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792689

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned criteria are for the allocation of the £1.7bn Transforming Cities Fund to improve transport connectivity.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	114627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced at Budget, Greater Manchester will receive £243 million from the Transforming Cities Fund. It will be for the Mayor and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to decide whether to use this allocation to develop projects to improve connectivity in Leigh constituency. After allowing for allocations to the other Mayoral combined authorities, the remaining half of the fund will be open to bids from English cities<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 114628 question first answered 28/11/2017 16:03:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

792693

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Leigh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allocate Transforming Cities funding to improve transport connectivity in Leigh constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	114628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced at Budget, Greater Manchester will receive £243 million from the Transforming Cities Fund. It will be for the Mayor and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to decide whether to use this allocation to develop projects to improve connectivity in Leigh constituency. After allowing for allocations to the other Mayoral combined authorities, the remaining half of the fund will be open to bids from English cities<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 114627 question first answered 28/11/2017 16:03:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

792714

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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 his Department is taking to incentivise manufacturers to produce more affordable electric cars.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	114641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Through the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and Innovate UK, the Department for Transport is investing over £200m to support UK businesses to build on their strengths in electric vehicle technology and the design, development and manufacture of electric vehicles. The Government is also incentivising the purchase of electric vehicles with a grant of up to £4500 to consumers to offset the cost of this technology.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2017 10:22:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

792715

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of suitably located charging points in remote and rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	114642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The vast majority of charging takes place at home, overnight. To support this, the Government provides funding for the installation of both on-street and off-street charging infrastructure. In addition, support exists UK-wide, including for rural areas, to enable workplaces to install infrastructure for use of employees and fleets.</p><p> </p><p>The UK also now has over 11,500 publically accessible chargepoints, including over 900 rapid chargepoints. This is one of the largest rapid networks in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Automated and Electric Vehicle Bill, currently going through Parliament, will give powers to the UK Government to expand deployment of infrastructure at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers, UK-wide.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Autumn Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 114643 question first answered 28/11/2017 10:19:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

792716

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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, how many publicly available charging points for electric cars there are in the UK; and what plans he has to increase the number of charging points.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	114643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The vast majority of charging takes place at home, overnight. To support this, the Government provides funding for the installation of both on-street and off-street charging infrastructure. In addition, support exists UK-wide, including for rural areas, to enable workplaces to install infrastructure for use of employees and fleets.</p><p> </p><p>The UK also now has over 11,500 publically accessible chargepoints, including over 900 rapid chargepoints. This is one of the largest rapid networks in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Automated and Electric Vehicle Bill, currently going through Parliament, will give powers to the UK Government to expand deployment of infrastructure at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers, UK-wide.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Autumn Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 114642 question first answered 28/11/2017 10:19:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

792751

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of rapid charging point provision on the strategic road network in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	114678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has funded rapid charge point roll-out through a competitive bidding approach via Local Authorities, through the OLEV National Infrastructure Grant Schemes, and Go Ultra Low Cities scheme (ongoing), which have provided funding to projects to support rapids. These grant schemes have also been available to Welsh local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Welsh Government is also providing £2 million to help secure a network of charging points throughout Wales in order to support the uptake of electric vehicles. The funding will be released in 2018/19 and 2019/20. The Welsh Government is currently scoping the priorities for deploying the money and delivery options, and will be engaging with a range of stakeholders as part of the process. A key priority will be the installation of a network of points along/near the trunk road network in Wales for longer, through journeys to help alleviate range anxiety and therefore increase electric vehicle uptake.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2017 10:36:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

792773

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what criteria his Department will use to assess transport strategies proposed by Transport for the North.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	114700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 Section 102I provides that a sub-national transport body’s transport strategy should contain its proposals for the promotion and encouragement of sustainable, safe, integrated, efficient and economic transport facilities and services to, from and within its area, as required to meet the needs of persons (including pedestrians) living, working or visiting its area and the needs of freight.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2017 15:58:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

792792

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Volkswagen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in expediting compensation to vehicle owners affected by the Volkswagen emissions scandal since the debate in Westminster Hall on 20 April 2017 on emissions and vehicle type approval; whether such compensation will match that given to vehicle owners in the the US; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the heightened incidence of breakdowns and mechanical failures reported by the Volkswagen Diesel Customer Forum after updates have been completed.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	114719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government continues to take Volkswagen’s actions in relation to diesel emissions extremely seriously and is working hard on behalf of UK consumers. Following pressure from the UK Government, Volkswagen Group now offer a ‘Trust Building Measure’ for all consumers that have had, and will have, the technical measure applied. This commits Volkswagen to respond reasonably and appropriately to every complaint which relates to the implementation of the service action. Officials have met with the Volkswagen Diesel Customer Forum to hear their concerns and plans for a further meeting in January 2018 are being finalised.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2017 10:28:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day