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1535857

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date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she made of the potential impact of the proposed phase out of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles on (a) large L-category vehicle manufacturers and (b) the L-category vehicle manufacturing industry more broadly.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles was open to written responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement with manufactures. We are now analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with industry to ensure a prosperous future for L-category manufacturers in the UK. In February 2022, the Motorcycle Industry Association and Zemo Partnership published a government commissioned action plan “Realising the Full Potential of Zero Emission Powered Light Vehicles” to support the transition to zero emission L-category vehicles. The Government recently made £350,000 of funding available to grow the zero emission motorcycle supply chain in the UK that could lead to thousands of new jobs across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of lifecycle emissions is an important consideration as we seek to accelerate the transition to a zero emission fleet of road vehicles. Whilst there is no internationally recognised method of measuring lifecycle emissions in any transport sector, the Department’s Transport Energy Model, published in 2018, provides a clear assessment of the relative environmental impacts of different road vehicle technologies and fuels in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 71201 71202 71203 question first answered 01/11/2022 12:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1535860

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that L-category vehicle manufacturers are adequately prepared in preparation for the proposed phase out of the sale of new non-zero emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles was open to written responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement with manufactures. We are now analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with industry to ensure a prosperous future for L-category manufacturers in the UK. In February 2022, the Motorcycle Industry Association and Zemo Partnership published a government commissioned action plan “Realising the Full Potential of Zero Emission Powered Light Vehicles” to support the transition to zero emission L-category vehicles. The Government recently made £350,000 of funding available to grow the zero emission motorcycle supply chain in the UK that could lead to thousands of new jobs across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of lifecycle emissions is an important consideration as we seek to accelerate the transition to a zero emission fleet of road vehicles. Whilst there is no internationally recognised method of measuring lifecycle emissions in any transport sector, the Department’s Transport Energy Model, published in 2018, provides a clear assessment of the relative environmental impacts of different road vehicle technologies and fuels in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 71200 71202 71203 question first answered 01/11/2022 12:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1535861

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the (a) commercial viability for manufacturers and (b) affordability for consumers of current electric L3 category motorbikes, in the context of proposals to end the sale of new non-zero emission models.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles was open to written responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement with manufactures. We are now analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with industry to ensure a prosperous future for L-category manufacturers in the UK. In February 2022, the Motorcycle Industry Association and Zemo Partnership published a government commissioned action plan “Realising the Full Potential of Zero Emission Powered Light Vehicles” to support the transition to zero emission L-category vehicles. The Government recently made £350,000 of funding available to grow the zero emission motorcycle supply chain in the UK that could lead to thousands of new jobs across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of lifecycle emissions is an important consideration as we seek to accelerate the transition to a zero emission fleet of road vehicles. Whilst there is no internationally recognised method of measuring lifecycle emissions in any transport sector, the Department’s Transport Energy Model, published in 2018, provides a clear assessment of the relative environmental impacts of different road vehicle technologies and fuels in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 71200 71201 71203 question first answered 01/11/2022 12:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1535870

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will conduct a whole lifecycle emissions analysis as part of the consultation on ending the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles was open to written responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement with manufactures. We are now analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with industry to ensure a prosperous future for L-category manufacturers in the UK. In February 2022, the Motorcycle Industry Association and Zemo Partnership published a government commissioned action plan “Realising the Full Potential of Zero Emission Powered Light Vehicles” to support the transition to zero emission L-category vehicles. The Government recently made £350,000 of funding available to grow the zero emission motorcycle supply chain in the UK that could lead to thousands of new jobs across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of lifecycle emissions is an important consideration as we seek to accelerate the transition to a zero emission fleet of road vehicles. Whilst there is no internationally recognised method of measuring lifecycle emissions in any transport sector, the Department’s Transport Energy Model, published in 2018, provides a clear assessment of the relative environmental impacts of different road vehicle technologies and fuels in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 71200 71201 71202 question first answered 01/11/2022 12:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536001

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Deposit Return Schemes: Digital Technology
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 has taken to evaluate and trial Digital DRS technologies.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Digital DRS is an approach to DRS that is in its infancy and is still being tested and trialled, and for that reason it is not the right time to commit to a full scale digital DRS.</p><p> </p><p>We do recognise the benefits of a digital model and remain interested in seeing the continued testing of the feasibility for introducing a digital scheme in the future.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/11/2022 18:24:37 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536007

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Deposit Return Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is planning to introduce a Deposit Retention Scheme in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>In its 2019 manifesto, HM Government committed to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers to incentivise people to recycle more and to reduce littering of in-scope containers. HM Government has consulted twice on the introduction of a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and further details will be set out in the Government response to the 2021 consultation. We are working towards publication of the Government response in late 2022.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/11/2022 18:11:01 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536020

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps their Department has taken to help protect passengers from harassment on public transport.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Everyone has the right to feel safe when travelling and using public spaces and we are determined to improve the safety of our transport network.</p><p> </p><p>In March this year, the Violence Against Women and Girls Transport Champions published 13 recommendations on how we can improve the safety of women and girls on the transport network. Safe access to transport networks should be embedded in the core objectives of all that we do, and progressing these recommendations will make the network more welcoming not just to women and girls, but also to all transport users.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A national <em>Sexual Harassment on Rail</em> campaign went live in August 2021, based around a zero-tolerance approach to unwanted sexual behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The British Transport Police launched the Railway Guardian app in July 2022. The app provides rail passengers with a one-stop-shop containing tools and advice to assist in their safe travel across the railway.</p><p> </p><p>The National Bus Strategy made clear that the sector should strive for the highest safety standards, upheld by the Traffic Commissioners. The Department was clear that Bus Service Improvement Plans should also demonstrate how Local Transport Authorities and bus operators will work together to ensure that bus services are safe and perceived to be safe by all.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 02/11/2022 10:49:13 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536048

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have been retro-fitted to improve energy efficiency since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities and other responsible bodies carry out regular improvement works at schools across the country. The Department does not hold central records of all these individual projects. Since 2019 the Condition Improvement Fund has provided funding for 5,036 projects at eligible schools and sixth form colleges.</p><p>In addition to this, between 1 January 2019 and 1 October 2022, 230 schools were rebuilt or significantly refurbished under the Priority School Building Programme, a Department funded and delivered school building condition improvement programme. All projects adhered to the Department’s design specification for schools and improved their energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/11/2022 13:59:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536063

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of electric heaters bought for use in schools since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The Department does not buy centrally on behalf of schools, so does not hold the information about the number of electric heaters that have been bought since 2019. Schools are autonomous and have the freedom to make their own buying decisions based on individual needs and circumstances.</p><p>More information on buying guidance and procedures for schools is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buying-procedures-and-procurement-law-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buying-procedures-and-procurement-law-for-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/11/2022 14:04:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536072

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to review the current policy and delivery method of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department continually monitors the policy and delivery of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/11/2022 13:46:33 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse