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date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the (a) Mayor of London and (b) representatives of London boroughs on accelerating the installation of rapid electric charging points for taxis.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>DfT Ministers meet regularly with the Mayor of London and the Metro Mayors. New provisions have been included in the recently adopted Automated and Electric Vehicles Act to enable Metro Mayors, including the Mayor of London, to seek to require provision of chargepoints at large fuel retailers in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) is in regular contact with Transport for London (TfL) and Local Authorities, and works with them to accelerate the installation of rapid chargepoints for taxis and public use. OLEV officials work collaboratively on EV Infrastructure provision, as a member of the Mayor of London’s recently launched EV Infrastructure Taskforce, at which London boroughs are also represented. Government is providing £18m to TfL to install 300 rapid chargepoints, of which 90 are to be taxi dedicated. To date, 116 rapid chargepoints have been installed, of which 56 are taxi dedicated.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2018 10:57:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947242

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Lower Thames Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current status is of plans for the building of a Lower Thames Crossing; and what assessment he has made of the benefits of such a crossing for local residents in Romford and the London Borough of Havering.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Proposals for the Lower Thames Crossing are being developed ahead of a statutory consultation, expected to take place later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is encouraging Highways England to continue to engage with local stakeholders and residents, including the London Borough of Havering, to ensure that residents benefit from this significant investment. The Lower Thames Crossing is expected to offer more reliable journeys and open up local opportunities for investment and business growth, improving access to new jobs and skills.</p><p> </p><p>Work is currently being undertaken to assess the economic and transport benefits that will be generated by the scheme both locally and across the region. These appraisals will continue to inform both the detailed design and the case for the scheme, ahead of Highways England’s application for Development Consent in late 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2018 16:14:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947058

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the pothole action fund is planned to be allocated to London borough councils.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The responsibility for local highways maintenance in London, including repairing potholes, is a devolved matter. Therefore funding for the repair of potholes and local highway maintenance falls to Transport for London and the London Boroughs. The Department for Transport did, however, allocate an extra £2.234 million to local highway authorities in London in December 2017 from the pothole action fund.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/09/2018 08:17:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947059

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Hire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the growth of the bike and scooter share scheme in London.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not undertaken any detailed assessment of this matter. The Department is working with Transport for London, as well as with local authorities and bike share operators across the country, to develop a better understanding of the benefits and issues raised by the development of bike share and other related schemes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2018 13:36:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

934462

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department has provided to Havering local authority for the repair and maintenance of local highways.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	160127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Responsibility for managing London’s road network is shared between Transport for London, Highways England and the London Boroughs. Local roads are managed by London Boroughs. It is therefore for the London Borough of Havering to assess its road maintenance requirements alongside other priorities in the borough.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2018 09:33:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

931590

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans are in place to improve the availability of charging facilities for electric cars in the south east of England.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	157689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has supported charging infrastructure in the South East over a number of years. This includes £1.3m of public charging infrastructure in South East England through the National Infrastructure Grant Schemes, almost £10m for two Go Ultra Low Cities schemes in Milton Keynes and Oxford and almost £1m for rapid charging for taxis in Oxford, Slough and Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>The Government now has in place a variety of UK-wide grant funding schemes to assist with the cost of installing chargepoints in motorists homes, on residential streets, at workplaces and across the wider public estate. In addition, the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment, to be matched by private investors), announced at Budget last year, will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill gives the Government new powers to improve the provision of electric vehicle infrastructure, including powers to regulate technical standards of infrastructure to ensure easy compatibility with vehicles, to ensure provision of data on chargepoint locations and their availability, and to require provision of infrastructure at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers. Government’s wider role in the decarbonisation of road transport will be set out in the forthcoming Road to Zero strategy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/07/2018 11:34:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

712432

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department last made an assessment of the case for revising the levels of grants for (a) solar panels, (b) domestic biomass heating and (c) other household renewable energy.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	68574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>A review of the Feed in Tariff scheme took place between August 2015 and December 2015. This included a review of support for small-scale solar PV, onshore wind and hydro installations. An additional review, covering anaerobic digestion and micro-combined heat and power installations, concluded in February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Domestic heating from solar thermal panels, biomass boilers and stoves, and air source and ground source heat pumps, is supported by the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), introduced in April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2016, the Government set out its initial proposals for reform of the RHI scheme in the consultation: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/505972/The_Renewable_Heat_Incentive_-_A_reformed_and_refocussed_scheme.pdf" target="_blank">The Renewable Heat Incentive - A reformed and refocused scheme</a>. This included an assessment of the tariff levels available through the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/03/2017 13:09:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell