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672731

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
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 rapid charging points will be introduced in (a) England and (b) London in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019 and (iv) 2020; and what methodology was used to determine those figures.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	59924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supporting an increase in provision of electric vehicle chargepoints as part of its programme for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs). At Autumn Statement 2016, the Chancellor announced additional funding of £80m for charging infrastructure (including rapid charge points) for the period 2017 to 2020 and Government is considering how best to allocate this funding to meet the needs of drivers and deliver value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, Highways England has £15m to expand the existing rapid chargepoint network to ensure that across 95 per cent of the strategic road network there will be a chargepoint at least every 20 miles. As part of this, Government will be working with Highways England to understand current and future demand on England’s strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p>Transport for London’s July 2015 ULEV Delivery Plan committed to deliver 300 rapid charge points by 2020, with 150 by 2018, to meet the expected demand from taxis and commercial fleets. The government is supporting this ambition with a total of £12.6m of funding. Many chargepoints will be introduced by Local Authorities and the private market in England or London in the coming years.</p><p> </p><p>In order to help meet demand from commercial vehicles, fleets and employee cars, the Government’s Workplace Charging Scheme (£7.5m) provides funding towards the purchase and installation costs of electric vehicle chargepoints for eligible UK companies. This support is in addition to the Government’s UK-wide Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme, to provide funding towards the installation of a dedicated domestic chargepoint, for electric vehicle drivers with access to off-street parking. The Government’s On-Street Residential Charging Scheme (£2.5m), is also available to Local Authorities in the UK to provide up to 75% of the funding towards the installation of on-street chargepoint in residential areas without off-street.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 59925 59939 question first answered 20/01/2017 10:52:26 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

672732

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
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 (a) funding is available and (b) steps have been taken to support the introduction of a rapid charging network infrastructure for electric vehicles capable of supporting commercial demand for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	59925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supporting an increase in provision of electric vehicle chargepoints as part of its programme for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs). At Autumn Statement 2016, the Chancellor announced additional funding of £80m for charging infrastructure (including rapid charge points) for the period 2017 to 2020 and Government is considering how best to allocate this funding to meet the needs of drivers and deliver value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, Highways England has £15m to expand the existing rapid chargepoint network to ensure that across 95 per cent of the strategic road network there will be a chargepoint at least every 20 miles. As part of this, Government will be working with Highways England to understand current and future demand on England’s strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p>Transport for London’s July 2015 ULEV Delivery Plan committed to deliver 300 rapid charge points by 2020, with 150 by 2018, to meet the expected demand from taxis and commercial fleets. The government is supporting this ambition with a total of £12.6m of funding. Many chargepoints will be introduced by Local Authorities and the private market in England or London in the coming years.</p><p> </p><p>In order to help meet demand from commercial vehicles, fleets and employee cars, the Government’s Workplace Charging Scheme (£7.5m) provides funding towards the purchase and installation costs of electric vehicle chargepoints for eligible UK companies. This support is in addition to the Government’s UK-wide Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme, to provide funding towards the installation of a dedicated domestic chargepoint, for electric vehicle drivers with access to off-street parking. The Government’s On-Street Residential Charging Scheme (£2.5m), is also available to Local Authorities in the UK to provide up to 75% of the funding towards the installation of on-street chargepoint in residential areas without off-street.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 59924 59939 question first answered 20/01/2017 10:52:26 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

672733

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the AA, RAC, RAC Foundation, Institute of Advanced Motoring, Police Federation, Fire Brigades Union and Royal College of Emergency Medicine on introducing a lower drink-driving limit in England and Wales as an effective and cost effective way of reducing road deaths; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	59933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>My officials have met with these groups and heard their rationale for supporting a lower drink driving limit. However, the Government believes that rigorous enforcement and serious penalties for drink drivers are a more effective deterrent than changing the drink driving limit.</p><p> </p><p>A fundamental review on drink and drug driving was commissioned in 2009. My Hon Friend can read the coalition government’s response here, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-governments-response-to-the-reports-by-sir-peter-north-cbe-qc-and-the-transport-select-committee-on-drink-and-drug-driving" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-governments-response-to-the-reports-by-sir-peter-north-cbe-qc-and-the-transport-select-committee-on-drink-and-drug-driving</a>, with which this Government agrees.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 59938 question first answered 19/01/2017 16:03:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

672734

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence
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 the recent report by Public Health England on the significant increased risk of a crash occurring when a driver has above 40mg alcohol per 100ml blood.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	59938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>My officials have met with these groups and heard their rationale for supporting a lower drink driving limit. However, the Government believes that rigorous enforcement and serious penalties for drink drivers are a more effective deterrent than changing the drink driving limit.</p><p> </p><p>A fundamental review on drink and drug driving was commissioned in 2009. My Hon Friend can read the coalition government’s response here, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-governments-response-to-the-reports-by-sir-peter-north-cbe-qc-and-the-transport-select-committee-on-drink-and-drug-driving" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-governments-response-to-the-reports-by-sir-peter-north-cbe-qc-and-the-transport-select-committee-on-drink-and-drug-driving</a>, with which this Government agrees.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 59933 question first answered 19/01/2017 16:03:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

672735

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Greater London
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 number of electric vehicle charging points that will be required to meet the predicted demand for (a) commercial and (b) consumer electric vehicles in London.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	59939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supporting an increase in provision of electric vehicle chargepoints as part of its programme for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs). At Autumn Statement 2016, the Chancellor announced additional funding of £80m for charging infrastructure (including rapid charge points) for the period 2017 to 2020 and Government is considering how best to allocate this funding to meet the needs of drivers and deliver value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, Highways England has £15m to expand the existing rapid chargepoint network to ensure that across 95 per cent of the strategic road network there will be a chargepoint at least every 20 miles. As part of this, Government will be working with Highways England to understand current and future demand on England’s strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p>Transport for London’s July 2015 ULEV Delivery Plan committed to deliver 300 rapid charge points by 2020, with 150 by 2018, to meet the expected demand from taxis and commercial fleets. The government is supporting this ambition with a total of £12.6m of funding. Many chargepoints will be introduced by Local Authorities and the private market in England or London in the coming years.</p><p> </p><p>In order to help meet demand from commercial vehicles, fleets and employee cars, the Government’s Workplace Charging Scheme (£7.5m) provides funding towards the purchase and installation costs of electric vehicle chargepoints for eligible UK companies. This support is in addition to the Government’s UK-wide Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme, to provide funding towards the installation of a dedicated domestic chargepoint, for electric vehicle drivers with access to off-street parking. The Government’s On-Street Residential Charging Scheme (£2.5m), is also available to Local Authorities in the UK to provide up to 75% of the funding towards the installation of on-street chargepoint in residential areas without off-street.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 59924 59925 question first answered 20/01/2017 10:52:26 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

672736

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote the development of low carbon vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>We have one of the most comprehensive packages of support for ultra low emission vehicles in the world out to 2020, which includes grants for vehicles and infrastructure as well as for Research &amp; Development. We are investing £600m announced in the spending review 2015 plus £270m announced in the 2016 Autumn Statement to ensure we stay on track of almost all cars and vans being zero emission by 2050. We have also proposed new powers to improve the provision of electric vehicle infrastructure for inclusion in the forthcoming Modern Transport Bill to regulate technical standards of infrastructure to ensure easy compatibility with vehicles, and to require clear and consistent pricing information.</p><p> </p><p>Government recognises that hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) have the potential to play a significant role, in decarbonising road transport. We are helping initiate the hydrogen for transport market in the UK by providing £5m for an initial network of 12 hydrogen refuelling stations, the majority of which are now complete and publically accessible and enabling vehicle manufacturers to deploy FCEVs. In addition the Government has a £2m programme to support both public and private sector fleets to become early adopters of FCEVs.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 59979 question first answered 18/01/2017 12:28:52 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672737

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Kingston upon Hull
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of 11 May 2016, Official Report, column 621, how much of the £1.4 million referred to has been spent to date; and if he will provide a list of what that funding has been allocated to.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	59965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The £1.4m investment has been pledged by TransPennine Express to provide improved customer facilities including brand new toilets, waiting room and additional high quality retail units for Hull Paragon station. In addition the Franchisee will also be providing an additional facility in the form of a customer information point, bringing back into use a currently redundant part of the station. The full £1.4m will be spent in the 2017/18 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/01/2017 16:23:12 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

672739

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support the development of hydrogen vehicles in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>We have one of the most comprehensive packages of support for ultra low emission vehicles in the world out to 2020, which includes grants for vehicles and infrastructure as well as for Research &amp; Development. We are investing £600m announced in the spending review 2015 plus £270m announced in the 2016 Autumn Statement to ensure we stay on track of almost all cars and vans being zero emission by 2050. We have also proposed new powers to improve the provision of electric vehicle infrastructure for inclusion in the forthcoming Modern Transport Bill to regulate technical standards of infrastructure to ensure easy compatibility with vehicles, and to require clear and consistent pricing information.</p><p> </p><p>Government recognises that hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) have the potential to play a significant role, in decarbonising road transport. We are helping initiate the hydrogen for transport market in the UK by providing £5m for an initial network of 12 hydrogen refuelling stations, the majority of which are now complete and publically accessible and enabling vehicle manufacturers to deploy FCEVs. In addition the Government has a £2m programme to support both public and private sector fleets to become early adopters of FCEVs.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 59977 question first answered 18/01/2017 12:28:52 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672180

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to implement the proposed SMarT Plus scheme to encourage trainees to enter the merchant navy.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	59752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government supports maritime training through the £15 million Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) budget. We are currently reviewing the provision of that support. Last year we commissioned two pieces of research which are relevant - the Seafarer Projections research and the SMarT Review. I have received the SMarT Plus proposal from the UK Chamber of Shipping and Nautilus and it will be considered as part of the process. A decision on the future funding arrangement will be made once we have fully considered all options.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/01/2017 09:13:39 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

672181

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to the Support for Maritime Training scheme in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	59753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The planned allocation of funding for the Support for Maritime Training scheme in 2017-18 is £15 million.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/01/2017 09:17:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty