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1141354

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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 bring forward legislative proposals on the regulatory reform of the taxi and private hire industry.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	281068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward legislation in line with the commitments made in the response to the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing when time allows<strong>.</strong> We encourage licensing authorities to make full use of their extensive existing powers to protect passengers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 16:27:37 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1147911

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the need for regulatory reform in the taxi and private hire industry.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	293659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials at the Department for Transport meet regularly with representatives of the Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle sector to discuss a wide range of issues. Quarterly information on ministerial meetings is published at: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/789fd6df-87a9-4144-bc59-62b0b84e59f0/department-for-transport-ministerial-and-special-adviser-meetings-with-external-organisations-including-meetings-with-newspaper-and-other-media-proprietors-editors-and-senior-executives" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/789fd6df-87a9-4144-bc59-62b0b84e59f0/department-for-transport-ministerial-and-special-adviser-meetings-with-external-organisations-including-meetings-with-newspaper-and-other-media-proprietors-editors-and-senior-executives</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/10/2019 13:24:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1156222

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform taxi and private hire licensing laws; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	5072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is taking robust action and will introduce national standards with Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Safeguarding Guidance, standardised checks, and enhanced enforcement. We will also pursue a national database. We intend to set out shortly these national standards which will safeguard passengers by monitoring adoption levels and engaging with authorities that do not follow them.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/10/2019 17:27:34 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1173417

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his policy on the Task and Finish group report on Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing is the same as the previous Government's as published in its February 2019 response to that report.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	8393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the Task and Finish Group report on taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing, set out its commitment to taking action where needed, to ensure a safe and well-functioning taxi and PHV sector, meets the needs and expectations of its passengers. This is still the Government’s position. We will shortly be issuing Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Standards.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/01/2020 17:58:11 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1174888

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to issue new statutory taxi hire standards.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	10420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>We will shortly be issuing Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Standards to licensing authorities, on protecting passengers and updated best practice guidance for other matters that will follow later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/02/2020 15:18:48 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1176108

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2020 to Question 10420, what the timeframe is for the publication of the Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Safeguarding Guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	12412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 4 February, to Question UIN 10420.</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-01-30/10420/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-01-30/10420/</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 10/02/2020 11:19:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1185806

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport for London: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, what discussions he is having with the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) on ensuring TfL's financial viability; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	30847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>Ministers and officials at the Department for Transport maintain regular contact with Transport for London and the Mayor’s office to discuss a range of matters, including financial issues, around transport in London during the Covid-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/03/2020 13:14:53 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1187527

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Key Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) licensed London taxi drivers and (b) other taxi and private hire drivers are classified as key workers for the purposes of Government guidance during the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	34380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Taxi and private hire drivers should not generally be considered Critical Workers. Those undertaking Home to School transport or the transport of ‘extremely vulnerable’ people may be considered Critical Workers on a case-by-case basis. Critical Workers should also whenever possible make suitable arrangements for their children to stay at home; requests for children to attend school should be discussed with the school.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/04/2020 16:03:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1232993

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
	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 level of funding that would be required to decarbonise the maritime sector.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	87603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department has undertaken extensive research to consider the level of investment required for the UK’s domestic maritime sector to achieve net zero by 2050. This research comprises a range of scenarios assessing different policy options, including both costs and benefits, and has been published on Gov.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-maritime-plan-maritime-2050-environment-route-map" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-maritime-plan-maritime-2050-environment-route-map</a></p><p> </p><p>For the global shipping industry, research carried out by UMAS, part of UCL, and published in January 2020, suggests that the total cost to achieve global maritime decarbonisation may be in the region of £1.5 trillion, invested over the next thirty years, with the majority of that investment occurring in the production and supply of alternative fuels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 17/09/2020 15:42:39 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1242390

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
	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 the number of jobs that would be created through the provision of funding for maritime decarbonisation.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	102126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>In 2019, the Department published the Clean Maritime Plan, which noted the potential for clean economic growth in the UK as a result of the transition to zero emission shipping.</p><p>Alongside the Plan, the Department published an assessment of the potential economic opportunities from low and zero emission shipping. While this does not estimate the number of potential new jobs that could be created through the decarbonisation of the maritime sector, it identifies a large potential global market for the elements of alternative maritime fuel production technologies in which the UK has a particular competitive advantage (for example, upfront design), which could result in economic benefits to the UK of around £360–£510 million per year by the middle of the century.</p><p>Maritime UK has published its views that investment in maritime decarbonisation could in future create more than 15 thousand jobs as well as tens of thousands of jobs when considering the wider supply chain<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. Industry research estimates that in 2017 the UK maritime sector as a whole directly supported more than 220 thousand jobs for UK employees<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="https://www.maritimeuk.org/spending-review/bid/" target="_blank">https://www.maritimeuk.org/spending-review/bid/</a></p><p><sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> <a href="https://www.maritimeuk.org/documents/429/Maritime_UK_-_state_of_the_maritime_nation_report_2019_D17mVSQ.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.maritimeuk.org/documents/429/Maritime_UK_-_state_of_the_maritime_nation_report_2019_D17mVSQ.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 20/10/2020 15:18:31 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting