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1177427

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Storms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of Storm Ciara on public transport in (a) Nottingham and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Storm Ciara impacted all modes of transport, both in Nottingham and across the UK, and I extend my sympathies to all those affected. Operators and highway authorities implemented contingency arrangements and resumed services as quickly and safely as possible, whilst keeping the travelling public informed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 13/02/2020 15:42:28 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1177450

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bridges: Irish Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to build a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The previous Secretary of State met with DUP MP’s to discuss the proposals. Subsequently, officials provided advice to both the previous and current Secretary of State on the options available to facilitate a feasibility study.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 13/02/2020 15:21:12 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1177451

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
	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 local authorities in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020 on the viability of Ox-Cam Arc housing targets in the event that the Oxford-Cambridge expressway project is cancelled.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>In developing a business case for the expressway, appropriate account has been taken of the housing growth that is already being planned in the area and both the Department and Highways England have engaged with local authorities across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc including about their local plans. We will provide an update on whether the project should continue in due course.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 13/02/2020 15:24:18 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1177463

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	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, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequate provision of high-kilowatt charging infrastructure for the rapid charging of electric cars.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>In collaboration with industry the Government will invest £1 billion in charging infrastructure – making sure that everyone is within 30 miles of a rapid charging station for electric vehicles. The first £70 million of the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will create 3,000 new rapid chargepoints, more than doubling the number of rapid chargepoints across the UK by 2024. Highways England has commitment of £15m to ensure there are chargepoints (rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by 2020. We will set out a vision by Spring 2020 for a core infrastructure network of rapid and high powered chargepoints along England’s strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/02/2020 14:29:41 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1177464

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	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 ensure that electric cars have a range equivalent to petrol cars by 2035.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>Improving the range of electric vehicles is primarily a matter for vehicle manufacturers, and this is something that is continuously being improved. Government will continue to support industry in doing this, we have committed £274m from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to the Faraday Battery Challenge to advance electric vehicle battery technology. This funding is supporting battery R&amp;D from the Faraday Institution’s academic research, through Innovate UK’s programme of collaborative applied R&amp;D, to scale-up in the cutting-edge UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. The aims of the Faraday Battery Challenge include improving the energy density of batteries, improving our understanding of temperature effects on range, and reducing battery costs which will make longer range electric vehicles more affordable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/02/2020 14:33:51 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1177465

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of (a) accessibility to and (b) affordability of maintenance processes for electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>In the Road to Zero strategy, the UK Government committed to working with the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) to ensure the UK’s workforce of mechanics are well trained and have the skills they need to repair electric vehicles safely. Last year the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) endorsed IMI’s TechSafe professional standards and register for electric vehicle technicians. People will be able to use the register to check the electric vehicle competencies of technicians at their garage, supporting consumer confidence in this growing market. OLEV has also endorsed the National Franchised Dealers Association’s Electric Vehicle Approved scheme to recognise expertise and promote industry standards in electric vehicle retail and aftersales. Today, owners of electric vehicles can have substantially lower fuel and maintenance costs compared to those with conventional vehicles. 100% electric vehicles are designed to be as efficient as possible and there are generally three main components powering the vehicle: the on board charger, inverter and motor. This means there is less wear and tear on the vehicle and little stress on the motor, with fewer moving parts sustainable to damage. This means electric vehicles have reduced servicing requirements and the running and repair costs are minimal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/02/2020 15:08:49 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1177467

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase the affordability of electric cars.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>We are currently investing nearly £1.5bn‎ between April 2015 and March 2021, with grants available for plug in cars, vans, lorries, buses, taxis and motorcycles to reduce the up-front purchase price of electric vehicles, as well schemes to support charge point infrastructure at homes and workplaces and on residential streets. Purchasers of electric vehicles also benefit from lower Vehicle Excise Duty and company car tax rates from April. As part of our consultation on bringing forward the end to the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans, we are asking what the accompanying package of support will need to be to enable the transition and minimise the impacts on businesses and consumers across the UK, building on the significant demand and supply side measures already in place.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/02/2020 15:18:40 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1177468

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Lithium-ion Batteries
	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 ensure the safe large-scale disposable of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>Electric vehicle battery recycling is covered by the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, which ban the disposal of automotive and industrial batteries to landfill and incineration. This also establishes take-back and recycling obligations for industrial battery producers. The UK’s £274 million Faraday Battery Challenge is playing a leading role in promoting the reuse and recycling of battery components. This includes several industry led collaborative R&amp;D projects and the Faraday Institution’s £10m ‘ReLib’ research project. ReLib is developing the technological, economic and legal infrastructure to allow high percentages of the materials in lithium ion batteries at the end of their first life to be reused or recycled. The Faraday Institution also participate in the Global Battery Alliance – a World Economic Forum initiative which aims to accelerate action towards a socially responsible, environmentally sustainable and innovative battery supply chain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/02/2020 15:05:11 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1177469

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	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, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequate provision of charging infrastructure for electric cars in towns and villages by 2035.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>We are currently investing nearly £1.5bn‎ between April 2015 and March 2021, with grants available for plug in vehicles, as well schemes to support charge point infrastructure at homes and workplaces and on residential streets. Government and industry have supported the installation of over 17,000 devices providing over 24,000 publicly available chargepoints. This includes over 2,400 rapid chargepoints – one of the largest networks in Europe. Our grant schemes and our £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will see thousands more electric vehicle chargepoints installed across the UK. The first £70 million of the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will create 3,000 new rapid chargepoints, more than doubling the number of rapid chargepoints across the UK by 2024. Along with the private sector, the Government will invest £1 billion in charging infrastructure – making sure that everyone is within 30 miles of a rapid charging station. On 21 January, we announced that Government has doubled the value of the On-street Residential Charging Scheme for 2020-2021 to £10 million to support the provision of up to 3,600 chargepoints for those that don’t have off-street parking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/02/2020 15:12:19 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1177480

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Heathrow Airport Ltd’s Initial Business Plan, published in December 2019, committing funding to new rail links to that airport, if the Government will confirm (a) funding from the public purse to and (b) approve the Western Rail Link to Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>It is helpful that Heathrow Airport has been clear in its Initial Business Plan that it sees the Western Rail Link being delivered in all scenarios. Government has always been clear that its support for the development of the scheme is subject to the successful agreement of terms with the Heathrow Aviation industry.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/02/2020 14:56:23 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore