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1786020

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Active Travel: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to promote active travel in new housing developments.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Ellie Chowns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	39351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2025 answer text <p>Active Travel England (ATE) is an executive agency of the Department and a statutory planning consultee for new housing developments comprising at least 150 homes or 5 hectares in site size. In discharging this function, ATE makes recommendations to improve infrastructure and measures that will support active travel journeys.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are no locally set standards for cycle parking, ATE’s planning team recommends that the standards in Table 11-1 of <em>LTN 1/20: Cycle Infrastructure Design</em> are applied to new dwellings. This seeks the provision of one secure and ideally covered cycle storage space per bedroom.</p><p> </p><p>Criterion 9 of ATE’s planning application assessment toolkit – which helps to gather evidence and assess the active travel merits of new developments – promotes the provision of high-quality facilities including showers, lockers, changing rooms and drying areas for cyclists in non-residential settings.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the relevant local planning authority’s enforcement team to address instances where a developer does not comply with active travel provisions secured through a planning application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood grouped question UIN 39352 39354 39356 question first answered 21/03/2025 14:59:00 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5249

1786021

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bicycles: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government about design standards in new dwellings to allow for sufficient securely enclosed cycle storage to accommodate at least one bike per head.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Ellie Chowns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	39352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2025 answer text <p>Active Travel England (ATE) is an executive agency of the Department and a statutory planning consultee for new housing developments comprising at least 150 homes or 5 hectares in site size. In discharging this function, ATE makes recommendations to improve infrastructure and measures that will support active travel journeys.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are no locally set standards for cycle parking, ATE’s planning team recommends that the standards in Table 11-1 of <em>LTN 1/20: Cycle Infrastructure Design</em> are applied to new dwellings. This seeks the provision of one secure and ideally covered cycle storage space per bedroom.</p><p> </p><p>Criterion 9 of ATE’s planning application assessment toolkit – which helps to gather evidence and assess the active travel merits of new developments – promotes the provision of high-quality facilities including showers, lockers, changing rooms and drying areas for cyclists in non-residential settings.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the relevant local planning authority’s enforcement team to address instances where a developer does not comply with active travel provisions secured through a planning application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood grouped question UIN 39351 39354 39356 question first answered 21/03/2025 14:59:00 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5249

1786023

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buildings: Storage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Committees and Local Government on requiring all new community buildings to have storage space for outdoor clothing and equipment.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Ellie Chowns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	39354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2025 answer text <p>Active Travel England (ATE) is an executive agency of the Department and a statutory planning consultee for new housing developments comprising at least 150 homes or 5 hectares in site size. In discharging this function, ATE makes recommendations to improve infrastructure and measures that will support active travel journeys.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are no locally set standards for cycle parking, ATE’s planning team recommends that the standards in Table 11-1 of <em>LTN 1/20: Cycle Infrastructure Design</em> are applied to new dwellings. This seeks the provision of one secure and ideally covered cycle storage space per bedroom.</p><p> </p><p>Criterion 9 of ATE’s planning application assessment toolkit – which helps to gather evidence and assess the active travel merits of new developments – promotes the provision of high-quality facilities including showers, lockers, changing rooms and drying areas for cyclists in non-residential settings.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the relevant local planning authority’s enforcement team to address instances where a developer does not comply with active travel provisions secured through a planning application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood grouped question UIN 39351 39352 39356 question first answered 21/03/2025 14:59:00 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5249

1786025

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Active Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure compliance with active travel provisions agreed by developers during the planning process.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Ellie Chowns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	39356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2025 answer text <p>Active Travel England (ATE) is an executive agency of the Department and a statutory planning consultee for new housing developments comprising at least 150 homes or 5 hectares in site size. In discharging this function, ATE makes recommendations to improve infrastructure and measures that will support active travel journeys.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are no locally set standards for cycle parking, ATE’s planning team recommends that the standards in Table 11-1 of <em>LTN 1/20: Cycle Infrastructure Design</em> are applied to new dwellings. This seeks the provision of one secure and ideally covered cycle storage space per bedroom.</p><p> </p><p>Criterion 9 of ATE’s planning application assessment toolkit – which helps to gather evidence and assess the active travel merits of new developments – promotes the provision of high-quality facilities including showers, lockers, changing rooms and drying areas for cyclists in non-residential settings.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the relevant local planning authority’s enforcement team to address instances where a developer does not comply with active travel provisions secured through a planning application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood grouped question UIN 39351 39352 39354 question first answered 21/03/2025 14:59:00 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5249

1786026

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Active Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to promote active travel.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Ellie Chowns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	39357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2025 answer text <p>The Department for Transport and Active Travel England (ATE) are working with local authorities to boost walking, wheeling and cycling across England. On 12 February, the Government announced almost £300 million of funding to boost walking, wheeling and cycling with £222.5 million awarded to local authorities across England.</p><p> </p><p>ATE also funds a range of wider projects to enable more active travel, including Bikeability cycle training, Walk to School Outreach and Bike Bike Revival activities. ATE also provides funding to Sustrans to maintain and upgrade the National Cycle Network.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to funding, ATE provides training for local authority staff to enable the delivery of high-quality walking and cycling schemes, as well as design workshops and design assurance reviews of schemes under development.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 21/03/2025 14:49:17 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5249

1786036

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of introducing free bus passes for people aged 60 and over.
	tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Minehead
	tabling member printed	Rachel Gilmour
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	39367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2025 answer text <p>The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statutory obligations, such as lowering the age of eligibility, would therefore need to be carefully considered for its impact on the scheme’s financial sustainability.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England have the power to offer concessions in addition to their statutory obligations such as lowering the age of eligibility. Additional local concessions are provided and funded by local authorities from local resources.</p><p> </p><p>The government has confirmed £955 million for the 2025 to 2026 financial year to support and improve bus services in England outside London. This includes £243 million for bus operators and £712 million allocated to local authorities across the country. Devon County Council and Somerset Council have been allocated £11.6 and £6.8 million of this funding respectively. Funding allocated to local authorities to improve services for passengers can be used in whichever way they wish. This could include extending the discretionary concessions available in the local area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 21/03/2025 14:52:39 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5252

1786052

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Active Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to (a) provide (i) active travel routes, (ii) all-weather surfaces and (iii) appropriate signage and (b) regularly clear encroaching vegetation.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Ellie Chowns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	39383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The Government recognises the merits of enabling local authorities to deliver and maintain high-quality, well-signed active travel routes to support its economic growth, health and net zero missions. Active travel can help to revitalise high streets, enable people to live longer, healthier lives and reduce transport emissions. In line with the Government’s devolution agenda decisions on the design, delivery and maintenance of active travel routes are best made at the local level by local authorities in consultation with local communities.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 20/03/2025 11:22:17 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5249

1785110

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Automatic Number Plate Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on tackling the use of modified number plates designed to evade detection by automatic number plate recognition cameras, also known as ghost plates.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich
	tabling member printed	Sarah Coombes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), various police forces and Trading Standards in relation to the supply and use of modified number plates, commonly known as ‘ghost plates’. One element of the work underway is to quantify the number of illegal plates that are in circulation. The evidence received will support further action to address this issue.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood grouped question UIN 38715 question first answered 20/03/2025 09:35:02 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5088

1785200

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
	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 14 March 2025 to Question 37331 on Whitchurch (Shropshire) Station: Access, what her Department's timetable is for its review of the option selection reports on step-free access at stations produced by Network Rail.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The feasibility work for Whitchurch station is underway and we expect all 50 of the feasibility studies announced last year to be complete in the spring. We expect to be able to confirm which stations will move forward over the summer. The Access for All programme continues to be heavily oversubscribed.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognise the valuable social and economic benefits this brings to communities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 20/03/2025 16:54:16 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1785235

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Automatic Number Plate Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the DVLA on tackling the use of modified number plates designed to evade detection by automatic number plate recognition cameras, also known ghost plates.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich
	tabling member printed	Sarah Coombes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), various police forces and Trading Standards in relation to the supply and use of modified number plates, commonly known as ‘ghost plates’. One element of the work underway is to quantify the number of illegal plates that are in circulation. The evidence received will support further action to address this issue.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood grouped question UIN 38711 question first answered 20/03/2025 09:35:02 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5088