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1732755

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of buses operating in London that were made in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	8237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number or proportion of buses operating in London that were made in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 14/10/2024 09:16:51 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1732763

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an recent assessment of the potential merits of extending the plug-in grant for vans.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	8238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The plug-in van grant has been in place since 2012 to help reduce up-front purchase costs, supporting almost 90,000 zero emission vans and heavy goods vehicles across the UK. Plug-in vehicle grants will continue for vans, trucks, motorcycles, taxis and wheelchair accessible vehicles until at least the end of the current financial year.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 18/10/2024 08:28:22 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1731922

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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, if she will publish advice for local transport authorities on best practice for on-street charging.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	7565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>To support best practice in local charging infrastructure strategy and delivery, including on-street, the Government has funded local authority electric vehicle (EV) officers and a dedicated EV infrastructure training course. These officers receive expert advice and guidance through a central support body and can access extensive information via a regularly updated online EV knowledge repository. The Government will continue to publish further guidance for local authorities on EV charging as required.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 14/10/2024 08:03:50 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1724199

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential (a) cost of and (b) return per pound spent on each scheme in the (i) Strategic Road Network and (ii) Major Road Network and Large Local Major Programmes (A) that is at (1) planning and (2) construction stage and (B) the cancellation of which was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in her statement on Spending inheritance on 29 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	2143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>The total estimated cost of committed schemes in the Roads Investment Strategy (RIS) at planning stage (excluding Lower Thames Crossing) is £8.5 billion, and for schemes under construction the total is £4.1 billion. The total estimated cost of the schemes in the Major Road Network (MRN) and Large Local Major (LLM) Programmes at planning stage is £6.2 billion and for schemes under construction the total is £1.2 billion. The value for money of the enhancement schemes in the second RIS programme (RIS2), including those already completed, is estimated to be “medium”. Based on an average of the available data, the indicative value for money of the MRN/LLM programme is estimated to be “high”.</p><p> </p><p>For the RIS schemes cancelled in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s statement the details are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Scheme</p></td><td><p>Estimated capital cost</p></td><td><p>Value for Money</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A303 Stonehenge</p></td><td><p>£2349m</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A27 Arundel</p></td><td><p>£630m</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A27 Worthing and Lancing</p></td><td><p>£26m</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Value for Money information for A27 Worthing and Lancing is unavailable as the precise scope of the scheme had not yet been determined.</p><p> </p><p>No schemes in the MRN/LLM programme were cancelled in the Chancellor’s statement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 03/09/2024 13:04:52 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1723004

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Fares
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 22 July 2024 to Question 459 on Bus Services: Concessions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of ending the Get around for £2 bus fare scheme this year on levels of (a) national and (b) regional bus use, broken down by bus operator.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport published an interim report on the £2 fare cap in September 2023 setting out emerging trends in key outcomes from the first two months of the scheme. It is available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fevaluation-of-the-2-bus-fare-cap%2F2-bus-fare-cap-evaluation-interim-report-february-2023.&amp;data=05%7C02%7CDfTSpecialAdvisers%40dft.gov.uk%7Ce54d94e1cefc4b10049908dcac884137%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638574948408121988%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eJSip9TIfdvphyFrHIOLl7Va0NcG%2Feet3LJETfKhfro%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-2-bus-fare-cap/2-bus-fare-cap-evaluation-interim-report-february-2023.</a></p><p> </p><p>Bus patronage appears to be continuing to recover following the COVID-19 pandemic, and people making additional bus trips with the £2 bus fare cap in place are likely to be existing bus users and make a small number of additional trips.</p><p> </p><p>DfT is considering the overall value for money of the £2 fare cap as part of our ongoing evaluation, which will continue over the coming months and provide richer conclusions on its effects and people’s attitudes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 25/07/2024 14:32:57 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1722533

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Fares
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 22 July 2024 to Question 459 on Bus Services: Concessions, whether she plans to extend the Get around for £2 bus fare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The government is urgently considering the most effective ways to ensure public transport services are reliable and affordable. We will conclude this as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood grouped question UIN 1041 question first answered 25/07/2024 14:27:33 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1722535

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport
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 22 July 2024 to Question 459 on Bus Services: Concessions, what her Department's planned timetable is for concluding its urgent consideration on the future of public transport services.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The government is urgently considering the most effective ways to ensure public transport services are reliable and affordable. We will conclude this as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood grouped question UIN 1040 question first answered 25/07/2024 14:27:33 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1721957

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Abellio Greater Anglia and c2c: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for the expansion of contactless ticketing to (a) C2C and (b) Greater Anglia services.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>We have committed to expanding Pay As You Go (PAYG) contactless ticketing to a further 47 stations in the South East by the end of the year, with 6 stations on the Chiltern railways line having already gone live in June.  This expansion will include the entire c2c network where passengers will benefit from a better ticketing offer. Further details of any wider expansion of PAYG will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 23/07/2024 14:58:46 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1721959

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
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 estimate she has made of when each project funded through the most recent round of Safer Roads Funding will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>The latest rounds of the Safer Roads Fund are rounds 3A and 3B. Round 3A was funded in April 2023 to the total of £47.5 million and was granted to 25 Local Authorities to improve 27 roads. Round 3B was funded in March 2024 to the total of £38.3 million and was granted to 14 Local Authorities to improve 17 roads.</p><p>As Round 3 is still newly funded, local authorities are in the design phase of their schemes. Estimated completion dates are submitted to the Department as part of the Local Authorities' application process with most of round 3 schemes stating 2-3 years from design stage to completion. This would predict between 2025 and 2026 for completion.</p><p>The Department estimates that groundworks on many of the schemes will begin soon and Department officials will remain in contact with the local authorities, offering support throughout the lifetime of their scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 23/07/2024 10:44:56 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1721744

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending the Get around for £2 bus fare scheme this year on bus use (a) nationally, (b) regionally and (c) by operator.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>Delivering reliable and affordable public transport services for passengers is one of my top priorities as I know how important this is for passengers and for local growth. The government is urgently considering the most effective and affordable ways to deliver on these objectives.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 22/07/2024 13:19:49 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden