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1233725

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Sweden
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's guidance on travel corridors during the covid-19 outbreak, what plans he has to include Sweden on that list.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	88925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Sweden was added to the Travel Corridors list on Saturday 12 August.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 21/09/2020 13:44:01 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1420404

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bristol Airport: Road Traffic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment of the potential effect of the extra Bristol Airport runway on traffic in Bath and North East Somerset.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	119731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of airports across the UK making best use of their existing runways.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on the Bristol Airport planning appeal was made by an independent Planning Inspector following a Public Inquiry which considered the traffic and environmental impacts.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 119732 question first answered 14/02/2022 12:19:08 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1420406

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bristol Airport: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment on the potential effect of the new Bristol Airport runway on carbon emissions in Bath and North East Somerset.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	119732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of airports across the UK making best use of their existing runways.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on the Bristol Airport planning appeal was made by an independent Planning Inspector following a Public Inquiry which considered the traffic and environmental impacts.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 119731 question first answered 14/02/2022 12:19:08 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1489002

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airlines: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) dates of meetings between Ministers in his Department with airline operators since 2 May 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	36060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with airline operators. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 19/07/2022 13:07:07 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1003640

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Charities
	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 effect of implementing the EU Directive set out in Regulation EC No. 1073/2009 on local charity groups who provide free or reduced cost transport.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	189776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>EC Regulation 1073/2009 deals with access to the international market for coach and bus operations. It includes within its provisions, a legal basis so that vehicles from the European Union can operate in the United Kingdom. It does not cover passenger accessibility issues nor non-commercial operations such as local charity groups.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 189777 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:51:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1003644

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that implementing Eu Directive set out in Regulation EC No.1073/2009 will not prevent people with a disability from accessing local transport services.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	189777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>EC Regulation 1073/2009 deals with access to the international market for coach and bus operations. It includes within its provisions, a legal basis so that vehicles from the European Union can operate in the United Kingdom. It does not cover passenger accessibility issues nor non-commercial operations such as local charity groups.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 189776 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:51:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518847

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Fares
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to maintain the range of rail fares currently set by Government following the statutory creation of GBR.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	58918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We protect passengers by setting the maximum amount by which regulated fares can increase year-on-year.</p><p>We have been clear we want to simplify the current mass of complicated fares and tickets, whilst protecting affordable turn up and go tickets and season tickets.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:58:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518898

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Trains: Batteries and Hydrogen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the first (a) hydrogen, and (b) battery train will be in commercial operation on the rail network.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	58958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the start of 2019, the department has provided over £4m funding through Innovate UK-run First of a Kind competitions for new traction technologies which will help decarbonise the railway.</p><p> </p><p>Great Western Railway has signed a deal which will see the first battery-only train enter scheduled passenger service on the Greenford Line on the UK rail network next year, also trialling Vivarail’s new fast charger. The trial is supported by £2.15m funding from the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of specific hydrogen trains on the UK rail network has not been confirmed yet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 15:37:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518899

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she will publish the review of the introduction of flexible season tickets.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	58960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is conducting a 12-month review of the flexible season tickets to evaluate their impact. The report is being finalised and we intend to publish the findings in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:57:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1519019

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Trains: Diesel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new diesel four car units have been introduced to the rail network in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	59122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Between 2015 and 2022, 389 units were ordered that are fitted with diesel engines, 66 of those units comprise of four passenger vehicles with the remainder of the units ordered comprising of two, three, five and nine passenger vehicles. Greater Anglia introduced 24 Class 755/4 units with four passenger vehicles into service in 2019, the remaining 42 units for West Midlands Trains and Transport for Wales are currently in build or on test.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 389 self-powered units ordered between 2015 and 2022, 175 were diesel only, and 214 are bi/tri-mode units and are trains that have the ability to operate from diesel, overhead line or battery power as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:59:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse