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1464308

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on establishing a headquarters for Great British Railways.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	900121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The shortlist of towns and cities for the Great British Railways headquarters will be announced shortly – after which a public vote will be held to help determine the winner.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 19/05/2022 10:57:58 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1464309

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Procurement
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 potential impact of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail on rail procurement.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	900122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The Williams Shapps Plan for rail will ensure we get the best from public and private sectors. New Passenger Services Contracts will reinvigorate the competitive market and Great British Railways will be able to work more effectively with private sector suppliers and partners across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 19/05/2022 11:06:34 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1464414

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Jet Skis: Licensing
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 establishing a system of licensing for drivers of jet skis.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	5361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The riding of personal watercraft for pleasure is, in the majority of cases, conducted both sensibly and safely. Serious incidents involving these craft are rare. However, the Department recognises that, through their actions, a minority of users can endanger other water users and wildlife.</p><p> </p><p>Local and harbour authorities already have significant powers to respond to instances of dangerous or anti-social behaviour in the waters they manage. To provide additional support, the Department has recently consulted on draft legislation to implement additional enforcement measures to enable those who do misuse personal watercraft to be prosecuted. The Department believes this is a proportionate and effective response to the issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 24/05/2022 10:16:03 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1464438

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Inspections
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 16 May 2022 to Question 697 on P&O Ferries: Inspections, how many visits Maritime and Coastguard Agency inspectors carried out; and on what dates those visits took place as part of each Port State Control inspection of each vessel.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the dates the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) conducted inspections of the vessels and the number of days each inspection took. Where a vessel has been detained and subsequently released the number of visits from the initial to the final are recorded as one inspection.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Vessel</p></td><td><p>Date of Initial Inspection</p></td><td><p>Length of Inspection in Days</p></td><td><p>Remarks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pride of Canterbury</p></td><td><p>3 December 2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Pride of Kent</p></td><td><p>4 February 2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 March 2022</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>Detention</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 April 2022</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 May 2022</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Pride of Hull</p></td><td><p>25 November 2021</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 March 2022</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Spirit of Britain</p></td><td><p>22 January 2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 April 2022</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Detention</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 April 2022</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spirit of France</p></td><td><p>5 February 2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9"><p>European Causeway</p></td><td><p>30 May 2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 August 2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 December 2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 February 2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 October 2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 September 2021</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 March 2022</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Detention</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 April 2022</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 April 2022</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"><p>European Highlander</p></td><td><p>27 June 2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 January 2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 September 2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 July 2021</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 April 2022</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 24/05/2022 10:19:34 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1464439

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Inspections
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 16 May 2022 to Question 697 on P&O Ferries: Inspections, how many working hours MCA inspectors have spent completing Port State Control inspections of the P&O Ferries fleet (a) in each year since 2019 and (b) from 17 March 2022 to date.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>Port State Control (PSC) inspections are not initially chargeable and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) records hours spent on PSC activity are general and not specific to a particular vessel. If a vessel is detained, the MCA records the number of hours spent performing PSC activity on that particular vessel in order to be able to charge for that activity. No P&amp;O Ferries have been detained prior to 17 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Since 17 March 2022, the hours being charged for Pride of Kent and Spirit of Britain are 150 and 101 hours, respectively. The hours for European Causeway are still being finalised but expected to be approximately 122 hours.</p><p> </p><p>The information to determine the hours spent when a vessel is not detained is not in a readily available format.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 24/05/2022 10:24:01 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1464538

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his oral answer of 19 May 2022, what funding his Department plans to allocate to research and development in advanced and digital rail as part of a rail cluster for York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	5451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>I thank the hon Member for York Central for her questions on research and development in advanced and digital rail and I will answer them together.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to the future of advanced and digital rail and the many benefits it can bring. This is evidenced by our recent commitments to the future of rail, including the Integrated Rail Plan, a £96 billion programme to transform rail services in the North and Midlands.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has a significant programme of Research &amp; Development and this is funded as part of their Control Period determination, as set by the Office for Rail &amp; Road (ORR). Funding for the next Control Period (CP7, 2024-2029) will be dependent on the outcome of Period Review 23 (PR23), for which work is ongoing and is due to be concluded by the ORR in late 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 5452 question first answered 24/05/2022 10:07:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1464540

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways: Research
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 plans to allocate to research and development into advanced and digital rail.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	5452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>I thank the hon Member for York Central for her questions on research and development in advanced and digital rail and I will answer them together.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to the future of advanced and digital rail and the many benefits it can bring. This is evidenced by our recent commitments to the future of rail, including the Integrated Rail Plan, a £96 billion programme to transform rail services in the North and Midlands.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has a significant programme of Research &amp; Development and this is funded as part of their Control Period determination, as set by the Office for Rail &amp; Road (ORR). Funding for the next Control Period (CP7, 2024-2029) will be dependent on the outcome of Period Review 23 (PR23), for which work is ongoing and is due to be concluded by the ORR in late 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 5451 question first answered 24/05/2022 10:07:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1464541

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Technology
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 increase the uptake of rail technologies across the rail industry.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	5453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>Research, development and innovation in rail is led by the rail industry itself, including steps to increase the uptake of rail technologies across the sector. However, the Government continues to play an active role to support this.</p><p> </p><p>Along with Network Rail’s research and development portfolio, the Department also funds First of a Kind innovation competitions, including the announcement of a further round of funding of £7.6m on 12 April 2022. This aims to overcome barriers to new technologies coming to the rail market, by supporting innovators to demonstrate their products on the railway for potential industry buyers. We have also recently offered tailored support to help innovators effectively pitch to investors. The Department further funds the industry-wide research and development programme delivered by the Rail Safety and Standards Board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 24/05/2022 10:10:32 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1464543

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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 assessment his Department has made of the level of (a) ownership of electric vehicles and (b) availability of charging points in each nation and region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	5405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>Since 2020, Government has committed £2.5 billion to continue to support the transition to zero emission vehicles, with funding to offset their higher upfront cost, and to accelerate the rollout of chargepoint infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s most recently published data concerning the level of (a) ownership of electric vehicles and (b) availability of charging points in each nation and region of the UK is available at each of the links given below:</p><p> </p><p>(a) Licensed ultra low emission vehicles by local authority: United Kingdom:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1046001/veh0132.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1046001/veh0132.ods</a></p><p>(See VEH0132b_BEV for Battery Electric Vehicles and VEH0132c_PHEV for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles)</p><p> </p><p>(b) Electric vehicle charging device statistics: April 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electric-vehicle-charging-device-statistics-april-2022/electric-vehicle-charging-device-statistics-april-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electric-vehicle-charging-device-statistics-april-2022/electric-vehicle-charging-device-statistics-april-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/05/2022 09:27:57 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1464544

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Research and Technology
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 which areas of research and development in rail operations, planning and technologies would be of most benefit to British railways.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	5454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department supports and works with the rail industry in identifying the key research, development and innovation that is required to address the current and future challenges for the railway. The Rail Technical Strategy, which has been produced by the rail industry with the support of the Department, sets out five overall priorities:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Making rail easy to use (including better passenger information, payment methods and accessibility);</li><li>Lowering emissions (including making electrification cheaper and easier, replacing diesel and making the railway more efficient);</li><li>Optimising train operations (including making services more reliable, responsive train planning, and increasing network capacity);</li><li>Making assets more reliable and easier to maintain (so they require less time out of service and cost less over their lifetimes); and</li><li>Making better use of data to underpin all of these.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 24/05/2022 10:12:15 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell