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1684131

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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 his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a standardised tender process for local authorities to install electric vehicle charging points.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	10782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>I agree entirely and as part of our £381 million Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund, officials are working to deliver exactly this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 29/01/2024 14:07:29 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1684132

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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 assessment of the potential merits of extending the electric vehicle (a) chargepoint and (b) infrastructure grant to include the installation of cross-pavement cable gullies.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	10783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Plan for Drivers, the Government announced its intention to expand the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant as a trial to support the installation of safe cross-pavement solutions. This measure would apply across the UK and is intended to make EV ownership a more practical option for those without off-street parking.</p><p>The Government will closely monitor this trial, once implemented, to determine the success of the rollout and decide on future policy accordingly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 29/01/2024 14:04:31 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1599545

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	Transport: Apprentices
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 availability of apprenticeships across the transport sector.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	153724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department regularly reviews the availability of apprenticeships within the transport industry. It is committed to working with arm’s length bodies and industry partners to create high quality apprenticeships, so that the sector has the skilled workforce in place to build, maintain and run the UK transport system. For example, the HS2 programme is expected to create 2000 apprenticeships. The Transport Employment and Skills Taskforce, established in 2022, is considering what more IT can do to promote apprenticeships and other training routes across the industry.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/03/2023 10:25:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1599546

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: Modernisation
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 whether railways require modernisation.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	153725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Last month my Right hon. Friend Mark Harper MP, Secretary of State for Transport, delivered his vision for rail and set out his plans to modernise the rail industry and progress vital reforms to ensure the railways are fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p>He confirmed his ambition for a customer-focussed, commercially led industry, with the creation of Great British Railways as the new guiding mind for the sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 06/03/2023 13:51:52 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1565547

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will bring forward a revised rail reform White Paper which includes the role of private sector operators.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	119967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that reform is needed to create a railway fit for the 21<sup>st</sup> century and that the private sector has an important role. We are engaging with the sector and will set out our plans for delivering this much needed reform shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 17/01/2023 16:25:38 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1543626

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to enable private train operators to increase revenues to help reduce the cost of the railway to the taxpayer.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	90774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rail industry faces a more challenging financial position. The Department has developed and implemented an annual business planning process for all train operators which ensures the industry delivers for passengers while also improving financial performance and driving revenue growth in order to reduce the cost of the railway for taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/11/2022 15:28:45 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1519084

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of airline companies on the validity for travel of UK passports with less than six months remaining until their expiry date following the UK’s departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	59160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State speaks regularly to airline stakeholders on topical issues.</p><p>All relevant information on passport validity requirements is published on the travel advisory pages of GOV.UK which are regularly updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 18/10/2022 15:23:29 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1483535

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Business Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help increase the public's confidence in domestic and international travel for business in the context of recent disruption in the railway and aviation sectors.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	25793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department and the rail industry worked together ahead of planned industrial action to ensure plans were in place to minimise disruption. This allowed freight and passenger services to remain operational where possible and included working with other Government Departments on mitigations for impacts on critical supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>A Statutory Instrument has now been laid, under the terms of which businesses will be able supply workers to replace striking workers. This will also allow trained staff with transferrable skills to move around the industry to cover for striking staff to keep the railways running. We are working at pace to see how any potential legislative change could be delivered, including looking at the introduction of Minimum Service Level legislation, which would provide a mechanism for a minimum level of train service during those times periods of strike action.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 June, the Secretary of State set out 22 measures the Government is taking to support the aviation industry, including to help recruit and train staff, ensure the delivery of a realistic summer schedule, minimise disruption, and support passengers when delays and cancellations are unavoidable.</p><p> </p><p>We have eased the burden on background checks carried out by the industry through changing the law to allow certain training to be undertaken while background checks are completed. We have helped speed up recruitment times by allowing HMRC employment history letters to be used as a suitable form of reference check. We are working with industry to ensure they give passengers the best support and will be launching a new Aviation Passenger Charter, a one-stop guide to help passengers understand their rights, responsibilities and what they can reasonably expect of the aviation industry when flying.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 04/07/2022 13:36:57 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1472134

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Acceleration Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide Parliament with a report on the work of his Department's Acceleration Unit.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	22380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Acceleration Unit performs valuable work at the Department for Transport. DfT oversight and leadership on Project Speed and the secretariat of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council have both been transferred to the Acceleration Unit. The Acceleration Unit also has oversight of the departmental contribution to cross-Whitehall activity in relation to acceleration, particularly work on reforming the planning system, utilities, and how DfT can use improved governance to efficiently deliver projects.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/06/2022 14:17:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1472160

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Acceleration Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many projects the Acceleration Unit has advised on since it was established; and if he will make an estimate of the (a) time and (b) monetary savings secured on projects due to advice from the Acceleration Unit.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	22381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The time and cost savings generated through the work of the Acceleration Unit can be complex to disaggregate and some of the information is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/06/2022 14:22:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond