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1288001

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Planning Permission: Cultural Heritage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of strengthening protection for heritage in the planning system.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	156369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the ongoing protection of the historic environment. In our recent Planning for the Future White Paper, we have set out our intention to review and update the planning framework for listed buildings and conservation areas, to ensure their significance is conserved while allowing, where appropriate, sympathetic changes to support their continued use and address climate change.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:48:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1288002

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) recent progress he has made on and (b) future plans he has to electrify rail networks in the north of England.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	156370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>We are continuing to progress development and design of the TransPennine Route Upgrade, including the examination of the case for full electrification of the route. The electrification of the Midland Main Line, from Market Harborough to Nottingham and Sheffield, is also currently being examined by the Department and Network Rail and is at an early stage of development.</p><p> </p><p>Electrification of the rail network will be an important part of how we will decarbonise the railway and meet net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Therefore, the Department will consider further electrification schemes with Network Rail to ensure that they can be delivered efficiently and affordably.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/02/2021 12:53:28 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1288003

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern Transport Acceleration Council
	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 merits of basing the Northern Transport Acceleration Council in the north of England.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	156371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department has established the Northern Transport Acceleration Council, an advisory forum to progress and unblock existing priority transport projects, to speed up the delivery of vital infrastructure projects and connect communities across the North’s towns and cities. It has successfully brought together leaders from across the north of England to meet and engage with Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>Given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, meetings have so far been held online. However, we look forward to engaging with leaders in the North in person as soon as it is safe to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The council is supported by a small secretariat team of officials based in the North. They work alongside regionally based area leads and DfT’s Acceleration Unit to connect with local transport authorities and northern leaders.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/03/2021 13:01:13 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1288005

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
	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 merits of expanding the English national concessionary travel scheme to enable eligible people to travel on bus services prior to 9:30am.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	156373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Under the terms of The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme a holder of a concessionary bus pass is able to travel between 09.30am and 11.00pm on weekdays and all day at weekends and on Bank Holidays</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England have the power to offer additional local concessions, such as extending the hours of the concession, and three quarters of authorities already do so.</p><p> </p><p>This area is kept under review. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme costs around £1 billion annually so any changes, such as extending the concession to include morning peak time travel, would need to be carefully considered for their impact on the scheme’s financial sustainability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 01/03/2021 17:12:38 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1288004

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of retrospectively applying the temporarily reduced rates of stamp duty to house purchases completed between 23 March and 7 July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	156372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The temporary SDLT relief was designed to stimulate immediate momentum in a property market where property transactions fell by as much as 50 per cent during the COVID-19 lockdown in March. This has also supported the jobs of people whose employment relies on custom from the property industry, such as retailers and tradespeople.</p><p> </p><p>The relief applies to sales that have been completed or substantially performed before 31 March 2021 and will not be backdated for those who purchased a property before the relief was introduced.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2021 12:21:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy