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1716102

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to increase the provision of fast chargers for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	24859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government and industry have supported the installation of over 61,000 publicly available charging devices. This is a 44% increase on last year. There are now more than 10,000 rapid charge points available.</p><p> </p><p>ChargeUK members have committed to investing more than £6 billion in developing and operating charging infrastructure before 2030.</p><p> </p><p>Going forward, the Government’s £381 million Local EV Infrastructure Fund is already supporting local authorities to deliver tens of thousands of local chargepoints and the £70 million Rapid Charging Fund pilot will future-proof electrical capacity at strategic locations</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 15/05/2024 13:21:52 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1716103

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to help sustainable aviation fuel producers meet levels of demand from airlines.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	24860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is supporting the development of a UK SAF industry to increase the supply of SAF in the UK.</p><p>We will introduce our SAF Mandate from 2025, which will secure demand, supporting investor confidence in UK SAF projects. It will incentivise the supply of SAF through the provision of tradable certificates with a cash value.</p><p>Thirteen projects have been awarded a share of £135m through the Advanced Fuels Fund, supporting them to reach commercial scale. Once at operational scale, funded projects could produce over 700,000 tonnes of SAF yearly. We have established a UK SAF Clearing House, which helps to remove barriers to new fuels coming to market.</p><p>We are also consulting on options to provide UK SAF producers with a revenue certainty mechanism, which will help provide greater certainty of future revenue and attract investment in commercial scale SAF plants within the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 15/05/2024 13:26:57 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1715291

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
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 implications for his policies of the report by the Centre for Economic Business Research entitled The pothole crisis is costing £14.4 billion a year in economic damage in England alone, published on 29 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	24394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government agrees that, whilst local road maintenance is the responsibility of individual local authorities, more that needs to be done to improve the condition of roads across the country.</p><p>That is why we’ve committed £8.3 billion extra from savings as a result of cancelling HS2 Phase 2 to help local councils fill potholes and resurface roads.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/05/2024 14:59:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1713871

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Global Positioning System
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 implications for his policies of recent reports that flights to and from the UK may have been affected by alleged Russian jamming of GPS systems.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	23683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Aviation remains among the safest forms of travel. There are several safety protocols in place to protect aircraft navigation and loss or denial of global positioning should not directly affect the safety of an aircraft. Nonetheless we continue to work with the Civil Aviation Authority and industry to mitigate any risks posed to aviation.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 01/05/2024 11:37:45 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1713878

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	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 safety of smart motorways; and what evidence was used to make that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	23688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The latest published safety data and assessment can be found in National Highways’ ‘<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fnationalhighways.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Frarb00qi%2Fsmart-motorways-third-year-progress-report-final.pdf__%3B!!HEBAkwG3r5RD!6bhlkKRUNBlSV9mhwEQVbN8WGuuQ4IWiBcHvWiQZv7_8mf_a13qNw0OcJ_SSnb1VjahFfcn228l6gRNLB5U_L6iIaUKAYirq9lsnY2o2YOCRIxFq%24&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRumika.Roy%40dft.gov.uk%7Ce3fcad9d473f4647ea0708dc69c96efd%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638501561345596466%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=TTaNb59EuDoR%2BhMgnzlFWHAJWN%2F6a%2FRg%2FPr2NJZ3h6M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Third year progress report 2023’</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, massive investment of millions of pounds has been spent to upgrade and improve the safety of all motorways. Ongoing assessment is being made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/05/2024 10:27:33 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1699960

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel and Roads: Finance
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 assessment of the potential implications for his policies of findings in SusTrans' Walking and Cycling Index 2023, published in March 2024, relating to people's opinions on relative funding for (a) road building schemes and (b) walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport options.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	20871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has noted the findings in this report and agrees that it is important that people should be able to choose how they make their everyday journeys. The Government is investing around £3 billion over the current Parliament in schemes to enable more people to choose walking, wheeling and cycling, which is more than any previous Government has invested. The Government also recognises the importance of local bus services and has announced over £4.5 billion to support and improve bus services in England outside London since 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 09:29:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1699983

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to increase staffing levels on trains to improve public safety.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	20872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The train operating companies, as employers, are responsible for ensuring there are adequate numbers of staff to suit their operational needs, which includes maintaining the safety of the public using their trains. The British Transport Police (BTP) is the national dedicated police force for the railways in England, Scotland and Wales. It also has responsibility for the London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, the Midland Metro tram system, Croydon Tramlink, Tyne and Wear Metro, Glasgow Subway and the IFS Cloud Cable car. We urge all passengers, to please report any incidents to the BTP either via its text-reporting service on 61016, its Railway Guardian App, online via its website, or in an emergency by dialling 999.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/04/2024 08:33:35 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1700002

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the cancellation of the northern leg of HS2.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	20878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is working with HS2 Ltd and its supply chain to assess the cost implications of the cancellation of HS2 Phase 2a and 2b. This work is ongoing and updates will be provided in future Parliamentary Reports on HS2.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/04/2024 07:58:00 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1700114

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent negotiations he has had with trade unions on planned train strikes.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	20883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has no role in negotiations. Negotiations must take place between the employer, which the Rail Delivery Group has done on behalf of the train operating companies (TOC), and the trade union. We remain committed to supporting those who are involved in resolving this dispute so that important workforce reforms can take place, supported by a fair pay deal. ASLEF remains the only TOC in a national level dispute causing disruption to passengers and impacting the economy. We continue to urge them to negotiate with industry.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/04/2024 08:01:13 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton