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1564159

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of building new roads on climate targets.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government always considers the climate impact of its actions, which is why the UK has been so successful in reducing our carbon emissions to date. In the case of road building, that involves looking at embedded carbon, where DfT projects have pioneered reducing the carbon associated with construction, and carbon from vehicles operating on a new road. Where new road infrastructure can alleviate serious congestion, this offers a prospect of reducing carbon emissions from vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/01/2023 14:06:46 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1564199

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department provided to bus services in England in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	117823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has provided nearly £2 billion in emergency and recovery funding since March 2020 to bus operators and local transport authorities in England outside London to support services and mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. £953.4 million of this funding was provided across FY21/22 and FY22/23.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this recovery funding, we provide £42 million annually through the Bus Service Operator Grant (BSOG) directly to LTAs to subsidise socially necessary bus services. We also provide over £200 million directly to bus operators every year through BSOG to help keep fares down and maintain a larger network than would otherwise be possible.</p><p> </p><p>Transport in London has different funding arrangements and is devolved to the Mayor of London and it is up to him to decide how to best invest in London’s bus network. The TfL settlement of 30th August 2022 supports almost £3.6 billion worth of projects to secure the long-term future of London’s transport network.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 12/01/2023 10:08:25 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1564202

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Kingston upon Hull North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to improve bus services in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	117514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>Hull City Council have been allocated funding totalling £416,388, to strengthen their in-house capacity to help deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP). They will be able to access practical assistance under the planned new Bus Centre of Excellence. The BSIP covers Kingston upon Hull North constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Hull City Council has been recently allocated emergency and recovery funding of around £130,000, to help the bus sector mitigate the impacts of the pandemic, in addition to almost £135,000 annually, to support socially necessary bus services.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 12/01/2023 10:02:50 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1564203

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Kingston upon Hull North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve train services in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	117515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>In its December 2022 timetable TransPennine Express introduced direct services from Hull to Liverpool through Manchester, allowing for direct ‘coast to coast’ services and re-establishing a historic rail link between the two port cities.</p><p> </p><p>We will take an adaptive approach to investment when considering any future projects as part of the Northern Powerhouse Rail programme – looking at how well current projects are going, and at how demand and economic growth recover.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, we are investing in the station and associated facilities - the Hull gateline project is ongoing, aimed at specific areas of concern around ticketless travel and anti–social behaviour, and TPE is installing a new train-cleaning facility to improve performance and asset availability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As well as the above, Hull Trains is an open access operator currently running up to 94 direct services from Hull and the Humber to London every week, providing improved connectivity for communities throughout the region.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 13/01/2023 11:44:58 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1564204

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Kingston upon Hull North
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 increase the use of electric transport in Kingston upon Hull.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	117516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>Overall, the Government has invested over £2 billion to support the transition to zero emission vehicles. This funding has largely gone to reduce barriers to adoption, including offsetting higher upfront costs, and to accelerate the rollout of chargepoint infrastructure.</p><p>In Kingston upon Hull, 411 charging devices have been installed to date through the Department’s Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme, and 184 sockets through its Workplace Charging Scheme.</p><p>Under the Department’s On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) grant, funding is available to all UK local authorities to provide public chargepoints for their residents without access to private parking. The Department encourages Hull City Council to make use of the scheme and apply for funding.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/01/2023 10:25:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1564205

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road traffic: Kingston upon Hull North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to support the local authority to reduce traffic congestion in Kingston upon Hull.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	117517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>The causes of congestion can be systemic, for example increasing population and urbanisation, or more localised, for example network pinch points, inadequate public transport or road works. Measures to combat congestion can be aimed at increasing capacity and / or decreasing demand.</p><p> </p><p>Local traffic authorities have a statutory duty under the Traffic Management Act 2004 to manage their networks with the aim of ‘securing the expeditious movement of traffic’. The Department for Transport helps local authorities in achieving this by supporting sustainable alternative modes and providing design and other guidance as well as investment in infrastructure and innovative, data-led solutions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already made record amounts of funding available to local authorities for investment in active travel schemes since the start of the pandemic. The second statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in July 2022, reiterated the Government’s commitment to this important agenda and set out the funding that is projected to be spent on it from 2020/21 to 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>The National Bus Strategy asked that all English Local Transport Authorities outside London publish Bus Service Improvement Plans, setting out local visions for the step-change in bus services that is needed, driven by what passengers and would-be passengers want. We have awarded over £1 billion to deliver service improvements, bus priority and ambitious fares initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to invest in new technologies and the use of data to better manage road networks and provide accurate data about events such as congestion, to road users. For example, the department has invested several million pounds in creating ‘Street Manager’, a data platform which helps highway authorities and utility companies to plan and co-ordinate their road works.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 13/01/2023 11:42:44 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1564251

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies
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 22 December 2022 to Question 111663, on Train Operating Companies, if he will list the dates Ministers in his Department have met with representatives from train operating companies in each month since April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	117732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly hold meetings with representatives from the train operating companies.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 117733 question first answered 10/01/2023 14:39:34 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1564257

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Routes: Belfast
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Aer Lingus ceasing to provide a Belfast to London service on air connectivity between Northern Ireland and England.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	117836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>British Airways, Aer Lingus’s IAG partner, has picked up the services previously operated by Aer Lingus between Belfast and London, meaning that there has been no reduction in capacity on the route.</p><p>Air connectivity between Northern Ireland (NI) and Great Britain (GB) is currently very strong with several competing services between Belfast and London, and routes from NI to several cities throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2023 16:31:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1564264

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies
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 22 December 2022 to Question 111663 on Train Operating Companies, whether his Department has kept a record of meetings between Ministers and train operating companies that have taken place since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	117733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly hold meetings with representatives from the train operating companies.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 117732 question first answered 10/01/2023 14:39:34 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1564326

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse from the abolition of paper vehicle tax discs since their removal in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	117443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>In the first full financial year 2015-16 the actual saving to the public purse from the abolition of the paper vehicle licence was £8.9 million. In the financial year 2016-17 the actual saving was £8.5 million. This saving was anticipated to be a recurring annual figure.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 13/01/2023 11:39:44 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar