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884993

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Roads to Zero strategy.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	135981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government expects to publish its zero emission road transport strategy later in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2018 13:10:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

424285

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is undertaking an investigation into defeat devices used by Volkswagen in emissions tests.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	13689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has announced a UK programme to retest vehicles including Volkswagen vehicles, led by the regulator for vehicle emissions. This is the Vehicle Certification Agency, not the Environment Agency.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/10/2015 11:06:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

891392

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to allocate funding to small and medium-sized enterprises to meet the (a) cost of replacing commercial vehicles that are no longer compliant with and (b) other costs arising from the implementation of Clean Air Zones.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	138021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>In July 2017, the Government published the UK Plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations and announced a £255 million Implementation Fund for 28 local councils to accelerate their air quality plans in order to achieve compliance with legal NO<sub>2</sub> limits as soon as possible. Where these local plans identify Clean Air Zones as the appropriate measure the Implementation Fund will be available to cover associated implementation costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also announced £220 million for the Clean Air Fund, which will allow these local authorities to apply for funds to mitigate the impact of their plans on local businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 03/05/2018 15:30:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Baroness Coffey
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

894877

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
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 automotive industry on the development of the road to zero strategy.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	139504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Ministers have regular discussions with the automotive industry and other stakeholders on Departmental business, including on a range of issues associated with the transition to zero emission vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/05/2018 15:11:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1332011

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
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) improve awareness among drivers of the harms of idling engines and (b) encourage drivers to turn their engines off where possible.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	14025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>Unnecessary vehicle idling is already an offence under The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002, with equivalent devolved powers. It is also the subject of rule 123 of the Highway Code, which drivers are required to learn and observe.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities, which are responsible for enforcement, are free to take other measures to discourage engine idling, including additional signage at specific locations. The Department for Transport has authorised the use of such signs by some traffic authorities where required.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 15/06/2021 14:15:17 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Baroness Maclean of Redditch
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1584350

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its consultation into policy design features for the car and van zero emission vehicle mandate; and whether he will outline what plans the Government has to introduce such a mandate.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	140280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Responses to the technical consultation are being analysed and the Government will publish its response, and a full regulatory proposal and cost benefit analysis, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2023 10:15:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

896425

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has set a publication date for the Pathway to Zero Emission Road Transport Strategy document.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	140537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>We will be publishing the zero emission road transport strategy shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/05/2018 14:22:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1584865

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a 12 month grace period for compliance with a Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate if the scheme is introduced in January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>The adoption of a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate for new cars and vans was confirmed in the Government’s Net Zero Strategy in October 2021, following a public consultation that launched in July 2021. In April 2022 we consulted on its policy design features to engage further on the future regulation, and a third and final consultation outlining our final full proposal is due to be published soon. These proposals will be subject to consultation, where the Department will take stakeholder views into consideration before bringing forward the legislation to enter into force next year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/02/2023 14:04:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1280273

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Highways England on tackling roadside air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	142780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>Highways England has undertaken a programme of work to improve air quality on the Strategic Road Network (SRN), in the first Road Investment Strategy (RIS1) and RIS2, and has published its own air quality strategy at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634933/N160081_Air_Quality_Strategy_Final_V18.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634933/N160081_Air_Quality_Strategy_Final_V18.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This programme has included monitoring the effectiveness of tall barriers and running an open competition to gather ideas from a wide range of organisations.</p><p> </p><p>To support the mitigation of air quality issues, Highways England has invested £12.5 million of its Air Quality Designated Funding with authorities in Leeds, Coventry, Kent, Nottingham, Sheffield and Bristol to implement an electric van scheme to support the uptake of zero emissions vans. Schemes in Leeds, Coventry, Kent and Nottingham are now operating and will be followed by Sheffield and Bristol.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 01/02/2021 13:44:55 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Baroness Maclean of Redditch
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1280274

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to assess in which areas of the UK roadside air pollution is most prevalent and dangerous; and what steps he is taking with local authorities to tackle air pollution in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	142781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The 2017 UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations outlines how local authorities with persistent NO2 exceedances, identified using national modelling, must take robust action to improve air quality. We are working closely with these local authorities and making £880m of funding available to deliver compliance with NO2 levels as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are also required to review and assess local air quality. If their assessment shows that local pollution levels exceed local air quality objectives they must declare an Air Quality Management Area and develop an Air Quality Action Plan with the aim of reducing air pollution to within statutory limits.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have a range of powers to take action to reduce pollution from road vehicles, such as restricting car access around schools and enforcing anti-idling laws. In addition, Defra’s Air Quality Grant programme provides funding to local authorities for projects in local communities to tackle air pollution. The Government has awarded over £64 million in funding since the air quality grant started in 1997.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/02/2021 17:28:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman