revised estimated passenger demand reflecting changes in travel behaviour due to COVID-19, (3) a revised design for Euston Station reflecting maximum number of trains per hour, (4) an option for the permanent termination of HS2 at Old Oak Common, and (5) a revised cost-benefit analysis.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL9821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The Full Business Case for Phase One was approved in April this year and included a robust cost-benefit analysis using the latest cost and schedule estimates. The Government has also committed to keeping Parliament regularly updated on HS2 delivery against those cost and schedule estimates, and the first Parliamentary Report published in October provides the latest figures.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with colleagues across Government to understand and assess the pandemic’s impact on transport demand and on the wider economy, and how this will affect existing and future business cases for transport infrastructure investment.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the Oakervee Review conclusions, the Department for Transport has commissioned a study looking into the design and construction efficiency of the future Euston station as a whole. A further update on the outcomes of this work will be reported in the next HS2 Parliamentary Report.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to permanently terminate HS2 services at Old Oak Common. HS2 Ltd’s latest advice indicates that no more than 6 trains per hour can reliably be operated from Old Oak Common as a temporary terminus, whilst Euston is being completed, under the current Old Oak Common station design.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 10/11/2020 17:44:39 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1247982

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest funding envelope for HS2, broken down by (1) Phase 1 (Euston to Old Oak Common), (2) Phase 1 (Old Oak Common to the West Midlands), (3) Phase 2a, (4) Phase 2b Western Leg, and (5) Phase 2b Eastern Leg.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL9822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>In April, the Government approved the Full Business Case for Phase One and set the funding envelope at £44.6 billion (2019 prices), including Euston. The overall Phase 2a estimated cost is ranged between £5-7 billion (2019 prices). Updated cost estimates will be provided for the Phase 2b links to Manchester and Leeds once the Integrated Rail Plan is concluded. The Government has committed to keeping Parliament regularly updated on the latest cost estimates of the scheme via twice yearly reporting. The first of these was published in October.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/11/2020 12:37:37 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1247988

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by Highways England in improving the safety of smart motorways.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL9831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving safety, which is why the Secretary of State published an evidence stocktake and tasked Highways England with delivering an 18-point action plan. Highways England will implement the action plan in full and has already started work, including the provision of additional emergency areas on the M25 and making all emergency areas more visible by introducing a bright orange surface and better, more frequent signs.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England will deliver all the remaining actions, including the provision of stopped vehicle detection on all-lane running (ALR) motorways within 36 months and the conversion of dynamic hard shoulder to ALR by the end of March 2025.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 09/11/2020 15:39:39 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

1248011

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have achieved their target, set in 2015, to create 30,000 apprenticeships in the transport sector; if not, why not; and what fresh initiatives they are planning to create more apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL9863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>In 2016 the Government set ambitions through the Transport Infrastructure Skills Strategy to increase apprenticeships in road and rail client bodies to help address skills shortages in the transport sector and ensure that the transport sector has the capacity and capability to deliver planned investment. The target to create 30000 apprenticeships was deliberately set at an ambitious level to encourage bold action from industry. Whilst the target was not met, significant progress has been made during this time to embed apprenticeships as the recognised way of getting skilled individuals into the transport industry. It is a mark of the growing recognition for apprenticeships that the number of apprenticeships has grown steadily since this target was set.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to ensuring that the transport industry continues to support the creation of high quality apprenticeships, and in the recent Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce (STAT) annual report, we committed to updating the Transport Infrastructure Skills Strategy in early 2021 to reflect current challenges and priorities. We recognise that this is more important than ever in this challenging economic climate.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with the Department for Education to ensure that its Adult Education policy and FE reform proposals reflect the needs of the transport industry, and that employers are able to continue to take on apprentices to deliver our ambitious plans to build the transport infrastructure of the future.</p><p> </p><p>We will also support transport employers to take advantage of broader training and employment offers, particularly those that support young people into employment opportunities that may lead to apprenticeships, such as DWP’s Kickstart scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with industry partners on schemes such as Engineering UK’s Code of Practice, to ensure that transport apprenticeships and careers are available and accessible to people from a diverse range of backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>We are exploring what more can be done through contractual and procurement levers to encourage the supply chain to continue to invest in apprentices and other skills and training initiatives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/11/2020 13:07:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1248012

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Motor Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many vehicles are (1) in the Department for Transport (DfT) fleet, and (2) in the fleets of those agencies that report to the DfT and otherwise operate under its authority: and how many of those vehicles, in each such organisation, are (a) fully electric, and (b) hybrid.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL9864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) consists of a Central Department and 4 Executive Agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The DfT as a whole has 1,860 vehicles in total consisting of:</p><ul><li>156 ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV) of which:</li></ul><p>o 22 are Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV); and</p><p>o 134 are plug in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) or mild hybrid;</p><ul><li>43 petrol vehicles;</li><li>1,326 diesel vehicles; and</li><li>335 motorbikes/ specialist LCV.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Please see the table below for the full breakdown of vehicles by Agency and type (please note the Government Car Service operates under the central department).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>DfT organisation</p></td><td><p>Total no. vehicles</p></td><td><p>BEV</p></td><td><p>Hybrid</p></td><td><p>Petrol</p></td><td><p>Diesel</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)</p></td><td><p>1220</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>335 motorbikes/ specialist LCVs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Car Service</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maritime &amp; Coast Guard Agency (MCA)</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,860</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>134</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1326</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>335</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/11/2020 12:37:18 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson