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1648889

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a shipping fuel levy from 2025 on all (a) domestic and (b) international shipping from 2025, rising to a level consistent with the Government's carbon value by 2035.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In March 2022, the Government published a consultation package with the UK ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) Authority, exploring options to expand the scheme to include emissions from domestic maritime. The Government response to the consultation will be published in due course.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The UK is pressing for greater ambition during the review of the International Maritime Organization Initial Greenhouse Gas Strategy in July and continues to monitor developments of international and regional carbon pricing instruments covering shipping to consider how they may interact with our domestic policy.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government keeps all taxes under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">On 3 July 2023 the UK ETS (Emission Trading Scheme) Authority confirmed its plans to expand the UK ETS to include emissions from domestic maritime, following on from our commitment to explore economic incentives in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK is pressing for greater ambition during the review of the International Maritime Organization Initial Greenhouse Gas Strategy in July and continues to monitor developments of international and regional carbon pricing instruments covering shipping to consider how they may interact with our domestic policy.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The government keeps all taxes under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/07/2023 08:40:49 question first ministerially corrected 05/07/2023 10:32:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 85314 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648462

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Quad Bikes: Registration
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 29 June 2022 to Question 24582 on Motorcycles: Registration, whether it remains the position of his Department that it does not support a mandatory registration scheme for off-road quad bikes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	191631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce a mandatory registration scheme for off-road quad bikes. Such a scheme would place a burden and cost on law abiding citizens who would be most impacted by the requirements. It is also unlikely to tackle dangerous or anti-social use.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 03/07/2023 14:31:31 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1648474

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to recommendation seven of the report entitled Roads Policing: Not optional - An inspection of roads policing in England and Wales by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services published in May 2020, what recent progress her Department has made with Cabinet colleagues on reviewing Circular 01/2007 on Use of speed and red-light cameras for traffic enforcement: guidance on deployment, visibility and signing; and when he plans to publish the review.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	191581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department is currently preparing a revised draft of the circular in light of feedback from a range of key stakeholders, including local government and police force representatives, as to what the guidance should contain. We plan to further engage with interested parties on this revision, with a view to publishing in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 03/07/2023 09:39:38 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1648136

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
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 encourage local highway authorities to fund equipment that automatically detects the length, width and depth of potholes.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	191245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. The Act does not set out specific standards of maintenance, as it is for each individual local highway authority to assess which parts of its network need repair and what standards should be applied, based upon their local knowledge, needs, and circumstances. The Government has no powers to override local decisions in these matters.</p><p> </p><p>By working with the UK Roads Leadership Group and other sector bodies, the Department for Transport encourages local highway authorities to be innovative by, for example, using different materials or new machinery; or by developing new ways of working. The Department engages regularly with local authorities to discuss and disseminate the results of trials of this sort and supports innovation in other ways including through the ADEPT Live Labs programme that is funded by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of wider pothole prevention, a Lane Rental Scheme (LRS) is a tool to help highway authorities reduce the impact of works taking place on the busiest roads at the busiest times – those are likely to include key junctions and other pinch-points, plus the busiest and most congested stretches of road. Under an LRS, utility companies (and others undertaking Street works) working on such roads at peak times are required to pay a daily charge to the local highway authority for the duration of their works.</p><p> </p><p>The charges paid to the local authority responsible for the scheme may be used to pay the costs for running the scheme, with any surplus monies raised to be spent in ways for purposes intended to reduce the disruption or other adverse effects arising because of works, including road defects created by utility companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 03/07/2023 09:41:36 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1647937

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Air Conditioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to require bus operators to install air conditioning systems on their fleet.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	191208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>The 2021 National Bus Strategy set out a bold vision for bus services across England and was clear that comfortable, modern buses would help make using the bus more appealing.</p><p>Current regulation states that adequate ventilation should be provided on board buses for passengers and the driver without the necessity for opening any main window or windscreen.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 29/06/2023 09:43:24 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1647940

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Standards
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 (a) reduce waiting times for drivers to take practical tests and (b) license new driving test centres.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	191211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>People can book driving tests up to 6 months before they take their test.</p><p> </p><p>As of 26 June 2023, there were 546,545 car practical driving tests booked, and 54,480 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has created over one million extra car test appointments by recruiting new examiners, conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests and asking recently retired driving examiners to return. On average, this has created approximately 39,000 extra car test appointments each month.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA does not licence driving test centres.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 29/06/2023 09:44:53 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1646307

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Transport, which (a) Department and (b) Minister is responsible for civilian and tourist submarines.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	190563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport, through the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, has responsibility for the regulation of safety on maritime vessels used in UK waters and on UK-flagged vessels wherever they may be. This includes submersibles. Baroness Vere is the Minister with responsibility for maritime issues.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 29/06/2023 09:41:55 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1646550

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to require all new homes to have an electric car charging point.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL8696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Following changes to the building regulations in December 2021, all new or majorly renovated homes with associated parking in England require the installation of an electric vehicle chargepoint. Larger parking areas are also required to install cable routes to facilitate the installation of additional chargepoints in the future. These requirements also apply to non-residential buildings such as shops and workplaces.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 03/07/2023 16:21:44 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1645758

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Spare Parts: Sales
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 tackle the sale of modified exhaust parts.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	190225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that vehicles meet relevant safety, environmental and construction standards, which are periodically updated. These have been important in reducing air and noise pollution from vehicles and improving vehicle safety.</p><p> </p><p>Vehicle owners have relative freedom to modify their vehicles, subject to ongoing compliance with relevant standards. This includes stringent standards, known as type approval, which apply to aftermarket parts being placed on the market. Compliance is monitored by the Department’s Market Surveillance Unit based in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Current and past market surveillance activity includes targeted investigation of both illegal vehicle modifications in respect of exhaust replacement and of type approval and markings of aftermarket pollution control devices and silencers; part of the exhaust system. Prosecutions will be taken where there is sufficient evidence to do so.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 26/06/2023 11:04:38 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1645321

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with international counterparts on the potential merits of a global levy on greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	190001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is working closely with international counterparts ahead of the upcoming revision of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Strategy this summer. The UK is working at pace to ensure the IMO can develop an effective suite of regulatory and policy solutions to reduce emissions from international shipping. Discussions are ongoing with fellow IMO Member States on the potential merits of a range of technical and economic measures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 21/06/2023 09:38:57 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill