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date	17/07/2018
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
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 discussions his Department has had with the Department for Transport on that Department's proposal that all new streetlights should incorporate vehicle charging capability; and what financial provision will be made available to local authorities to cover the additional cost of such capability.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	164856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Officials in my Department have regular discussions with the Department for Transport on a range of issues that impact on local authorities, including the proposal that all new streetlights should incorporate vehicle charging capability and the financial implications for local authorities.</p><p>The proposed policy ambition for all new street lighting columns, where appropriately located, to include charging provision, was consulted on publicly. Grant funding is available for local authorities to install lamp post charging solutions via government’s On Street Residential Charging Scheme</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/07/2018 14:51:49 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

943164

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date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Red Diesel: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost to the Exchequer is of revenue foregone through the Red Diesel scheme.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	164857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The cost to the Exchequer of the rebate on red diesel duty rate is published along with other principal tax reliefs here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest estimate of the revenue foregone is £2.45bn in 2017/18 if compared with taxing all diesel fuel at the road fuel rate (57.95 pence per litre).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2018 11:09:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

943174

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date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Batteries: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many plants in the UK produce batteries for ultra low emission vehicles; and how many new such factories he estimates will be established in the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	164858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK has excellent capability in various aspects of the lithium ion battery supply chain and manufacturing process, and it also has a large scale automotive battery plant (current capacity around 2GWh per year), which was the first in Europe, in Sunderland owned by AESC (Nissan). This provides batteries for the Nissan Leaf, Europe’s best selling electric vehicle, (as well as the eNV200 van) and meets the majority of current UK assembled electrified vehicle battery demands with UK built batteries.</p><p> </p><p>Other UK companies are currently providing small scale specialist cells (AGM) or are assembling battery modules and packs from cells – including McLaren Applied Technologies, Williams Automotive Engineering, Cummins, RML, Hyperdrive, Delta, Ricardo, Potenza, Axeon. The UK also has emerging battery capability such as Johnson Matthey’s recent announcement of a UK demonstration plant that will aim to commercialise its new cathode technology</p><p> </p><p>The UK is well placed to grow this existing battery industry supported by the £246m Faraday Battery Challenge, as part of our Industrial Strategy, delivering new skills, innovations, and scale-up capability for UK companies.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 30/07/2018 13:01:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar