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1673364

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of road conditions on motorists.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport works with local highway authorities and with National Highways to assess road surface condition across England annually. Local highway authorities undertake automated road condition surveys on their classified road networks, and their surveys identify road defects and provide an overall score of road condition. The latest data was published on gov.uk on 23 November.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s Network North plan, local highway authorities across England are set to benefit from the biggest ever increase in funding for local highway networks. The details of this £8.3 billion funding increase were set out in the Secretary of State’s Written Ministerial Statement of 20 November, and in his letter to Parliamentary colleagues.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 3782 question first answered 30/11/2023 13:58:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1672180

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend the maximum axle weights and gross vehicle weights derogation given to two and three axle electric HGVs to four and six axle electric HGVs.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 increased maximum gross vehicle weight limits for some zero emission four or six axle HGV combinations. Increases for other rigid four or six axle HGVs, or amendments to axle weight limits will result in increased road wear and may also damage infrastructure, and are not currently being pursued. However, bids have been invited by the Department for further research.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/11/2023 10:13:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1672269

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with fuel retailers on the level of fuel prices on motorways.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to him on 18 September to Question UIN <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-09-12%2F199075&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C2660b6296de14640b19908dbef330a68%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638366774717868304%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JSo1msnUHzrwsfmLZEMQEmxR4STL5xKaT4lWuYmzRJY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">199075</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 27/11/2023 10:58:28 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1672270

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the difference between fuel prices (a) on and (b) not on motorways.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to him on 18 September to Question UIN <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-09-12%2F199076&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cc01f205d84e542129e2708dbef331975%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638366774966308750%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GAmBTURF0mfgoCJjwmX9GEnBbaMP9FGVBtOGLPN5IO0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">199076</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 27/11/2023 11:02:51 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1672271

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the trend in the level of average fuel prices in the period between 25 October 2023 and 22 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department publishes <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fweekly-road-fuel-prices&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C24ff1425c98f448abf1608dbef33563a%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638366775988508553%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WulGTiPozVgFew6jet3AI7nVemQC%2F5tq6XFVJHtyQ60%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">average fuel prices for the UK</a> on a weekly basis. The average road fuel prices on 20 November in the UK were 150.5 pence per litre for petrol and 158.4 pence per litre for diesel. Both have decreased week-on-week, by -0.6 percent and –0.7 percent respectively) over the past month.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 27/11/2023 11:01:08 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1672273

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average price for fuel was at (a) motorway stations and (b) other petrol and diesel stations in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department publishes <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fweekly-road-fuel-prices&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C94cfed45a9264839391208dbef32f7c8%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638366774402864495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4pupZDQAkQ2o1Az9FUTGX314zPos%2FQW1vFuotPNyDaE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">average fuel prices for the UK weekly</a>, but the data is not collected at the granularity to determine prices for motorways compared to all other stations.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) road fuel market study found drivers without access to fuel cards are paying more at motorway service stations than elsewhere. This is due to limited competitive pressures and limited opportunities for customers to observe prices and shop around. Differences in ‘fixed’ and ‘variable’ costs, such as rent, staff wages and fuel volume sold also cause price variations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 27/11/2023 10:59:50 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1672295

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 27 September 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Markham) replied to the hon. Member on 24 November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/11/2023 16:53:10 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1671575

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) two and three-axle and (b) four and six-axle fully electric heavy goods vehicles were registered as of 20 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	2573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>At end of the June 2023, there were a total of 586 battery electric HGVs over 4,250kg. Of these, 351 have a 2 axle rigid body, 186 have a 3 axle rigid body and the remaining 49 fall into other categories, which includes non-standard and articulated wheel arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 23/11/2023 13:48:06 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1671576

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
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 increases in battery weights on the uptake of four and six axle electric heavy goods vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	2574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has already taken steps to support uptake of electric HGVs by increasing their maximum gross weight limit to reduce any payload loss compared to a diesel equivalent. <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2023%2F760%2Fcontents%2Fmade&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMollie.Johnson%40dft.gov.uk%7C18c5f64eecea4058d51008dbea81747d%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638361613953158012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xQSVwOzZ30xDPWVI9Ykk44tcKRl4zO4OrP81ka3vtvA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2023</a> came into force in July 2023, and there is an associated published <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2023%2F760%2Fimpacts&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMollie.Johnson%40dft.gov.uk%7C18c5f64eecea4058d51008dbea81747d%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638361613953158012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1R0M5e1fbxrXoFX9CXpSUHMrx%2BMfgeZV00BtVEDEDqc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">impact assessment</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also in the procurement process for a research project on weights and dimensions of zero emission HGVs. The project will provide an evidence base to inform policy discussions regarding weights and dimensions within the UK. The deadline for bids was on Sunday 19 November.</p><p> </p><p>Since the plug-in van grant was launched in 2012, it has supported over 40,000 electric vans and HGVs across the UK. There are now almost 60 models of electric vans and trucks eligible for grants. These include a wide variety of specifications, such as differing wheelhouses and roof heights, and benefit from lower running costs than internal combustion engine vans.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, to further increase the evidence base on performance of the largest zero emission HGVs, the Department’s £200m zero emission HGV and infrastructure programme will demonstrate zero emission HGVs and their associated charging and fuelling infrastructure at scale on UK roads. The four winning projects will roll out up to 370 zero emission HGVs, around 50 battery electric charging sites and up to 7 hydrogen refuelling stations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne grouped question UIN 2575 2576 question first answered 23/11/2023 13:52:11 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1671577

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the impact of battery weights on 4 and 6 axle electric HGVs on the payload they are able to carry to remain within maximum axle weights and gross vehicle weights.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	2575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has already taken steps to support uptake of electric HGVs by increasing their maximum gross weight limit to reduce any payload loss compared to a diesel equivalent. <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2023%2F760%2Fcontents%2Fmade&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMollie.Johnson%40dft.gov.uk%7C18c5f64eecea4058d51008dbea81747d%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638361613953158012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xQSVwOzZ30xDPWVI9Ykk44tcKRl4zO4OrP81ka3vtvA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2023</a> came into force in July 2023, and there is an associated published <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2023%2F760%2Fimpacts&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMollie.Johnson%40dft.gov.uk%7C18c5f64eecea4058d51008dbea81747d%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638361613953158012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1R0M5e1fbxrXoFX9CXpSUHMrx%2BMfgeZV00BtVEDEDqc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">impact assessment</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also in the procurement process for a research project on weights and dimensions of zero emission HGVs. The project will provide an evidence base to inform policy discussions regarding weights and dimensions within the UK. The deadline for bids was on Sunday 19 November.</p><p> </p><p>Since the plug-in van grant was launched in 2012, it has supported over 40,000 electric vans and HGVs across the UK. There are now almost 60 models of electric vans and trucks eligible for grants. These include a wide variety of specifications, such as differing wheelhouses and roof heights, and benefit from lower running costs than internal combustion engine vans.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, to further increase the evidence base on performance of the largest zero emission HGVs, the Department’s £200m zero emission HGV and infrastructure programme will demonstrate zero emission HGVs and their associated charging and fuelling infrastructure at scale on UK roads. The four winning projects will roll out up to 370 zero emission HGVs, around 50 battery electric charging sites and up to 7 hydrogen refuelling stations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne grouped question UIN 2574 2576 question first answered 23/11/2023 13:52:11 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson