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1600616

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of VAT applied to electric vehicle charging on his electric vehicle policies.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	903833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has committed to keeping the transition to electric vehicles affordable for consumers across the UK. Taxation policy and its impacts are taken into consideration when developing policies that will support and accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles. Taxation is a matter for HM Treasury and the Chancellor keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 11:46:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1600619

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
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, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of electric vehicle charging points.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	903836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>Today, the majority of electric vehicle charging happens at home. The Department expects this trend to continue. In addition, there is an extensive public charging network across the country, with over 37,600 available chargers. Government support and industry investment has seen the number of public chargepoints more than triple over the last four years. Last week, the Department for Transport announced an additional £56 million in public and industry funding for local chargepoints across the country.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 11:50:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1599524

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s publication of workforce management information for the months of March and April 2022, for what reasons those months show the same figures in the seven categories for payroll staff costs, the three categories for non-payroll staff costs and the total for all staff costs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	153873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures will be updated by 2 March 2023.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures were updated on 9 March 2023.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 12:00:49 question first ministerially corrected 10/03/2023 10:45:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 58913 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1599636

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of trends in the level of demand for shipping services from Teesport to Zeebrugge in the logistics sector.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	153784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The port and shipping sectors are both private, commercial sectors. Therefore, the assessment of future demand requirements of specific markets such as logistics, will be a commercial factor for relevant operators.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not publish statistics at port-to-port level due to commercial sensitivity, however, statistics for UK major port freight traffic to specific countries are available in table PORT0499, accessible here: <a href="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1122247%2Fport0499.ods&amp;wdOrigin=BROWSELINK." target="_blank">https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1122247%2Fport0499.ods&amp;wdOrigin=BROWSELINK.</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 02/03/2023 11:52:03 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1599638

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Teesport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of seafarer jobs that were supported by each shipping activity in Teesport in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	153785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics on seafarers nationally however these are not available at port level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 02/03/2023 10:25:36 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1599639

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with maritime trade unions on the employment conditions of (a) non-European and (b) European seafarers on MS Finnpulp.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	153786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>Ministers have regular engagement with the maritime trade unions but have not discussed the employment conditions on MS Finnpulp.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 02/03/2023 10:27:05 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1589052

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory vehicle driving re-tests on similar terms to those for HGV and public service vehicle licences.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	152188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) believes that most people want to be safe, law-abiding drivers and any post-test intervention needs to be focused where it will achieve most benefit and, where appropriate, should be targeted against irresponsible drivers.</p><p> </p><p>The courts already have the powers to require drivers to retake the driving test in certain circumstances, and the police can also offer remedial education courses to those who would otherwise be prosecuted for some driving offences.</p><p> </p><p>All new drivers who incur six, or more, penalty points within two years of gaining their first full licence, already undergo retesting before they are allowed to drive unaccompanied.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to introduce mandatory vehicle driving re-tests.</p><p> </p><p>If drivers do not drive for a period of time, the DVSA recommends they receive a form of refresher training.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 02/03/2023 09:53:14 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1589054

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of road safety in England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	152189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>We have some of the safest roads in the world, but we are not complacent. The Government takes road safety very seriously. Reducing the numbers of those needlessly killed and injured on our roads is a key priority for this Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is developing the new Road Safety Strategic Framework which will include an implementation plan to improve road safety. We are considering road safety indicators as part of the Road Safety Strategic Framework. It is our intention, subject to wider consultation and agreement, to publish in the spring.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 01/03/2023 08:02:37 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1589102

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
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 electric vehicle charging points were installed in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2018, (d) 2019, (e) 2020, (f) 2021 and (g) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Data held by the Department on electric vehicle charging devices in the UK, is sourced from those installed or funded under Government approved grant schemes, operated by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and from the electric vehicle charging platform Zap-Map. Charging devices not supplied via these schemes or recorded on Zap-Map are not included and the true number of charging devices may be higher than recorded in these figures.</p><p> </p><p>The below table provides the data available for (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g):</p><p>i. the increase in the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in each year requested as at 1st January 2023 according to Zap-Map;</p><p>ii. the number of domestic electric vehicle charging devices installed in each year requested funded through the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) at 1st October 2022 and;</p><p>iii. electric vehicle chargepoint grants sockets installed in each year requested funded through the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grants (EVCG) at 1<sup>st</sup> October 2022 and;</p><p>iv. workplace electric vehicle charging sockets installed in each year requested funded through the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) at 1st October 2022.</p><p>v. On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) charging devices installed in each year requested at 1<sup>st</sup> October 2022, data only collected in financial years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(c)</p></td><td><p>(d)</p></td><td><p>(e)</p></td><td><p>(f)</p></td><td><p>(g)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>i.) Public charging devices (see note 1)</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td><td><p>3,098</p></td><td><p>6,196</p></td><td><p>4,270</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ii.) EVHS</p></td><td><p>12,445</p></td><td><p>21,614</p></td><td><p>25,993</p></td><td><p>54,197</p></td><td><p>115,799</p></td><td><p>70,682</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iii.) EVCG sockets Installed</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iv.) WCS sockets Installed</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,656</p></td><td><p>4,522</p></td><td><p>6,257</p></td><td><p>11,093</p></td><td><p>11,891</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year ending</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>v.) ORCS</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>429</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td><p>303</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table notes:</p><p>- indicates data not collected as grant scheme not running in this time period</p><p>1) Zap-Map data counts charging devices publicly available at any given point, with decommissioned chargepoints removed from the data supplied to us. Therefore, the number of installed public chargepoints in each given year is likely to be higher as this accounts for the number decommissioned and removed from the data.</p><p> </p><p>2) The data across these sources and the columns in the table should not be summed to create a total as the public charging device statistics, EVHS and the ORCS statistics count charging devices whereas WCS and EVCG counts charging sockets, making them incompatible to sum together.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1st February 2023 there were 37,625 public charging devices in the UK according to data supplied by Zap-Map.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1st October 2022, the most recent public data available, there were 40,333 charging devices installed through Domestic Recharging Scheme (DRS), 335,190 charging devices installed through EVHS and 3,281 charging devices installed through ORCS. There were also 36,317 charging sockets installed through WCS and 972 charging sockets installed through EVCG.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 152222 question first answered 01/03/2023 08:05:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1589103

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
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, if he will make an estimate of the number of electric vehicle charges in operation as of 24 February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Data held by the Department on electric vehicle charging devices in the UK, is sourced from those installed or funded under Government approved grant schemes, operated by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and from the electric vehicle charging platform Zap-Map. Charging devices not supplied via these schemes or recorded on Zap-Map are not included and the true number of charging devices may be higher than recorded in these figures.</p><p> </p><p>The below table provides the data available for (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g):</p><p>i. the increase in the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in each year requested as at 1st January 2023 according to Zap-Map;</p><p>ii. the number of domestic electric vehicle charging devices installed in each year requested funded through the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) at 1st October 2022 and;</p><p>iii. electric vehicle chargepoint grants sockets installed in each year requested funded through the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grants (EVCG) at 1<sup>st</sup> October 2022 and;</p><p>iv. workplace electric vehicle charging sockets installed in each year requested funded through the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) at 1st October 2022.</p><p>v. On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) charging devices installed in each year requested at 1<sup>st</sup> October 2022, data only collected in financial years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(c)</p></td><td><p>(d)</p></td><td><p>(e)</p></td><td><p>(f)</p></td><td><p>(g)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>i.) Public charging devices (see note 1)</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td><td><p>3,098</p></td><td><p>6,196</p></td><td><p>4,270</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ii.) EVHS</p></td><td><p>12,445</p></td><td><p>21,614</p></td><td><p>25,993</p></td><td><p>54,197</p></td><td><p>115,799</p></td><td><p>70,682</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iii.) EVCG sockets Installed</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iv.) WCS sockets Installed</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,656</p></td><td><p>4,522</p></td><td><p>6,257</p></td><td><p>11,093</p></td><td><p>11,891</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year ending</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>v.) ORCS</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>429</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td><p>303</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table notes:</p><p>- indicates data not collected as grant scheme not running in this time period</p><p>1) Zap-Map data counts charging devices publicly available at any given point, with decommissioned chargepoints removed from the data supplied to us. Therefore, the number of installed public chargepoints in each given year is likely to be higher as this accounts for the number decommissioned and removed from the data.</p><p> </p><p>2) The data across these sources and the columns in the table should not be summed to create a total as the public charging device statistics, EVHS and the ORCS statistics count charging devices whereas WCS and EVCG counts charging sockets, making them incompatible to sum together.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1st February 2023 there were 37,625 public charging devices in the UK according to data supplied by Zap-Map.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1st October 2022, the most recent public data available, there were 40,333 charging devices installed through Domestic Recharging Scheme (DRS), 335,190 charging devices installed through EVHS and 3,281 charging devices installed through ORCS. There were also 36,317 charging sockets installed through WCS and 972 charging sockets installed through EVCG.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 152221 question first answered 01/03/2023 08:05:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson