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date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Hydrogen: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many submissions to the second hydrogen allocation round her Department received by 19 April 2024; what the total production capacity of the projects in those submissions is; and if she will provide a breakdown of the locations of those projects by region.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Goodwill
uin	24437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Hydrogen Allocation Round 2 aims to award contracts of up to 875MW, subject to affordability and value for money, to help deliver our ambition of up to 1GW of electrolytic hydrogen production projects being in operation or in construction by 2025. The application window closed on 19 April with a significant increase in interest since Hydrogen Allocation Round 1, both in number and total capacity of projects. We intend to announce the number of applications and total production capacity following initial eligibility checks. In Autumn, we then plan to announce the number, location and total capacity of projects shortlisted for the due diligence and negotiations stage.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 08/05/2024 12:55:19 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1643710

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to reply to the correspondence of 26 April 2023 from the Rt hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby on Supplementary Estimate 2022/23 and Post-Implementation Reviews.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Goodwill
uin	188857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 21 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/06/2023 16:09:00 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1643711

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to reply to the correspondence of 24 May 2023 from the Rt. hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby on the time taken to complete full checks on EU SPS imports and on the EU’s Entry/Exit System and Short Strait agrifood flows.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Goodwill
uin	188858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>A reply was sent the hon. Member on 21 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/06/2023 16:13:21 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1537647

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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, what proportion of zero emission buses funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area scheme are manufactured outside of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Goodwill
uin	74602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>We are providing over £525 million dedicated funding for zero emissions buses (ZEBs) this Parliament, though a number of funding schemes:</p><ul><li>The Government awarded £50 million of funding to the West Midlands Combined Authority to support the Coventry All Electric Bus City. This funding will support the introduction of up to 300 electric buses.</li><li>£270 million funding was awarded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) which will support up to 1,278 zero emission buses. In London, government funding has supported the introduction of an estimated 600 ZEBs.</li><li>The Department will provide details on how the remaining £205 million of new funding will be used shortly. We will continue to explore how best to maximise the community benefits of future investment.</li></ul><p>Funding from other funding schemes, such as the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS), can also be used by local areas to support the introduction of ZEBs. In addition, the rate at which the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) can be claimed for ZEBs was increased from 6p to 22p per km in April 2022. This supports operators to introduce ZEBs by reducing the overall cost of ownership.</p><p>Table 1 below presents the estimated number of zero emission buses that have been funded in England since February 2020. Where available, information has been provided on the status of the buses and the name of the bus manufacturer has been included. The numbers in Table 1 are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Funding scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding awarded to</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. Buses</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bus manufacturer</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Kent County Council</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Leicester City Council</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>6 buses on the road 68 buses ordered 22 buses funded</p></td><td><p>6 buses on the road supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong 68 buses ordered from Wrightbus Bus manufacturer for 22 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Milton Keynes City Council</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Warrington Borough Council</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Norfolk County Council</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>North Yorkshire County Council</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth City Council &amp; Hampshire County Council</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Blackpool Council</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Nottingham City Council</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>12 ordered. 66 funded.</p></td><td><p>12 buses supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong. Bus manufacturer for 66 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>West Midlands Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>City of York Council</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>32 buses ordered 79 buses funded.</p></td><td><p>32 buses ordered from Wrightbus Bus manufacturer for 79 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Oxfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Electric Bus Town or City Scheme</p></td><td><p>West Midlands Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>Up to 300</p></td><td><p>130 buses ordered</p></td><td><p>130 buses ordered from Alexander Dennis Ltd <br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transforming Cities Fund</p></td><td><p>Leicester City Council</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18 buses on the road</p></td><td><p>Supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transforming Cities Fund</p></td><td><p>Liverpool City Region Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>20 buses ordered from Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transforming Cities Fund</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement</p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove Buses</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>First West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>Go North East</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire County Council</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>Stagecoach Manchester</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>The Big Lemon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Supplied by Harris Group and manufactured by Higer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local transport authority funding</p></td><td><p>Surrey County Council</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local transport authority funding</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Switch Mobility</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local transport authority funding</p></td><td><p>Transport for London</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,391</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2 below presents information on the estimated number of zero emission buses that have been funded in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since February 2020. The numbers in Table 2 are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Scheme </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Buses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Government funding for Wales through the Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welsh Government funding</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Zero Emission Bus challenge fund</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Executive Funding FY 2020-21</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Executive Funding FY 2021-22</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Executive Funding FY 2022-23</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 74599 74600 74601 74603 74604 74605 74606 74607 74608 74609 question first answered 08/11/2022 15:22:14 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1537648

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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, which non-UK manufacturers have received orders for zero emission buses through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area scheme.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Goodwill
uin	74603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>We are providing over £525 million dedicated funding for zero emissions buses (ZEBs) this Parliament, though a number of funding schemes:</p><ul><li>The Government awarded £50 million of funding to the West Midlands Combined Authority to support the Coventry All Electric Bus City. This funding will support the introduction of up to 300 electric buses.</li><li>£270 million funding was awarded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) which will support up to 1,278 zero emission buses. In London, government funding has supported the introduction of an estimated 600 ZEBs.</li><li>The Department will provide details on how the remaining £205 million of new funding will be used shortly. We will continue to explore how best to maximise the community benefits of future investment.</li></ul><p>Funding from other funding schemes, such as the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS), can also be used by local areas to support the introduction of ZEBs. In addition, the rate at which the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) can be claimed for ZEBs was increased from 6p to 22p per km in April 2022. This supports operators to introduce ZEBs by reducing the overall cost of ownership.</p><p>Table 1 below presents the estimated number of zero emission buses that have been funded in England since February 2020. Where available, information has been provided on the status of the buses and the name of the bus manufacturer has been included. The numbers in Table 1 are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Funding scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding awarded to</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. Buses</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bus manufacturer</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Kent County Council</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Leicester City Council</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>6 buses on the road 68 buses ordered 22 buses funded</p></td><td><p>6 buses on the road supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong 68 buses ordered from Wrightbus Bus manufacturer for 22 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Milton Keynes City Council</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Warrington Borough Council</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Norfolk County Council</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>North Yorkshire County Council</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth City Council &amp; Hampshire County Council</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Blackpool Council</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Nottingham City Council</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>12 ordered. 66 funded.</p></td><td><p>12 buses supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong. Bus manufacturer for 66 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>West Midlands Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>City of York Council</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>32 buses ordered 79 buses funded.</p></td><td><p>32 buses ordered from Wrightbus Bus manufacturer for 79 buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ZEBRA</p></td><td><p>Oxfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Electric Bus Town or City Scheme</p></td><td><p>West Midlands Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>Up to 300</p></td><td><p>130 buses ordered</p></td><td><p>130 buses ordered from Alexander Dennis Ltd <br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transforming Cities Fund</p></td><td><p>Leicester City Council</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18 buses on the road</p></td><td><p>Supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transforming Cities Fund</p></td><td><p>Liverpool City Region Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>20 buses ordered from Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transforming Cities Fund</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement</p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove Buses</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>Ordered</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>First West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>Go North East</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Supplied by Pelican &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire County Council</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>Stagecoach Manchester</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>The Big Lemon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Supplied by Harris Group and manufactured by Higer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local transport authority funding</p></td><td><p>Surrey County Council</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>Funded</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local transport authority funding</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>On the road</p></td><td><p>Switch Mobility</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local transport authority funding</p></td><td><p>Transport for London</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,391</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2 below presents information on the estimated number of zero emission buses that have been funded in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since February 2020. The numbers in Table 2 are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore subject to change.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Scheme </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Buses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Government funding for Wales through the Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welsh Government funding</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Zero Emission Bus challenge fund</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Executive Funding FY 2020-21</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Executive Funding FY 2021-22</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Executive Funding FY 2022-23</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 74599 74600 74601 74602 74604 74605 74606 74607 74608 74609 question first answered 08/11/2022 15:22:14 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
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1422801

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Plants: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the proportionality of the plant health regulatory regime for the import of seeds, plants and trees; and whether he has plans to revise that regulatory regime.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Goodwill
uin	125067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>High plant health and biosecurity standards keep harmful pests and diseases, like <em>Xylella fastidiosa</em>, out of the UK, benefiting both the horticultural trade and the environment in the long term. The UK has some of the highest plant health and biosecurity standards in the world, and we have been clear we will not compromise on these standards. They are integral to supporting and protecting the horticultural industry overall as well as sustaining our food supply and natural environment.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Plant Health Risk Group is continuously reviewing risks to plant biosecurity and identifying actions needed to mitigate the most significant threats. These include keeping our regulatory regime up to date, carrying out focused surveillance and inspections, contingency planning, research, and awareness raising as well as identifying areas where intervention would not be helpful or justified.</p><p> </p><p>Since plant health controls on high-priority plants and plant products imported from the EU to GB were introduced on 1 January 2021, 94 interceptions of harmful organisms have been made, which all had the potential to lead to a damaging outbreak in GB.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, more than 300 other instances of non-compliance have been identified.</p><p> </p><p>These cases demonstrate the importance of effective import controls to safeguard commercial plant production; protect food supply and avoid the serious impacts on our natural environment which pest/disease outbreaks can lead to.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently consulted on a permanent system of import checks and frequencies which will deal with imports from EU Member States and other third countries consistently.</p><p> </p><p>This system is based on technical assessments of risk and retains the default position of 100% inspections for imported plants and trees. However, it also considers cases where a lower percentage of checks can be adopted for certain categories of plants where there is an identifiable lower risk (examples could be annual plants, because they are short lived, or house plants, because they are kept indoors).</p><p> </p><p>The consultation closed in early 2022 and we expect to update stakeholders on the outcome of this consultation in March.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 28/02/2022 16:12:29 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1422764

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Plants: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to establish a plant health agreement with the EU for the export of seeds, plants and trees.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Goodwill
uin	125064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Defra is not looking to establish a specific plant health agreement with the EU</p><p> </p><p>The Trade and Cooperation Agreement includes a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) chapter which allows the UK and the EU to take a risk-based approach to our respective SPS border controls and provides a basis for cooperation on avoiding unnecessary barriers to trade.</p><p> </p><p>A key part of this is the Trade Specialised Committee, which is tasked with regularly reviewing the Parties' SPS measures, including certification requirements and border clearance processes, and their application, in order to facilitate trade between the Parties.</p><p> </p><p>We are open to discussions with the EU on additional steps to further reduce trade friction, but these cannot be on the basis of future alignment with EU rules. This would compromise UK sovereignty over our own laws.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 28/02/2022 12:26:25 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1422767

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Horticulture: Peat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to the ornamental horticulture and landscaping industry in the transition to peat-free plant exports.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Goodwill
uin	125066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Alongside publishing our consultation on ending the sale of peat and peat containing products in horticulture in England and Wales, we assessed the economic impact of each of the proposed measures. This assessment can be found at: <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/soils-and-peatlands/endingtheretailsaleofpeatinhorticulture/supporting_documents/Consultation%20Impact%20Assessment%20%20Ending%20the%20Retail%20Sale%20of%20Peat%20in%20Horticulture%20in%20England%20and%20Wales.pdf" target="_blank">Consultation Impact Assessment Ending the Retail Sale of Peat in Horticulture in England and Wales.pdf (defra.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/02/2022 16:43:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
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1402739

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
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 role of the bus industry in delivering the levelling-up agenda.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Goodwill
uin	103534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The National Bus Strategy published in March 2021 will help deliver better bus services for passengers across England, including through far-reaching reform of how services are planned and delivered, targeted fares reductions and bus priority measures. Enhanced Partnerships and Franchising arrangements will deliver more comprehensive services to drive forward the Government’s levelling-up agenda.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 20/01/2022 16:29:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
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1058908

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Intestacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people that die without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will were referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Mr Robert Goodwill
uin	219364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each financial year since 2012 is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>1455*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*to date</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/02/2019 09:23:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
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