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1701271

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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: Manchester Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed HS2 station at Manchester Airport will be constructed according to the design set out in the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill; and what the estimated cost of the construction is.
tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
uin	21985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The government is seeking to adapt the High Speed Rail (Crewe-Manchester) Bill to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) only, removing scope south of the Parish of Millington and Rostherne, which was included only for HS2. A motion to formalise the point of truncation will be brought to the House and a supplementary environmental statement will be produced.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Network North Command paper, up to £12 billion in 2023 prices has been retained to deliver NPR scope between Manchester and the Parish of Millington and Rostherne. The funding has not been disagregated further.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 21986 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:30:59 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

1701272

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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: Manchester Metrolink
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost is of the proposed Manchester Metrolink infrastructure in the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill.
tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
uin	21986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The government is seeking to adapt the High Speed Rail (Crewe-Manchester) Bill to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) only, removing scope south of the Parish of Millington and Rostherne, which was included only for HS2. A motion to formalise the point of truncation will be brought to the House and a supplementary environmental statement will be produced.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Network North Command paper, up to £12 billion in 2023 prices has been retained to deliver NPR scope between Manchester and the Parish of Millington and Rostherne. The funding has not been disagregated further.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 21985 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:30:59 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

1701274

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund and Rapid Charging Fund
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 extend funding for the (a) rapid charging fund and (b) Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund beyond April 2025.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	21972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund is providing £381 million funding to support local authorities in England to work with industry and transform the availability of electric vehicle (EV) charging for drivers without off-street parking.</p><p> </p><p>On the 6 December, a £70m pilot for the Rapid Charging Fund opened for applications, focused on motorway service areas in England. Alongside the pilot, a consultation on the main fund was also launched. Evidence gathered from the consultation will be used alongside the learning from the RCF pilot in the development of the RCF main fund. The RCF main fund will open in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Government will continue to assess whether further support is required to ensure the continued rollout of EV infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 13:49:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1701275

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether annual funding for the plug-in grant for cars has been reallocated to other funding pots since its expiry.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	21973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>This grant closed in 2022, there has been no allocated funding since that point.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 13:52:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1701304

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles vehicles in the Government Car Service fleet drove in financial years (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24; and how many vehicles were in the fleet at the end of each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	21943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Please see below in relation to fleet mileage and numbers. Figures for the fleet mileage for the financial year 2023/2024 are not available. This is due to the legacy reporting system used by GCS no longer being supported by the Department for Transports IT suite. Figures for 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 are available as they have had been produced in previous years. The figures for fleet numbers have been collated manually.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet mileage</p></td><td><p>793,836.00</p></td><td><p>838,113.00</p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of vehicles</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Given the ongoing security context, demand for Ministerial cars has naturally increased. New cars are also purchased before older models are disposed of to ensure operational resilience and we anticipate at least 10 cars will be disposed of in the coming months. Our budget for new cars has remained consistent over recent years and we continue to take into account value for money for the taxpayer, bearing down on costs wherever possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 19/04/2024 13:54:36 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1701372

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Old Oak Common Station: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with (a) Great Western Railway and (b) Network Rail on disruption to rail services to and from Wales during the construction of Old Oak Common Station.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	21951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is working with Network Rail, HS2 Ltd, Transport for London and Great Western Railway (GWR) to minimise disruption to rail passengers during Old Oak Common construction. Some GWR services will be diverted to London Euston, providing GWR passengers access to a central London terminal with numerous onward travel connections. Passengers could alternatively use Ealing Broadway station, as they did successfully during the December 2023 engineering works.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/04/2024 15:45:50 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1701379

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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, whether the Government supports local authorities in their provision of (a) lollipop men and women and (b) other road safety measures for children.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The provision of the school crossing patrol service is a matter for the local authority. Legislation gives local authorities the power to make arrangements for the patrolling of places where children cross roads, on their way to or from school, but does not impose a duty on them to do so.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/04/2024 15:41:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1701396

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the A1 between Newark and Grantham is due to be resurfaced.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	21907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Whilst there are no currently planned schemes to resurface the A1 between Newark and Grantham, it is inspected on a weekly basis and appropriate action is taken to address any safety critical defects within 24 hours.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/04/2024 15:39:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1701416

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the report on the study commissioned his Department on the inclusion of electrification in the renewable transport fuel obligation.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	21974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Last year the Department commissioned independent research into potential regulation-based options that may be required to support the continued rollout of public electric vehicle chargepoints from mid-2020s, including their opportunities, risks and likely impact. This research is still in progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 13:46:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1701535

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Insurance
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 the Financial Conduct Authority on the regulation of car insurance premiums.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	22123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate car insurance premiums. However, the Government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under the FCA rules.</p><p> </p><p>Department for Transport officials regularly liaise with representatives of the motor insurance industry on a variety of issues such as the cost of insurance. It is the responsibility of individual motor insurers to set their premiums and the terms and conditions of their policies, and the Government does not intervene in or seek to control the market.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 10:21:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran