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1605434

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to (a) accelerate the rollout of electric vehicle infrastructure to motorway service areas and (b) ensure those areas are able to access the rapid charging fund.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	169233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with motorway service area (MSA) operators to support them in the rollout of electric vehicle chargepoints. Over 97% of MSAs in England currently have rapid charging available. As of March 2023, MSAs in England support drivers with more than 400 open access chargepoints, over 230 of which are rapid (50kW), and over 200 are ultra-rapid (150kW+).</p><p> </p><p>This Government will continue to engage with industry on the development of the Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) to understand their views and gain insight. As part of the RCF, the Government will also identify areas that will be most in need of funding along the strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/03/2023 11:10:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1605173

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps with Cabinet colleagues to incentivise the manufacture of new zero emissions aircraft in the UK for use on (a) regional and (b) sub-regional routes.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	168030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the Jet Zero Strategy in 2022 which sets out it’s approach to achieving net zero aviation by 2050. The Strategy considers the potential for zero emission flight alongside other measures. This includes exploring the feasibility of using zero emission aircraft on existing UK government funded PSO routes, as well as noting the balance between reducing aviation emissions and ensuring value for money on routes supported by public funding.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Jet Zero Council, the Department has established a dedicated Delivery Group to convene activity across Government, industry and academia on the development of zero emission flight.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing £685 million between 2022 and 2035 through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme to co-fund, with industry, the development of zero-carbon and ultra-efficient aircraft technology. A recent example, announced at the seventh meeting of the Jet Zero Council in February, was £113 million of joint government and industry investment in R&amp;D projects to develop liquid hydrogen combusting jet engines and high-end lightweight batteries for small aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>ATI funding is also supporting the current flight testing by ZeroAvia of a 19- seater aircraft using hydrogen propulsion. If successfully brought to market such aircraft could provide zero emission flight on regional and sub-regional routes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 168029 question first answered 23/03/2023 16:17:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1605172

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of using public service obligation air routes to introduce zero emissions regional flights in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	168029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the Jet Zero Strategy in 2022 which sets out it’s approach to achieving net zero aviation by 2050. The Strategy considers the potential for zero emission flight alongside other measures. This includes exploring the feasibility of using zero emission aircraft on existing UK government funded PSO routes, as well as noting the balance between reducing aviation emissions and ensuring value for money on routes supported by public funding.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Jet Zero Council, the Department has established a dedicated Delivery Group to convene activity across Government, industry and academia on the development of zero emission flight.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing £685 million between 2022 and 2035 through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme to co-fund, with industry, the development of zero-carbon and ultra-efficient aircraft technology. A recent example, announced at the seventh meeting of the Jet Zero Council in February, was £113 million of joint government and industry investment in R&amp;D projects to develop liquid hydrogen combusting jet engines and high-end lightweight batteries for small aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>ATI funding is also supporting the current flight testing by ZeroAvia of a 19- seater aircraft using hydrogen propulsion. If successfully brought to market such aircraft could provide zero emission flight on regional and sub-regional routes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 168030 question first answered 23/03/2023 16:17:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1605550

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government will publish its response to the Future of Transport Regulatory Review consultation.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	169249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The response to the Future of Transport Regulatory Review consultation will be published in the coming weeks, as outlined in the Government Response to Sir Patrick Vallance’s Report. The consultation response will set out the next steps to remove regulatory barriers to innovation in transport technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2023 14:29:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1604805

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish the results of the Fix Your Bike Voucher Scheme evaluation.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	167267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is currently evaluating the impacts of the Fix Your Bike Voucher scheme. A report on the results of the evaluation will be published in mid-2023.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2023 13:36:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1604483

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
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 support the introduction of zero-emission aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	166301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the Jet Zero Strategy in 2022 which sets out its approach to achieving net zero aviation by 2050. The Strategy considered the potential for zero emission flight alongside other measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing a record £685 million over three years into R&amp;D in the UK aerospace sector through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) programme. The Department announced in February £113 million of co-investment with industry in three Rolls-Royce led projects on hydrogen in aviation as well as funding towards Vertical Aerospace, who are developing a battery-electric aircraft in the South-West of England.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Jet Zero Council, the Department has also established a dedicated Delivery Group to convene activity across Government, industry and academia on the development of Zero Emission Flight.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2023 11:48:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1604879

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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 financial steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help more people to (a) walk, (b) wheel and (c) cycle in (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	167269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government expects to invest a total of around £3 billion in active travel from 2020 to 2025. This includes at least £100 million of dedicated capital funding over the two-year period 2023/24 to 2024/25 for active travel infrastructure. In addition to this, the Department will confirm the revenue funding for active travel for 2023/24 and 2024/25 shortly, which pays for programmes including the Bikeability training programme. As outlined in the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2), there are a range of cross-Government funding streams supporting the delivery of active travel infrastructure. These funds include the Levelling Up Fund, Towns Fund, City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements and National Highways Designated Funds.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2023 11:10:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1604878

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for active travel.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	167268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s ministers and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts in His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) on active travel funding and other matters. In recent months, discussions on active travel with HMT have focused on the need to provide multi-year funding to support the delivery of the objectives of the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2) published in July 2022. The Government expects to invest a total of around £3 billion in active travel from 2020 to 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2023 11:07:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1605554

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 March 2023 on Transport Update, HCWS625, whether the policies set out in the Answers to Questions (a) 147238, (b) 147239 and (c) 147243 on Travel: Finance remain his policies.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	169377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2023 11:03:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1605553

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
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 March 2023 to Question 165429 on Active Travel: Finance, when he plans to publish the next report on the delivery of the cycling and walking investment strategy.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	169376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department expects to publish the next statutory report to Parliament in due course, alongside the publication of the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS3).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2023 11:00:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss