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1642097

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) British Airways and (b) other airlines on the potential for electric aviation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	187973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The adoption of zero emission flight, including electric aviation, is considered at the Government and industry forum the Jet Zero Council (JZC) including its Zero Emissions Flight Delivery Group. The JZC is co-chaired by the Secretaries of State for Transport, Business and Trade and Energy Security and Net Zero with industry members including British Airways.</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. In February the Department for Business and Trade announced £113 million of co-investment with industry in three Rolls-Royce-led projects on hydrogen and Vertical Aerospace work on battery-electric aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/06/2023 07:53:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1642109

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Taiwan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with representatives of the Government of Taiwan in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Elizabeth Truss
uin	187965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK has no diplomatic relations with Taiwan but there is a strong, unofficial relationship, based on deep and growing ties in a wide range of areas, underpinned by shared democratic values.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has had discussions with representatives of the Taiwan administration in each of the last 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/06/2023 08:38:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss

1642249

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Mini Holland Feasibility Studies on encouraging Low Traffic Neighbourhoods since that scheme was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	188107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned several feasibility studies through its mini-Holland pilot programme. The studies considered a broad range of approaches to improve safety and accessibility of local high streets and surrounding areas to enable higher levels of walking, wheeling and cycling, including area-wide traffic management approaches such as low traffic neighbourhoods. Three mini-Hollands schemes were funded as part of Active Travel Fund 4 following assessment of study material.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Responsibility for traffic management on local roads rests with the relevant local authority as they are best placed to consider how local needs can be effectively met. It is entirely a matter for individual authorities to decide on the nature and scope of policies. The Government has been clear that traffic management schemes should always be developed through consultation and engagement with local communities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 188108 question first answered 14/06/2023 14:10:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1642250

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his Department policy to remove Low Traffic Neighbourhoods from the Active Travel Fund 4 Proforma.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	188108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned several feasibility studies through its mini-Holland pilot programme. The studies considered a broad range of approaches to improve safety and accessibility of local high streets and surrounding areas to enable higher levels of walking, wheeling and cycling, including area-wide traffic management approaches such as low traffic neighbourhoods. Three mini-Hollands schemes were funded as part of Active Travel Fund 4 following assessment of study material.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Responsibility for traffic management on local roads rests with the relevant local authority as they are best placed to consider how local needs can be effectively met. It is entirely a matter for individual authorities to decide on the nature and scope of policies. The Government has been clear that traffic management schemes should always be developed through consultation and engagement with local communities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 188107 question first answered 14/06/2023 14:10:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1642374

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of meeting his target to increase annual cycling stages to 1.6 billion by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	188014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s most recent assessment of progress towards meeting its active travel goals was set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy report to Parliament in July 2022, a copy of which is available in the House Libraries. On this particular target, the report noted that although there had been a significant increase of around 45% in the number of stages cycled between 2013 and 2020, further increases were required. The Department will provide an updated assessment in its next report to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/06/2023 10:05:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1641773

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Civil Service headquarters occupancy data, updated on 1 June 2022, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of occupancy rates on his Department's performance during May 2023.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	187695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>Daily average occupancy at the DfT Departmental HQ in London in May 2023 ranged between 63 and 66%. Ministers and senior officials closely monitor occupancy rates and receive regular updates on Departmental performance. Ways of working are kept under review, taking into account a variety of factors including current performance.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/06/2023 08:28:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1641990

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that the Local EV Infrastructure fund will be utilised for charging hubs at local authority assets such as libraries and swimming pools.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	187778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Local EV Infrastructure Fund is designed to deliver a step change in the deployment of local charging infrastructure across England. Its primary focus is to support households without off-street parking to charge close to their homes, but local authorities have considerable direction in assembling successful bids.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/06/2023 08:24:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1641992

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Charging Points
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 potential merits of including electricity for electric vehicle charging in the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	187779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) is the Government’s core tool for decarbonising liquid and gaseous fuels used in road transport and non-road mobile machinery.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is reviewing the impact of the Greenhouse Gas Obligation scheme, which ran from 2018 to 2020, in parallel to the RTFO, and extended to electricity used in road vehicles. The review will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p>As electrification of the road vehicle fleet progresses, the Government continues to keep under review the most appropriate mechanisms for supporting the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. This includes a review of the potential merits of including electricity for electric vehicle charging in the RTFO.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/06/2023 08:30:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1641111

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
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 response to the Supporting Recycled Carbon Fuels through the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation consultation.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	187092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has carefully analysed responses to the consultation “Supporting Recycled Carbon Fuels through the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation” and will be publishing the Government response as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/06/2023 08:59:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1641248

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department's combined resource and capital expenditure was spent on active travel projects in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	187282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Around £3 billion is projected to be invested in active travel in the 5 years up to 2025, despite the need for efficiency savings across Government due to global financial pressures. This includes £273m spent on ringfenced active travel projects and programmes in the financial year of 2022-23. This represents 1% of the department’s total expenditure in 2022-23. In addition to this, funding was spent on active travel projects from wider sources such as the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements and the Levelling Up Fund.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/06/2023 10:53:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands