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registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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 steps he plans to take to ensure that people who own electric cars but do not have access to off-street parking will be able to charge their vehicles at home.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	107740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is supporting local authorities to deploy chargepoints for their residents without access to off-street parking to ensure this is not a barrier to drivers being able to realise the benefits of owning an EV. The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) is available to all UK local authorities, and has so far awarded funding to over 135 different local authorities, to install over 5,000 chargepoints. This year, £20 million is available under this scheme to ensure more local authorities and residents can benefit from the scheme.</p><p>A new Local EV Infrastructure fund will be made available to local authorities later in the 2022-23 financial year, which will facilitate the rollout of larger-scale chargepoint infrastructure projects across England.</p><p>Drivers without off-street parking at home can also take advantage of the Workplace Charging Scheme, which provides Government support of up to £350 towards the cost of installing a charge point socket for staff and fleet use, with a maximum of 40 sockets available per business. To date over 8,000 businesses have used this scheme to install over 19,000 chargepoint sockets. There are a growing number of solutions for drivers without private parking, such as initiatives like community charging, where those with personal chargepoints can share access with other residents.</p><p>The Government’s forthcoming EV Infrastructure Strategy will define our vision for the continued roll-out of a world-leading charging infrastructure network across the UK. The strategy will focus on how we will unlock the chargepoint rollout needed to enable the transition from early adoption to mass market uptake of EVs. We will set out our next steps to address barriers to private investment, and level up charge point provision. The strategy will clearly establish Government’s expectations for the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the planning and deployment of charging infrastructure alongside how we will intervene to address the gaps between the current market status and our vision, and how we will monitor progress.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 25/01/2022 11:12:42 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1287463

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways and Rapid Transit Systems: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding opportunities he plans to make available for investment in rail and light rail improvements.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	155464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>As part of the Spending Round in 2020 over £2 billion of funding has been confirmed in 2021-22 for rail services, which builds on the estimated £12.8 billion of support for transport services that the government has already committed to provide in 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the levelling-up agenda, the Government announced in January 2020 that it has pledged £500 million for the Restoring Your Railway Programme to start reopening lines and stations, regenerating local economies and improving access to jobs, homes and education.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2019 and 2024, approximately £38 billion has been allocated for investment in operations, maintenance and renewals of the rail network, of which around £20 billion is for Network Rail’s renewals programme.</p><p> </p><p>To date, the Government has announced over £150 million of emergency grant funding to support the Light Rail sector. This funding has ensured that light rail services continue to run throughout the pandemic, enabling essential journeys such as those made by NHS staff and other key workers.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the 2020 Budget and confirmed in the Spending Review, the government is investing £4.2 billion in the transport networks of eight city regions across England from 2022, including Greater Manchester. These intra-city transport settlements will be based on plans put forward by city regions and could be used to fund light rail improvements.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Transforming Cities Fund is a £2.5 billion fund focused on public and sustainable transport infrastructure. It is currently providing funding for light rail improvements in some cities, including Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 25/02/2021 13:32:01 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1144404

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government Rail Review, how much his Department (a) has paid Keith Williams and (b) plans to pay Keith Williams in total.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	286368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Keith Williams is not paid for his work on the Rail Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 12:47:03 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1144405

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) dates of and (b) attendees at meetings held by Keith Williams as part of the Government Rail Review.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	286369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Yes; a list of Keith Williams’ meetings with key stakeholders will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 13:51:52 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1144406

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost to the public purse of the Williams Rail Review.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	286370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Williams Rail Review is funded from the Department for Transport’s existing budget. Neither Keith Williams nor the members of the Expert Challenge Panel are being paid.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 13:24:50 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1144407

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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, if he will publish the data he used as part of a workforce planning session referred to by the Under Secretary of State for Transport in his oral evidence to the Transport Select Committee on 8 May on Train Operating Companies’ staffing levels at stations.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	286371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not publish any official statistics on train operating companies’ workforces. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publish information on the total number of employees for each train operating company in Great Britain. The ORR’s website can be found at: <a href="https://orr.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://orr.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 16:11:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1144409

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish workforce data showing the (a) headcount and (b) the full-time equivalence of staffing levels of each train operating company.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	286372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road publish information on the total number of employees for each train operating company in Great Britain. The Department does not publish any official statistics on Train operating companies’ workforce.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Total number of employees, 2018-19</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Train Operating Company </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Employees</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c2c</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caledonian Sleeper</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chiltern</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CrossCountry</p></td><td><p>1,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Trains</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Govia Thameslink Railway</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Central</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Railway</p></td><td><p>6,343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Anglia</p></td><td><p>3,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull Trains</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North Eastern Railway</p></td><td><p>3,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Overground</p></td><td><p>1,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyrail</p></td><td><p>1,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p>6,183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ScotRail</p></td><td><p>5,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southeastern</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Western Railway</p></td><td><p>5,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TfL Rail</p></td><td><p>1,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TfW Rail</p></td><td><p>2,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transpennine Express</p></td><td><p>1,258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Trains West Coast</p></td><td><p>3,724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Trains</p></td><td><p>2,834</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Additional years are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/compendia/toc-key-statistics/" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/compendia/toc-key-statistics/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 12:57:49 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1144410

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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, what estimate he has made of the number of railway stations staffed on a (a) full-time and (b) part-time basis.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	286373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold this information. Train operating companies are responsible for station operations and are therefore best placed to determine the appropriate level of staffing for each station.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 13:24:00 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1144411

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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, what the average number of hours is that part-time staffed railway stations are staffed.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	286374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold this information. Train operating companies are responsible for station operations and are therefore best placed to determine the appropriate level of staffing for each station.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 12:38:56 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1144412

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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, how many railway stations are unstaffed.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	286375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold this information. Train operating companies are responsible for station operations and are therefore best placed to determine the appropriate level of staffing for each station.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 13:29:18 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt