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1718028

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to increase public awareness of the potential impact of changes in the (a) responsibilities and (b) role of Great British Rail on journey times.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	26246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is reforming the railways to ensure they are fit for the 21st century. Central to this is the establishment of Great British Railways (GBR).</p><p>The legislation needed to establish Great British Railways is currently undergoing pre-legislative scrutiny and we have published the Government’s response to the legislation consultation.</p><p>Once established, GBR will bring infrastructure, operations and strategic finance decisions together, better addressing customers whilst delivering a simpler and better railway.</p><p>In advance of legislation to establish GBR, we have reorganised DfT, creating an integrated Rail Services Group, bringing together most of Passenger Services and Rail Infrastructure Group, focussed on the day-to-day operational performance of the railway. This is part of paving the way to an integrated rail body which will put customers at the heart of decision-making.</p><p>Ministers regularly speak about rail reform and ahead of the creation of GBR, the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) has been created to lay the foundations for GBR while also promoting the benefits of rail reform including through the Great British Rail Sale initiative. The second Great British Rail Sale generated around £4.9m in savings for passengers, according to industry estimates, with around 580,000 tickets sold.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/05/2024 13:48:35 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1718039

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
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 merits of requiring local authorities to undertake local consultations before allocating funding through his Department's active travel schemes.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	26250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities already have a statutory requirement to consult on all highways schemes, including for active travel, in line with existing legislation such as the Equality Act (2010) and Road Traffic Regulation Act (1984). Additionally, Active Travel Fund guidance is clear that all schemes must be developed in consultation with local communities to enable a range of views to be considered and given due regard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/05/2024 14:30:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1717713

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of deploying battery-powered trains.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government expects electrification to play an important role in our programme to achieve our Net Zero 2050 target, which is why since 2010, more than 1,250 miles of electrification has been delivered in Great Britain, including over 900 miles in England and Wales in the last 11 years.</p><p>Alternative traction technologies, such as battery trains, will also play a key role in our approach to the decarbonisation of the rail network and our transition to net zero.</p><p>There are a number of trials by train operators involving battery technology currently underway such as those on TransPennine Express and Great Western Railway that will assess different battery and charging technologies.</p><p>New procurements where there is a demand for self-powered trains, such as Northern, will require suppliers to provide battery-electric solutions. Battery-powered trains for Transport for Wales and Merseyrail have been manufactured and are under test for operation on non-electrified parts of their routes.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/05/2024 14:30:23 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1717737

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
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 help support Great British Railways to reduce rail journey times.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is reforming the railways to ensure they are fit for the 21<sup>st</sup> century. Central to this is the establishment of Great British Railways (GBR).</p><p> </p><p>The Draft Rail Reform Bill, which is needed to establish GBR, is undergoing pre legislative scrutiny. Alongside this, we are delivering for passengers, freight customers and taxpayers now, for example simplifying ticketing and fares and introducing the Rail Freight Growth Target.</p><p> </p><p>Once established, GBR will bring infrastructure, operations and strategic finance decisions together, better addressing customers’ needs whilst delivering a simpler and better railway.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/05/2024 14:12:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1716921

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: 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 improve road (a) maintenance and (b) conditions in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>On 4 October 2023 the Prime Minister announced an unprecedented increase of £8.3 billion for local highway maintenance over the period from 2023/24 to 2033/34 to help fix the blight of potholes on our local highway networks up and down the country.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this, local highway authorities in the North West of England will receive in total a minimum funding uplift of £1.269 billion between 2023-24 and 2033-34. This includes an additional £19 million in both the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years to allow local highway authorities across the North West to make an immediate start on improving road conditions. Funding allocations for individual local highway authorities are published on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/05/2024 14:47:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1716924

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Commuters: North West
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 support those commuting by car between towns and cities in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Plan for Drivers, published last year, shows that the government is on the side of drivers, including measures to promote smoother journeys and cracking down on inconsiderate driving. We are also investing significantly in the strategic and local road network, including £8.5m allocated to roads across the North West from the third round of the Safer Roads Fund in March 2024, and £1.3bn investment through the Road Investment Strategy in enhancing, renewing and maintaining the Strategic Road Network in the North West in the period 2020 - 2023. In addition, the Network North announcement included an additional £3.3bn long term road surfacing fund for the North for the period 2023-2033. This is in addition to the local transport funding already allocated at the last Spending Review and to what local authorities were already expecting in the future.</p><p>Another significant step we have taken to support commuting by cars is, no increase in the main fuel duty rate since January 2011. Furthermore, recognising fuel price volatility, we cut five pence off fuel duty in March 2022. This was extended for another year in March 2023. This cut, along with the fuel duty freeze, saved the average car driver around £100 in 2023/24.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/05/2024 14:45:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1628088

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Petrol
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 potential impact of a ban on the sale of petrol cars on (a) carbon emissions and (b) levels of pollution in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	185346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>As a result of the significant reductions to carbon emissions from energy generation, transport is now the highest carbon emitting sector; cars accounted for more than 50% of emissions in 2019. Ending the sale of internal combustion engines, alongside setting intermediary zero-emissions vehicles sales targets leading up to 2035, is expected to reduce this by roughly 60% by 2035 and 98% by 2050, compared to 2019 levels. Vehicle emissions are also among the two largest controllable sectors for air pollution. Ending internal combustion engine sales will remove tailpipe air pollution produced by cars and vans, including some of the most harmful emissions such as PM2.5 and NOx.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/05/2023 09:17:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1628090

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what scientific basis he proposes to exclude vehicles that use energy sources other than electric battery power in his Department's strategy to reduce carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	185348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The decarbonisation of road transport is critical in helping the UK to meet its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and improving air quality. The Government takes a technology neutral approach, with the aim for all new vehicles to be zero emission in line with our phase out dates, without stipulating any particular energy source.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/05/2023 09:28:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1628092

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Petrol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic impact of a ban on the sale of petrol cars on the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	185350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not published an assessment of the economic impacts of a ban of the sale of petrol cars in the UK. However, the Department has published an assessment of the impacts of the first phase of the ZEV mandate, which mandates that 80% of new car and 70% of new van sales must be zero emission by 2030. This includes an assessment of the policy’s direct economic impacts, including social costs and benefits, on employment related to the manufacture of vehicles and development of the charging infrastructure network, and on drivers’ disposable incomes.</p><p>On 30 March 2023, the Department published a consultation on our final proposals for a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate and regulation of CO2 emissions for new cars and vans in the UK from January 2024. The accompanying consultation-stage cost benefit analysis sets out the economic impacts of the proposed regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 24/05/2023 09:50:17 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1628093

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Petrol
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 potential economic impact of ban on the sale of petrol cars on UK households (a) in the lowest decile for mean household wealth (b) at the mean household wealth and (c) in the highest decile for household wealth.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	185351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The impact assessment for the ZEV mandate demonstrated that, over time, running cost savings of electric vehicles outweigh capital costs over a reasonable ownership period. Just as many households don’t buy new petrol cars today, there is no expectation that anyone will be forced to buy a new ZEV car, with the expectation that many consumers, as now, will prefer to buy second-hand.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 24/05/2023 09:48:12 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore