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1224348

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the proportion of customers using face masks on trains.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	73945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport receives regular data from Network Rail and operators about the proportion of customers wearing face coverings on trains. The Office for National Statistics also conducts a weekly survey to track the proportion of people declaring they wear a face covering on public transport. Their survey shows significant public support for the measure - of those adults who had used public transport in the past seven days, 89% had worn a face covering while doing so across all of Great Britain. This rate was the same in England.</p><p> </p><p>To help encourage enforcement of the requirement, Police and TfL enforcement officers have been deployed across the network to support frontline transport staff. Not everyone can wear a face covering, for various reasons, which is why we would not expect 100% compliance with the policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 20/07/2020 14:18:13 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1224350

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking ensure that funding from his Department for the ultra-low emissions bus scheme is released to transport operators by September 2020 to protect jobs in that sector.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	73876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme (ULEBS) awarded £48 million across 19 local authorities and bus operators, and will support 263 zero emission buses and infrastructure. To release the funding to operators, government must be presented with evidence of purchase of the vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>More recently the Government has announced £5 billion of new funding to overhaul bus and cycling links across England outside of London, which includes funding for at least 4,000 new zero-emission buses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/07/2020 15:09:42 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1224377

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Renewable Fuels
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 support the commercialisation of sustainable aviation fuel in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	73710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>To help overcome barriers to the production of sustainable fuels for aviation on a commercial scale, the Department’s Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition (F4C) makes capital funding available. As part of the competition we are currently supporting two projects to build plants capable of supplying advanced fuels for use in aviation.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), a certificate trading scheme, promotes a market for low carbon fuels. Sustainable aviation fuels are eligible for support under the RTFO and are categorised as a development fuel, so potentially benefit from a higher tradeable certificate value.</p><p> </p><p>On 12 June the Department announced the Jet Zero Council to create a partnership between industry and Government and bring together Ministers and CEO-level stakeholders to drive high ambition in the delivery of new technologies and innovative ways to cut aviation emissions. The Council will be jointly chaired by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for BEIS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/07/2020 15:47:31 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1224380

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Electric Motors
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 support research into (a) improving aircraft efficiency and (b) new technologies to enable electric and hybrid powered flight.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	73711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The focus of our policy development and analysis to date has been on ways to meet our 2050 net zero carbon commitment. We have not specifically made an assessment of the savings that could be made if the focus were the next five or ten years, but we continue to develop policies to reduce emissions over both the short term and the medium term.</p><p> </p><p>The Transport Secretary recently announced the Jet Zero Council, which will provide leadership and strategic direction to cut aviation emissions. The Council will focus on developing UK capabilities to deliver zero emission flight.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Aerospace Growth Partnership, Government and industry are committing a total of £3.9bn in funding for mid-stage aerospace research and development between 2013 and 2026.</p><p> </p><p>DfT’s Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition makes £20 million of capital funding available for projects that will produce low carbon waste-based fuels for use in aircraft and heavy goods vehicles. This government funding will be matched by the private sector, and is expected to support construction of first-of-a-kind plants by 2021. The sustainable aviation fuel produced in these plants is expected to have emissions savings of at least 70% when compared to traditional jet fuel.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 73713 question first answered 22/07/2020 13:40:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1224383

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for airspace modernisation.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	73712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Airspace modernisation is vital to the future of aviation, to delivering net zero and, now, to supporting the aviation sector’s recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a critical infrastructure programme of national importance.</p><p> </p><p>However, in light of the pandemic, we recognise that the timescales in which airspace modernisation will take place will change. We are working with the CAA to review the Airspace Modernisation Strategy, to consider the recommendations from ACOG’s recent report ‘Remobilising the Airspace Change Programme’, and will advise stakeholders of our preferred approach in the early Autumn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/07/2020 13:35:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1224388

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Renewable Fuels
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 carbon emissions reductions that could be achieved in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years from (i) more sustainable aviation fuels, (ii) more efficient aircraft, (iii) hybrid and electric flight and (iv) airspace modernisation.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	73713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The focus of our policy development and analysis to date has been on ways to meet our 2050 net zero carbon commitment. We have not specifically made an assessment of the savings that could be made if the focus were the next five or ten years, but we continue to develop policies to reduce emissions over both the short term and the medium term.</p><p> </p><p>The Transport Secretary recently announced the Jet Zero Council, which will provide leadership and strategic direction to cut aviation emissions. The Council will focus on developing UK capabilities to deliver zero emission flight.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Aerospace Growth Partnership, Government and industry are committing a total of £3.9bn in funding for mid-stage aerospace research and development between 2013 and 2026.</p><p> </p><p>DfT’s Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition makes £20 million of capital funding available for projects that will produce low carbon waste-based fuels for use in aircraft and heavy goods vehicles. This government funding will be matched by the private sector, and is expected to support construction of first-of-a-kind plants by 2021. The sustainable aviation fuel produced in these plants is expected to have emissions savings of at least 70% when compared to traditional jet fuel.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 73711 question first answered 22/07/2020 13:40:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1224430

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
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 most recent Appraisal Summary Tables for all the capital enhancement schemes in the Road Investment Strategy 2.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	73744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest approved Appraisal Summary Tables for enhancement schemes included in the second Road Investment Strategy are being published by Highways England on whatdotheyknow.com.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 20/07/2020 15:43:21 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1224451

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Coronavirus
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 prevent individuals form removing their face coverings on public transport.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	73761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <ul><li><p>The regulation makes it mandatory for passengers to wear a face covering, if they are able to, whilst travelling on public transport in England. We are working closely with operators to ensure passengers follow this requirement closely but recognise that reasonable adjustments need to be made to allow people to eat or drink if necessary or they have a medical need to do so, to take essential medication, or there is a medical emergency.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>If someone is not complying with the regulations, operators have new powers under the Public Health Act 1984 to deny access to a service or to direct someone to leave a service if they do not wear a face covering when asked to. As a final step, operators are able to involve police, including the British Transport Police, where there is a clear breach of the rules without a reasonable excuse.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/07/2020 12:55:35 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1224457

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Information Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure public access to the Zipabout Passenger Connect service.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	73950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Zipabout <em>Passenger Connect</em> service is freely available through the National Rail Enquiries (NRE) <em>Alert Me</em> service for anyone to sign up to via the website link (here: <a href="https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/208333.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/208333.aspx</a>). The Department is working with NRE on increasing the visibility and promotion of the messaging service on the website and app.</p><p> </p><p>Work is underway currently to consider how we can roll out similar services to users of other public transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 20/07/2020 14:33:09 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1224514

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the newly appointed non-executive directors of HS2 are; and what their (a) responsibilities and (b) remuneration packages are.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	73677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has appointed Ian King, Elaine Holt and Tom Harris. All non-executive directors are appointed to provide challenge and guidance to the Board, Chair and senior leadership at HS2, though each brings their own specialisms. Ian King has been appointed specifically to represent the government’s interests on the board.</p><p> </p><p>Appointees are remunerated at £950 per day, on an assumption of a time commitment of two days per month.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/07/2020 15:01:04 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan