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1611152

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to reintroduce the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	180781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) is now closed and has been replaced by the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2023 09:44:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1585063

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: 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 been made of the potential merits of standardising free travel arrangements for people over 60 across England.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	141547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme is a scheme that provides free off-peak bus travel for those of pensionable age (currently 66) in England. Expenditure on the scheme was around £896m in 2021/22. Local Authorities are already able to provide free travel for the over 60s at their own discretion, funded by local resources. We receive a number of requests to expand the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme and need to carefully consider the financial impact of expanding the scheme on the public purse.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2021 National Bus Strategy we committed to a review of a number of aspects of concessionary travel, including the appeals process, reimbursement guidance and the reimbursement calculator and we plan to undertake this work in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For rail travel, the Senior Railcard is available for the over 60s, offering one third off a wide range of tickets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/02/2023 10:29:05 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1583571

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) train and (b) bus operators on restoring the acceptance of (i) the Key Card and (ii) other forms of electronic ticketing.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	139277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Following the publication of the National Bus Strategy, my Department continues to work with representatives from the bus industry and local authorities to ensure they have the right technical, commercial, marketing and governance arrangements to design and deliver smart, multi-operator bus ticketing.</p><p> </p><p>Schemes may make use of existing smartcard and smartphone ticketing. However, the Strategy recognises many users will wish to use their contactless bank cards, with fare capping in place.</p><p> </p><p>My Department also works with and encourages the wider rail industry to further roll out advances in ticketing and retailing to make travel more convenient.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 08/02/2023 10:17:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1583572

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gatwick Express Railway Line
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 effect on (a) tourism in Brighton and (b) travel via Gatwick Airport of levels of reliability of the Gatwick Express from London Victoria to Brighton.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	139278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>I recognise the impact reliability has on commuters and leisure travellers. From a tourism perspective, we have seen a strong recovery on the Brighton route, and at Gatwick Airport. Performance in recent weeks has unfortunately been impacted by a number of incidents including flooding, infrastructure issues and trespass incidents, as well as industrial action. Improving performance is a key area of focus for Govia Thameslink Railway, Network Rail and the Department.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2023 09:53:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1419570

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roundabouts: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department produces a list of the most dangerous roundabouts in England.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	117872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not produce a list of the most dangerous roundabouts in England.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 09/02/2022 10:21:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1404368

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
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 1 July 2021 to Question 23300 on Road Traffic Offences, when he plans to bring into effect (a) the provisions of Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act allowing local authorities in England to introduce School Streets and other measures and (b) accompanying statutory guidance; whether he has issued guidance to local authorities on the exercise of those powers; and what estimate he has made of when local authorities will be able to exercise those new powers.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	107665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The regulations giving effect to the moving traffic enforcement powers under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 are scheduled to be laid on 27 January, and planned to come into force on 1 June. Local authorities wanting to undertake civil enforcement of moving traffic contraventions, including prescribed traffic signs for use at school street schemes, will need to apply to the Secretary of State for an Order to be made designating the council as the enforcement authority in their area.</p><p> </p><p>To assist local authorities in preparing their applications in the meantime, the Department wrote to local authorities in August 2021 with an Advice Note and sent out supplementary advice in September 2021, including a list of traffic signs subject to moving traffic enforcement. Subject to Parliamentary approval of the regulations, we plan to publish statutory guidance in late March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Depending on initial uptake, it may be necessary to deliver Designation Orders in tranches. We plan to lay the first Designation Order as soon as practicable after the regulations mentioned above come into force to enable enforcement to commence in practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/01/2022 16:23:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1379523

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to bring forward an independent review on the (a) economic, (b) safety, (c) privacy and (d) environmental impacts of the proposed expansion in domestic drone use for (i) civil, (ii) military, (iii) commercial and (iv) other purposes.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	76792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department is currently considering recommendations from two separate independent reports from the Regulatory Horizons Council (RHC) in November 2021 and the Taskforce on Innovation Growth and Regulatory Reform (TIGRR) in May 2021. These independent reports reviewed domestic drone use.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department is currently consulting on the future of flight that includes domestic drone use. This builds on the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 that included provisions to ensure safe drone use. The future of flight consultation will close on 22 November 2021 and will give consideration of the responses, alongside the recommendations of the reports, to develop a legislative and regulatory framework to allow for wider market and public use of new aviation technology (including drones) in a safe, secure and sustainable way.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/11/2021 14:19:28 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1379524

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) financial and (b) other resource support the Government has provided to the drone industry to assist integrating drones operating beyond visual line of sight into UK airspace; and what plans he has for the future of drone use in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	76793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>Government is working with and supporting industry to develop the drone industry. A key programme is the Future Flight Challenge that is a joint government and industry investment of £300m to develop greener ways to fly, such as all-electric aircraft and deliveries by drone, by advancing electric and autonomous flight technologies.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, government supports specific focused projects such as the £1.2m Drone Pathfinder Catalyst Programme that looks to support integrating drones into UK airspace by bringing together drone providers and end users to demonstrate innovative drone use cases, helping to inform regulatory development; and the Civil Aviation Authority’s Innovation Hub sandbox supports the testing and trialling of innovative unmanned aircraft operations and flights beyond visual line of sight to take place in a safe environment and in collaboration with the regulator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/11/2021 16:54:51 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1341302

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Enforcement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for implementing Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 to enable traffic authorities outside London to carry out civil enforcement of moving traffic offences including those needed for school streets schemes.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	23300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>We plan to introduce the regulations to commence Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 in December. Once the powers are commenced, local authorities wanting to undertake civil enforcement of moving traffic contraventions, will need to apply to the Secretary of State for an Order to be made, designating the council as the enforcement authority in their area.</p><p>Work is underway on drafting statutory guidance,<em> </em>which we plan to publish in tandem with the regulations coming into force. In addition, we will issue advice to local authorities shortly, to enable them to prepare their applications in the meantime, ready for when the powers come into force.</p><p>The Traffic Management Act 2004 specifies those traffic signs to which moving traffic enforcement will apply. This includes the sign indicating prohibition of goods vehicles for environmental reasons; such as narrow roads unsuitable for large vehicles, or to protect residents from the nuisance caused by lorries in residential streets. The sign still applies to such vehicles when driven unladen, or when only the cab section of an articulated vehicle is being driven, whether or not its weight is then below that shown on the sign. There are no plans to expand the list of applicable traffic signs to include structural weight limits, or vehicle height, width, length limits, which will remain enforceable by the police.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 23301 23302 question first answered 01/07/2021 08:29:34 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1341303

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Enforcement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will issue guidance to local authorities on the civil enforcement powers set out in Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	23301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>We plan to introduce the regulations to commence Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 in December. Once the powers are commenced, local authorities wanting to undertake civil enforcement of moving traffic contraventions, will need to apply to the Secretary of State for an Order to be made, designating the council as the enforcement authority in their area.</p><p>Work is underway on drafting statutory guidance,<em> </em>which we plan to publish in tandem with the regulations coming into force. In addition, we will issue advice to local authorities shortly, to enable them to prepare their applications in the meantime, ready for when the powers come into force.</p><p>The Traffic Management Act 2004 specifies those traffic signs to which moving traffic enforcement will apply. This includes the sign indicating prohibition of goods vehicles for environmental reasons; such as narrow roads unsuitable for large vehicles, or to protect residents from the nuisance caused by lorries in residential streets. The sign still applies to such vehicles when driven unladen, or when only the cab section of an articulated vehicle is being driven, whether or not its weight is then below that shown on the sign. There are no plans to expand the list of applicable traffic signs to include structural weight limits, or vehicle height, width, length limits, which will remain enforceable by the police.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 23300 23302 question first answered 01/07/2021 08:29:35 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle