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1435560

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: North West
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 increase the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in (a) St Helens Metropolitan Borough, (b) Merseyside and (b) the North West.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	129831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>Building on the £1.9 billion from Spending Review 2020, the Government has committed an additional £620 million to support the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). The additional funding will support the rollout of charging infrastructure, with a particular focus on local on-street residential charging, and targeted plug-in vehicle grants.</p><p> </p><p>The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) is available to all UK local authorities (LAs) to provide public chargepoints for their residents without access to private parking and £20 million is available this financial year under the scheme to ensure more LAs and residents can benefit. Further local authority support is funded by the Department for Transport and administered by Energy Saving Trust, who offer free expert advice and support to LAs throughout the application process.</p><p> </p><p>As of 01 January 2022, local authorities in the North-West of the UK have been awarded over £520,000 through the ORCS, to install 166 chargepoints across the region.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Local EV Charging Infrastructure Fund will facilitate the rollout of larger scale chargepoint infrastructure projects across England for local areas. Details of how local EV charging will be supported will be announced in due course.</p><p> </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 clearly establish government’s expectations for the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders. LAs have a key role in planning and enabling the delivery of chargepoints to meet the needs of their local communities and areas, with particular focus on supporting those who do not have access to off-street parking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 02/03/2022 10:56:31 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1435561

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aeroflot: EU Countries
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 his European counterparts on prohibiting Aeroflot flights from operating in the territory and airspace of those countries.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	129761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has had recent discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart. Officials from the Department for Transport have engaged with European counterparts on airspace restrictions. Following the UK’s decision to restrict UK airspace to all Russian aircraft (both scheduled and non-scheduled) on 25 February 2022, the European Union announced it would restrict all EU airspace to Russian aircraft from 27 February 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 02/03/2022 11:01:04 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1435562

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to local authorities in (a) Merseyside and (b) the North West region to (i) encourage public uptake in electric vehicles and (b) ensure appropriate infrastructure is in place to facilitate increased usage.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	129832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>Building on the £1.9 billion from Spending Review 2020, the Government has committed an additional £620 million to support the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). The additional funding will support the rollout of charging infrastructure, with a particular focus on local on-street residential charging, and targeted plug-in vehicle grants.</p><p> </p><p>The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) is available to all UK local authorities (LAs) to provide public chargepoints for their residents without access to private parking and £20 million is available this financial year under the scheme to ensure more LAs and residents can benefit. Further local authority support is funded by the Department for Transport and administered by Energy Saving Trust, who offer free expert advice and support to LAs throughout the application process.</p><p> </p><p>As of 01 January 2022, local authorities in the North-West of the UK have been awarded over £520,000 through the ORCS, to install 166 chargepoints across the region. This includes 68 chargepoints delivered by Liverpool City Council, and 40 which are being installed by Wirral Council.</p><p> </p><p>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 clearly establish government’s expectations for the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders. LAs have a key role in planning and enabling the delivery of chargepoints to meet the needs of their local communities and areas, with particular focus on supporting those who do not have access to off-street parking.</p><p> </p><p>Government is further incentivising the uptake of EVs through the Plug in Vehicle Grants accessible to LAs to convert their fleets and to members of the public to help reduce the up-front purchase price of EVs. These grants have been in place for over a decade and in 2020 Government announced a further a £582 million for the plug-in car, van, motorcycle and taxi grants to 2022/23, and additional funding for targeted incentives has been made available in November 2021. Since 2011, the plug-in vehicle grants have supported over 430,000 ultra-low emission vehicles, of which over 290,000 are zero emission vehicles (ZEVs).</p><p> </p><p>To date, the plug-in car grant has provided over £1.3 billion to support the early market for ultra-low emission vehicles. In 2021 industry statistics show that battery electric vehicles were more 11.6% of the new car market, up 76.3% on 2020.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 02/03/2022 10:59:28 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1435571

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there is an adequate supply of rest areas for HGV drivers.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	129895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need to ensure hauliers have access to appropriate services and facilities.</p><p>We are aware of the concerns expressed by many HGV drivers about the provision, quality and value of lorry parking in the UK. We have announced £32.5 million in new funding to improve roadside facilities for hauliers and are undertaking a new National Lorry Parking Survey supported by direct industry engagement to help identify where improvements are most needed. We continue to engage with key stakeholders to encourage the development of safe, secure and high-quality lorry parking.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework already sets out that local planning policies and decisions should recognise the importance of providing overnight lorry parking facilities, taking into account any local shortages, to reduce the risk of parking in locations that lack proper facilities or could cause a nuisance.</p><p>The Government recently published a Written Ministerial Statement to reinforce the importance of providing hauliers with access to parking and services.</p><p>The Department for Transport continues to work with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUCH) to highlight the criteria and consideration for lorry parking with Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 03/03/2022 11:16:50 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1435581

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies, restrictions and mask mandates.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	129769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>I can confirm that following the publication of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-living-with-covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19 Response: Living with COVID-19</a> plan on 21 February the Department for Transport and its Agencies has taken steps to ensure our internal Covid-19 policies and principles align with the latest Government guidance.</p><p>This includes the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19" target="_blank">Working Safely during Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance</a> published on 24 February. This continues to require organisations to carry out a risk assessment which includes the risk from COVID-19. It also sets out additional actions organisations can take to protect employees and customers in the workplace, such as ensuring adequate ventilation, frequent cleaning, asking people to wash their hands frequently and asking people with COVID-19 to stay away. The guidance advises that people continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed settings where they come into contact with people they do not normally meet, when rates of transmission are high.</p><p>These principles align with the current advice provided by the Department and will support and reassure our employees that they can continue to return to the workplace in a safe and controlled way. Our policies will be updated to reflect any further changes in Government advice. This includes where there may be differences in approach in the devolved administrations. <br></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/03/2022 10:55:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1435657

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Russian ships dock at UK ports each year to (a) refuel or (b) restock.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	129872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>In 2020, there were 400 voyages (an arrival to a port where cargo is unloaded, or a departure from a UK port where cargo has been loaded) where cargo was either loaded or unloaded at a UK port by 81 unique Russian vessels (flagged, owned or managed by Russia/Russian companies as at latest fleet information available).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 03/03/2022 09:59:08 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1436063

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 24 March 2021 (HL14132), when they will announce the process for securing a private sector development partner for the Southern Railway Link to Heathrow Airport.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>Government intends to provide an update alongside publication of the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline, which is expected shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 04/03/2022 14:46:05 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1436067

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Liquefied Natural Gas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to increase the number of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled ships in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>Natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) offers the potential for large reductions in all air pollutant emissions but limited GHG savings when compared to incumbent fuels (heavy fuel oil, marine diesel oil).</p><p>Our Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, launched in March 2021, allocated over £23m of research and development funding to 55 projects across the UK, including projects exploring internal combustion engine technology that is capable of using zero emission fuels like hydrogen, methanol and ammonia. The competition also supports projects on green shipbuilding, placing the UK at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of zero emission vessels.</p><p>As set out in the Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener (October 2021), we will extend the CMDC to a multi-year programme. We will publish details of any future competitions in due course, including guidance for applicants.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 09/03/2022 11:43:03 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1435125

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect of E10 fuel on (a) emissions and (b) fuel consumption.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	129121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>E10 has been the industry agreed standard for petrol since 2013, and the reference fuel against which new cars are tested for emissions and performance since 2016. The impact assessment published alongside the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and the Biofuel (Labelling) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021, which introduced E10, estimates that the change from E5 unleaded petrol to E10 is expected to reduce CO<sub>2 </sub>emissions by around 0.7 to 0.8 megatonnes per year. Switching from E5 to E10 is understood to have a relatively small impact on fuel economy of around 1-2 % and this was factored into the impact assessment. There are many factors that influence fuel consumption, making the effect of E10 difficult to assess on the basis of anecdotal evidence or monitoring. The Regulations mandating E10 petrol across Great Britain came into force just last September and will be the subject of a regulatory review considering its impacts, conducted within five years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 02/03/2022 11:23:19 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1435158

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) deaths have resulted from individuals driving cars purchased while not holding a valid driving licence since 2012.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	129264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 01/03/2022 12:32:42 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden