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1718751

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Armed Forces and Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of altering the legislation to enable the Civil Aviation Authority to allow drones to be operated out of the line of sight by the (a) police and (b) armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	26791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Legislation already allows for police to fly drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) when certain conditions are met. Additionally, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the National Police Chiefs’ Council are considering developing a regulatory framework to support police drone use, and the Department for Transport will consider any recommendations they have, including whether any changes to legislation are appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The armed forces’ use of drones is a matter for the Ministry of Defence to comment on, as it is outside of the remit of civil aviation<strong>.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 22/05/2024 13:42:59 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1718860

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: WiFi
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 (a) standard of wifi services provided by train operators, (b) trends in the standards of that service over the last three years and (c) effectiveness of incentives for train operators to provide high quality wifi services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	26680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>In general under the Department’s National Rail Contracts and Service Contracts, wifi quality standards are for train operators to determine. <strong> </strong>In 2020, the Department commissioned Transport Focus to undertake research of the availability and quality of internet and voice connectivity available to passengers. This provided a snapshot of the comparative performance.</p><p>The choice of mobile operator(s) – used to provide the mobile connection between the on-train wifi systems and the internet – and the coverage and technology (3G, 4G or 5G) that is available serving the rail corridor can vary considerably by individual route and region. SWR are developing superfast 5G Wi-Fi technology, which will be installed between Earlsfield and Basingstoke in 2024. This superfast trackside solution will be fully integrated with their existing on-board Wi-Fi service, delivering an enhanced connectivity solution for SWR mainline passengers.</p><p>We continue to work closely with Network Rail to improve connectivity on the rail corridor and Project Reach is a Network Rail led transaction seeking private sector investment in rail telecoms.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/05/2024 10:17:17 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1718867

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support innovation to make transport more accessible to deaf people.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	26682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is proud to support innovation aimed at making transport more accessible for everyone, including deaf people. In July 2018 the Department published the Inclusive Transport Strategy. Its ambition is to create a transport system that provides equal access for disabled people by 2030 and includes a commitment to ensure future technology is designed inclusively and opportunities are sought to harness innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Practical action includes the introduction of the accessible information regulations from October which will see improved audible and visible technology made a requirement for travel on local buses, supported by grant funding of £4.65m for small operator implementation costs. Almost £2m has been awarded to Transport Research Innovation Grants (TRIG) for small and medium sized enterprises and academia to solve accessibility challenges, including projects focused on improving information assistance for deaf people at railway stations. The First of a Kind (FOAK) programme, which promotes innovative new technologies on the railway network is funding three rail accessibility projects, aimed at improving the travel experience for people with hearing impairments. This includes projects aimed at converting travel information into British Sign Language (BSL) or subtitles through mobile phones or on-board information.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has an active BSL communications working group, with BSL integrated into the It’s Everyone’s Journey inclusive transport campaign and the Air Passenger Travel Guide.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/05/2024 14:37:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1718898

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Carbon Emissions
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 18 April 2024 to Question 21868 on Buses: Carbon Emissions, how many and what proportion of the buses allocated funding under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme 1 (a) are on the road in each local transport authority and (b) (i) have been and (ii) will be manufactured in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	26803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>This Government has invested £410m into the Zero Emission Bus programmes since 2020, which has funded over <del class="ministerial">5,200</del> <ins class="ministerial">2,200</ins> buses across England.</p><p> </p><p>The Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) 1 programme was launched in 2021 and awarded £270m funding to 16 local transport authorities (LTAs) in England (outside of London).</p><p> </p><p>ZEBs produced and sold in the UK are supported by a global supply chain; the below table outlines bus manufacturer’s location. The numbers in this table are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore indicative and subject to change.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>ZEBRA 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Transport Authority</p></td><td><p>Number of buses on the road</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer &amp; Location</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Volvo (Sweden)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of York Council</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Volvo (Sweden)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent County Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Volvo (Sweden)   <br /> Irizar (Spain)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City Council</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>110 – Wrightbus (UK)    <br /> 6 – Pelican/Yutong (UK/China)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk County Council</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire County Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>EvoBus/Mercedes (Germany) Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City Council</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>Pelican/Yutong (UK/China)   <br /> Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus (UK) <br /> Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth City Council &amp; Hampshire County Council</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>4 – Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK)    <br /> 23 – Pelican/Yutong (UK/China)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Borough Council</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>Volvo (Sweden)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>131 – Wrightbus (UK) <br /> 15 – Mercedes (Germany)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/05/2024 15:07:02 question first ministerially corrected 23/05/2024 08:23:41 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 35513 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1718941

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Timetables
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 13 May (HL4207), what impact the rigidity of the Network Code has had on the revision of train timetables on the East Coast Main Line; and what consideration they have given to instructing the parties, including the Office of Rail and Road, to revise the code to enable a satisfactory timetable to be delivered.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The industry steering group that oversees timetable introduction concluded that there were too many outstanding issues to have confidence that the new East Coast Main Line timetable can be delivered robustly in December 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Timetable production and access rights issues are governed by Network Rail’s Network Code, which is regulated by the ORR as the independent regulator to the rail industry. We expect the rail industry to work through these issues in order to deliver the upgraded timetable and realise the benefits of £4bn investment in track and train on the East Coast Main Line.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 24/05/2024 08:29:11 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1718954

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many public bus journeys were taken in England in each year from 2010 until the most recent year for which records are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department publishes annual National Statistics on bus passenger journeys in England in the annual bus statistics release.</p><p> </p><p>Bus passenger journeys in England for the year ending March 2010 up to the year ending March 2023 are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Passenger Journeys, millions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>4,311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>4,073</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>3,383</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 24/05/2024 11:51:35 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1718960

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are their estimates for each of the past five years of the amount of money lost to rail companies by ticket fraud and evasion; and what measures they plan to implement to reduce this.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of fare evasion and fraud very seriously. We currently do not hold estimates for the amount of money lost to railway fraud, however in 2023 the Rail Delivery Group estimated that in a normal year, approximately £240 million is lost through fare evasion on Great Britain's railways.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce fare evasion, in January 2023 we increased the value of the penalty fare to £100, plus the price of the single fare to the intended destination. DfT operators are also contractually incentivised to reduce ticketless travel on their network.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 24/05/2024 08:30:28 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1718961

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Bicycles: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their consultation Smarter regulation: proposed changes to legislation for electrically assisted pedal cycles, which ran from 29 February to 25 April, what discussions they had with representatives of the fire and police services and organisations representing cyclists, pedestrians and UK cycle manufacturers either prior to launching that consultation or during it.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport engaged with various stakeholder organisations before and during the consultative process. The Department is currently considering the responses to the consultation and a further announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 24/05/2024 09:18:04 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1718962

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings they have had with representatives of delivery companies in the past six months; and what topics were discussed for their consultation Smarter regulation: proposed changes to legislation for electrically assisted pedal cycles, which ran from 29 February to 25 April.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Whilst a number of delivery companies have responded to the consultation, none have met with ministers to discuss it in the period specified.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 23/05/2024 13:15:41 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1718973

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Vans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to deliver the reforms to category B driving licence flexibility proposed by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles to reduce the barriers to using 4.25 tonne electric vans.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL4754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>To support the zero emission van market, the Government has already introduced regulatory flexibilities for electric vans by increasing the regulatory weight threshold from 3.5 tonnes to 4.25 tonnes for driver licence and operator licence rules.</p><p>The Department carried out a call-for-evidence on MOT testing last year, which, among other things, asked the public for views on changing MOT testing rules for 3.5t-4.25t zero emission vans. The findings have since been analysed and the Government published its response in January.</p><p>Officials have continued to engage with industry on the issues of MOT testing, drivers’ hours and tachographs for 3.5t-4.25t zero emission vans to understand how Government can remove barriers to decarbonisation for fleets. Safety is a primary consideration in assessing any changes to regulatory weight thresholds.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower grouped question UIN HL4755 HL4756 HL4757 HL4758 HL4759 question first answered 24/05/2024 11:50:23 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley