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1718494

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Uber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Uber on (a) passenger safety and (b) private hire and taxi laws.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	26521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Department for Transport Ministers regularly meet with taxi and private hire vehicle stakeholders, including Uber, to discuss a range of issues. Information on ministerial meetings is published quarterly at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dft-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/dft-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>. I attended a Parliamentary reception hosted by Uber in December 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/05/2024 15:59:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1718495

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Carbon Emissions
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 review the effectiveness of the Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, in the context of the omission of (a) taxis and (b) private hire vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	26522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>There is no omission - taxis and private hire vehicles are subject to the same end of sale dates as set by the Government for cars and vans. Plug-in grants will continue until at least financial year 2024/25 for taxis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/05/2024 16:01:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1716499

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Safety
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 help ensure passenger safety in the private hire sector.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	25280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to determine the requirements that must be met by all PHV operators, including Uber, although the Government issues guidance to assist them in carrying out this function.</p><p>The Government intends to legislate to enable the setting of national standards for taxi and PHV licensing, enhance licensing authority enforcement powers and establish a national licensing database when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 25281 question first answered 13/05/2024 16:03:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1716500

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of regulation of (a) Uber and (b) other private hire operators.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	25281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to determine the requirements that must be met by all PHV operators, including Uber, although the Government issues guidance to assist them in carrying out this function.</p><p>The Government intends to legislate to enable the setting of national standards for taxi and PHV licensing, enhance licensing authority enforcement powers and establish a national licensing database when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 25280 question first answered 13/05/2024 16:03:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1666840

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Insurance
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 potential impact of the Government's net zero policies on the cost of insurance for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	204046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The transition to zero emission vehicles is crucial to the decarbonisation of the transport sector. Electric vehicles offer most drivers savings in terms of lower running and maintenance costs. The Government is working closely with the insurance sector to ensure that the transition to zero emission vehicles is sustainable and cost effective. The insurance sector will continue to evolve in line with the growing EV market, and as data becomes more available to inform insurance premiums.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2023 07:23:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1611689

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
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 impact of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme on West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	181233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting the introduction of 4,000 zero emission buses and achieving an all zero-emission bus fleet across the entire UK. Across the UK, an estimated 3,400 zero emission buses have been funded so far.</p><p> </p><p>The West Yorkshire Combined Authority received £30.3 million from the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme which will support the introduction of 136 zero emission buses.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish the first report from the Department’s monitoring and evaluation project for the ZEBRA scheme, covering process evaluation of the pre-implementation phase of the project, in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 24/04/2023 11:58:58 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1351585

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 reduce the number of fatalities on roads in Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	41046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Road safety is a priority for the Government and the Department for Transport is working with road safety stakeholders to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads. We have some of the safest roads in the world, but the Government is not complacent and there is more work to be done.</p><p>As part of our in Safer Roads funding to help reduce the number of deaths and serious injury on England’s 50 most dangerous roads, North Yorkshire County Council benefitted from a total of £11.5 million to improve four roads.</p><p>The Government is also currently progressing a review into roads policing and traffic enforcement. This review will not only highlight where police forces are doing good work, it will show what more can be done to improve road safety.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 06/09/2021 14:28:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1349687

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Commuters: Morley and Outwood
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 reduce the average commuter time for residents in the Morley and Outwood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	38343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) programme is a multi-billion-pound investment and the Government’s largest single investment in upgrading the country’s existing railway in the next five years. TRU will deliver extensive reliability, capacity and journey time improvements across the key east to west route, from Manchester Victoria to York, via Morley. Network Rail continue to progress development and design of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 07/09/2021 14:12:33 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1349694

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Morley and Outwood
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 upgrade trains which travel through Morley and Outwood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	38347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>All Northern’s fleet travelling through Morley and Outwood constituency will either be new or refurbished trains with the digital upgrades due to be completed by 31 December 2021.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 07/09/2021 14:14:27 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1348026

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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: Driving Tests
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 when the backlog of large good vehicles licence testing will be cleared.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	35783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>DVSA meet regularly with the vocational training industry to understand the current and future demand for vocational driving tests so that the Agency can better plan the additional capacity that is needed. DVSA are currently making available an average of 3,000 vocational tests per week compared to 2,000 pre-pandemic.</p><p>Operational steps to further increase capacity have been recently announced and, subject to a forthcoming consultation, additional regulatory measures will significant add further to test capacity. Regular progress updates will be made available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/07/2021 15:24:02 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns