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802107

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Travel Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to introduce regulations requiring operators of local bus services to make information available on buses in the form of announcements about forthcoming stops.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	117794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of the 6<sup>th</sup> December to UIN 116055.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2017 16:00:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

802236

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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 is he taking to encourage the car industry to tackle air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	117923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We continue to press manufacturers to rectify failings where vehicles on the road, even some of the newest models, show harmful emissions levels significantly greater than the laboratory test limits. Some manufacturers have committed to offering voluntary software changes to EU5 and EU6 vehicles to improve their real world performance and we are encouraging other manufacturers to do the same.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget, Government announced supplements to Vehicle Excise Duty and Company Car Tax for new diesel cars not certified to step 2 of Real Driving Emissions (RDE2) standards – also known as Euro-6d. These supplements provide strong incentives for manufacturers to innovate and adopt cleaner technologies on an accelerated basis.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/12/2017 15:10:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

802285

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with any bus services franchising authorities which are not a mayoral combined authority on the use of the Bus Services franchising powers.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	117972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has recently published guidance on bus franchising which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation</a></p><p> </p><p>The Act provides automatic access to franchising powers to mayoral combined authorities. The criteria the Secretary of State will use to determine whether to grant consent to non-mayoral combined authorities will focus on whether the authority in question has clear and locally supported aspirations which will benefit passengers and a sensible plan in place, as well as the right capabilities to make franchising a success.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State meets local authorities, including non-mayoral authorities, on a regular basis. We do not comment on the content of individual meetings.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117973 117974 question first answered 11/12/2017 16:09:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

802286

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department plans to give to bus service franchising authorities which are considering applying for franchising powers under the Bus Services Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	117973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has recently published guidance on bus franchising which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation</a></p><p> </p><p>The Act provides automatic access to franchising powers to mayoral combined authorities. The criteria the Secretary of State will use to determine whether to grant consent to non-mayoral combined authorities will focus on whether the authority in question has clear and locally supported aspirations which will benefit passengers and a sensible plan in place, as well as the right capabilities to make franchising a success.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State meets local authorities, including non-mayoral authorities, on a regular basis. We do not comment on the content of individual meetings.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117972 117974 question first answered 11/12/2017 16:09:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

802287

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine whether to grant consent to franchising authorities which make an application for franchising powers under the Bus Services Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	117974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has recently published guidance on bus franchising which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation</a></p><p> </p><p>The Act provides automatic access to franchising powers to mayoral combined authorities. The criteria the Secretary of State will use to determine whether to grant consent to non-mayoral combined authorities will focus on whether the authority in question has clear and locally supported aspirations which will benefit passengers and a sensible plan in place, as well as the right capabilities to make franchising a success.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State meets local authorities, including non-mayoral authorities, on a regular basis. We do not comment on the content of individual meetings.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117972 117973 question first answered 11/12/2017 16:09:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

800961

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) men and (b) women hold a (a) full and (b) provisional UK driving licence.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	117520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is already published and can be found at</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2017 15:55:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

800973

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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, what the cost to the public purse to date has been of installing or subsidising (a) uni-directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	117532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at 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><p>The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117533 117535 117539 question first answered 13/12/2017 15:28:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

800974

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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 (a) uni-directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles have been installed and are operational within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	117533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at 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><p>The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117532 117535 117539 question first answered 13/12/2017 15:28:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

800976

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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 much funding from the public purse is planned to be allocated on installing or subsidising (a) uni-directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles within the UK by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	117535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at 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><p>The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117532 117533 117539 question first answered 13/12/2017 15:28:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

800980

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) uni- directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles which are planned to be installed within the UK by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	117539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at 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><p>The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117532 117533 117535 question first answered 13/12/2017 15:28:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint