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1599274

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effectiveness of the rural mobility fund pilot projects on provision of bus services.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	153943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The majority of the demand responsive transport pilots involved in the Government’s £20 million Rural Mobility Fund have now launched. A monitoring and evaluation process is in place. We expect to publish interim findings in the first half of 2023, further findings in late 2023/early 2024, and the final findings in 2025 in the form of written reports. However, the exact timings and dissemination approach will be determined closer to the time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 06/03/2023 12:03:18 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1599379

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points across the country.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	153819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>As set out in its Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy, the Government expects ten times more public chargepoints to be installed across the UK by the end of the decade, bringing the number to over 300,000 by 2030.</p><p /><p>The Government expects to see a market-led roll-out for the majority of chargepoints with hundreds of millions of pounds being committed and deployment accelerating. There are plans for thousands of chargers at workplaces, supermarkets, hotels, petrol stations, on local streets and in rapid charging hubs.</p><p /><p>The Government will focus its efforts on two sectors where intervention is most needed, and where the business cases can be challenging: high powered chargers on the strategic road network through the Rapid Charging Fund and local on-street charging, through the Local EV Infrastructure Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/03/2023 14:12:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1599412

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve access for (a) disabled and (b) all users of electric vehicle charging points.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	153980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>As the transition to electric vehicles (EV) accelerates, it is important that public chargepoints are easily accessible to all those who need to use them, including disabled and elderly people. Working alongside the disability charity, Motability, the Government commissioned the British Standards Institution (BSI) to produce a new accessibility standard.</p><p> </p><p>A world first of its kind, the Publicly Available Standard (PAS) 1899 was published on 11 October 2022, and lays out best practice on designing and installing accessible public EV chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>Compliance with PAS 1899 is voluntary. However, the Government is actively encouraging relevant parties to adopt its specifications, building on improvements already being made in the sector. Several local authorities receiving Local EV Infrastructure Pilot funding are already considering PAS 1899 and accessibility in their plans for chargepoint rollout.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/03/2023 14:05:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1599485

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional miles of rail track his Department expects to be electrified in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	153941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The figures in the table below provided by Network Rail set out how many additional miles of rail track the UK government (not devolved administrations) expects to electrify in 2023, 2024 and 2025. These figures are approximate and subject to change.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Line</p></td><td><p>Miles of electrification</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>Barking Riverside Line</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>Wigan Bolton Line</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transpennine Route</p></td><td><p>38.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midland Main Line</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures relate only to electrification that will be completed and operational during the years requested. Any figures for electrification that is expected to be completed but not operational during the requested years has not been included.</p><p> </p><p>There is a pipeline of schemes across the country where sustained work is underway which will be reported in the years to come. Since 2010, more than 1,200 miles of electrification has been delivered in Great Britain, including almost 800 miles in England and Wales in the last six years, making up for years of underinvestment in electrification. As well as continuing to electrify existing lines and exploring alternative forms of traction including hydrogen, the Government is also investing in new electrified lines as part of the £96bn Integrated Rail Plan, with work already well underway on HS2 from Euston to Manchester.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 06/03/2023 17:47:29 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1599524

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Staff
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 publication of workforce management information for the months of March and April 2022, for what reasons those months show the same figures in the seven categories for payroll staff costs, the three categories for non-payroll staff costs and the total for all staff costs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	153873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures will be updated by 2 March 2023.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures were updated on 9 March 2023.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 12:00:49 question first ministerially corrected 10/03/2023 10:45:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 58913 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1589052

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
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 merits of introducing mandatory vehicle driving re-tests on similar terms to those for HGV and public service vehicle licences.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	152188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) believes that most people want to be safe, law-abiding drivers and any post-test intervention needs to be focused where it will achieve most benefit and, where appropriate, should be targeted against irresponsible drivers.</p><p> </p><p>The courts already have the powers to require drivers to retake the driving test in certain circumstances, and the police can also offer remedial education courses to those who would otherwise be prosecuted for some driving offences.</p><p> </p><p>All new drivers who incur six, or more, penalty points within two years of gaining their first full licence, already undergo retesting before they are allowed to drive unaccompanied.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to introduce mandatory vehicle driving re-tests.</p><p> </p><p>If drivers do not drive for a period of time, the DVSA recommends they receive a form of refresher training.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 02/03/2023 09:53:14 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1589054

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of road safety in England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	152189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>We have some of the safest roads in the world, but we are not complacent. The Government takes road safety very seriously. Reducing the numbers of those needlessly killed and injured on our roads is a key priority for this Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is developing the new Road Safety Strategic Framework which will include an implementation plan to improve road safety. We are considering road safety indicators as part of the Road Safety Strategic Framework. It is our intention, subject to wider consultation and agreement, to publish in the spring.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 01/03/2023 08:02:37 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1589084

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Finance
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 has provided to (a) Shropshire Council and (b) other local authorities for the delivery of sustainable public transport networks in the 2022-23 financial year; and if he will meet the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire Council to discuss the delivery of (i) public transport and (ii) other transport plans in that area.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	152204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has provided over £2bn in emergency and recovery funding to bus operators and Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) since March 2020 to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. This includes a further £80m, announced on 17 February, to extend the Bus Recovery Grant for a further three months until 30 June 2023. Of this funding, Shropshire County Council have been allocated over £1.1m in 2022/23. All LTAs in the same period have been allocated over £88m.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government also provides around £250m every year through the Bus Service Operators Grant to help operators keep fares down and maintain a larger network than would otherwise be possible. £42m of this funding goes directly to LTAs every year to subsidise socially necessary bus services. Of this funding, Shropshire County Council receives £512,447.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 January, the majority of single bus journeys in England outside London have been capped at £2 thanks to Government support via the Bus Fare Cap Grant. The initial phase of the scheme, through to 31 March, is backed by up to £60 million. On 17 February, we announced that we will provide up to £75 million to extend the £2 bus fare cap until 30 June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting LTAs to deliver improvements to walking and cycling. Shropshire County Council received £116,094 in 22/23 as part of the Active Travel capability fund. The total funding paid to LTAs in the same period was £32.9m.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport regularly engages with LTAs and will continue to do so to support the delivery of sustainable public transport networks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 02/03/2023 14:26:16 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1589102

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 Transport, how many electric vehicle charging points were installed in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2018, (d) 2019, (e) 2020, (f) 2021 and (g) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Data held by the Department on electric vehicle charging devices in the UK, is sourced from those installed or funded under Government approved grant schemes, operated by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and from the electric vehicle charging platform Zap-Map. Charging devices not supplied via these schemes or recorded on Zap-Map are not included and the true number of charging devices may be higher than recorded in these figures.</p><p> </p><p>The below table provides the data available for (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g):</p><p>i. the increase in the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in each year requested as at 1st January 2023 according to Zap-Map;</p><p>ii. the number of domestic electric vehicle charging devices installed in each year requested funded through the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) at 1st October 2022 and;</p><p>iii. electric vehicle chargepoint grants sockets installed in each year requested funded through the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grants (EVCG) at 1<sup>st</sup> October 2022 and;</p><p>iv. workplace electric vehicle charging sockets installed in each year requested funded through the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) at 1st October 2022.</p><p>v. On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) charging devices installed in each year requested at 1<sup>st</sup> October 2022, data only collected in financial years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(c)</p></td><td><p>(d)</p></td><td><p>(e)</p></td><td><p>(f)</p></td><td><p>(g)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>i.) Public charging devices (see note 1)</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td><td><p>3,098</p></td><td><p>6,196</p></td><td><p>4,270</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ii.) EVHS</p></td><td><p>12,445</p></td><td><p>21,614</p></td><td><p>25,993</p></td><td><p>54,197</p></td><td><p>115,799</p></td><td><p>70,682</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iii.) EVCG sockets Installed</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iv.) WCS sockets Installed</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,656</p></td><td><p>4,522</p></td><td><p>6,257</p></td><td><p>11,093</p></td><td><p>11,891</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year ending</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>v.) ORCS</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>429</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td><p>303</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table notes:</p><p>- indicates data not collected as grant scheme not running in this time period</p><p>1) Zap-Map data counts charging devices publicly available at any given point, with decommissioned chargepoints removed from the data supplied to us. Therefore, the number of installed public chargepoints in each given year is likely to be higher as this accounts for the number decommissioned and removed from the data.</p><p> </p><p>2) The data across these sources and the columns in the table should not be summed to create a total as the public charging device statistics, EVHS and the ORCS statistics count charging devices whereas WCS and EVCG counts charging sockets, making them incompatible to sum together.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1st February 2023 there were 37,625 public charging devices in the UK according to data supplied by Zap-Map.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1st October 2022, the most recent public data available, there were 40,333 charging devices installed through Domestic Recharging Scheme (DRS), 335,190 charging devices installed through EVHS and 3,281 charging devices installed through ORCS. There were also 36,317 charging sockets installed through WCS and 972 charging sockets installed through EVCG.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 152222 question first answered 01/03/2023 08:05:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1589103

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of electric vehicle charges in operation as of 24 February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Data held by the Department on electric vehicle charging devices in the UK, is sourced from those installed or funded under Government approved grant schemes, operated by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and from the electric vehicle charging platform Zap-Map. Charging devices not supplied via these schemes or recorded on Zap-Map are not included and the true number of charging devices may be higher than recorded in these figures.</p><p> </p><p>The below table provides the data available for (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g):</p><p>i. the increase in the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in each year requested as at 1st January 2023 according to Zap-Map;</p><p>ii. the number of domestic electric vehicle charging devices installed in each year requested funded through the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) at 1st October 2022 and;</p><p>iii. electric vehicle chargepoint grants sockets installed in each year requested funded through the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grants (EVCG) at 1<sup>st</sup> October 2022 and;</p><p>iv. workplace electric vehicle charging sockets installed in each year requested funded through the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) at 1st October 2022.</p><p>v. On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) charging devices installed in each year requested at 1<sup>st</sup> October 2022, data only collected in financial years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(c)</p></td><td><p>(d)</p></td><td><p>(e)</p></td><td><p>(f)</p></td><td><p>(g)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>i.) Public charging devices (see note 1)</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td><td><p>3,098</p></td><td><p>6,196</p></td><td><p>4,270</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ii.) EVHS</p></td><td><p>12,445</p></td><td><p>21,614</p></td><td><p>25,993</p></td><td><p>54,197</p></td><td><p>115,799</p></td><td><p>70,682</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iii.) EVCG sockets Installed</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iv.) WCS sockets Installed</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,656</p></td><td><p>4,522</p></td><td><p>6,257</p></td><td><p>11,093</p></td><td><p>11,891</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year ending</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>v.) ORCS</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>429</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td><p>303</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table notes:</p><p>- indicates data not collected as grant scheme not running in this time period</p><p>1) Zap-Map data counts charging devices publicly available at any given point, with decommissioned chargepoints removed from the data supplied to us. Therefore, the number of installed public chargepoints in each given year is likely to be higher as this accounts for the number decommissioned and removed from the data.</p><p> </p><p>2) The data across these sources and the columns in the table should not be summed to create a total as the public charging device statistics, EVHS and the ORCS statistics count charging devices whereas WCS and EVCG counts charging sockets, making them incompatible to sum together.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1st February 2023 there were 37,625 public charging devices in the UK according to data supplied by Zap-Map.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1st October 2022, the most recent public data available, there were 40,333 charging devices installed through Domestic Recharging Scheme (DRS), 335,190 charging devices installed through EVHS and 3,281 charging devices installed through ORCS. There were also 36,317 charging sockets installed through WCS and 972 charging sockets installed through EVCG.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 152221 question first answered 01/03/2023 08:05:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson