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999380

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports: Security
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 on the effect of the standard three security equipment on the financial viability of regional airports.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	186433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The safety and security of the travelling public is a top priority. When developing aviation security measures for UK airports, the Department for Transport carefully balances operational considerations with the need to ensure high security standards at all airports. These are proportionate to the threat regardless of where airports are located within the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/11/2018 13:46:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

983285

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to waive the fee for a replacement driving licence in cases where the applicant has been a victim of crime.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	176657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The current driving licence fees were introduced after a public consultation and regulatory change in 2014. The driver licensing system is self-financing and the fees are set in law to cover the costs of issuing a driving licence. If there was no charge applied where a licence was stolen the cost would have to be met by taxpayers in general or other driving licence holders. While the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does issue driving licences at no cost for changes of address and at the age of 70 and over to encourage compliance there are no plans to waive the fee for a replacement driving licence in cases where the applicant has been a victim of crime.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/10/2018 11:08:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

934294

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	Speed Limits: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans for the roll-out of speed cameras that use satellites to measure average speed over long distances.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	160374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Speed cameras on the local road network are a matter for the local traffic authority and the police.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England are responsible for the strategic road network in England and have no current plans for the roll-out of speed cameras that use satellites to measure average speed over long distances on their roads.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2018 10:02:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874639

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
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 the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on increasing the size of the welcome to England signs on the English Border with Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has had no discussions with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about the size of boundary signs between England and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The design and size of traffic signs, including those indicating a border, is regulated through the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. It is for the relevant traffic authority to determine the size of signs having regard to the speed of approaching traffic, and they may do so without reference to the Department provided the design meets relevant legislation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/04/2018 16:34:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

866991

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has commissioned research on solar panel roadways and associated technology; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	133109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not commissioned research on solar panel roadways and associated technology. Highways England are currently considering their strategy for work on solar panel roadways and the Department is aware of a private initiative to trial this technology currently underway in Cambridge. The Department is also monitoring similar schemes overseas, including in France, the Netherlands and the United States of America, and will continue to monitor their progress.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/03/2018 13:57:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

839056

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Bicycles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the scope of Office for Low Emission Vehicles grants to include e-bikes and e-cargo bikes.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	127616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>OLEV grants are available to bridge the cost gap between electric vehicles and internal combustion engine equivalent road vehicles. We do not plan at this stage to extend grant funding to e-bikes and e-cargo bikes. The Government recognises the significant potential benefits associated with e-bikes, and its plans to boost all forms of cycling are set out in the statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in April 2017. The Department has supported various e-bike initiatives in recent years, and some e-bikes are eligible for support under the Government’s cycle to work scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/02/2018 12:19:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

834677

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
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 support the aviation industry in reducing carbon emissions as that sector expands.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	126125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>Given the international nature of the aviation sector, the Government’s emphasis has been on taking action at the global level as the best means of addressing carbon emissions from aviation.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, the UK was instrumental in reaching a ground-breaking international agreement through the International Civil Aviation Organisation, aimed at decoupling growth in flights from growth in emissions by achieving carbon neutral growth in the sector from 2020.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government has also encouraged other measures to reduce aviation emissions, including VIA the use of biofuels, airspace reform and improvements in aerospace technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to make aviation biofuels eligible for certificates under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. This will help increase the use of renewable fuels in a sector that remains likely to require liquid fuels over the long term.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition, the Government has made £22 million matched capital funding available to support the production of low carbon fuels for aviation and heavy good vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will set out its strategic approach to the aviation sector in a series of consultations leading to the publication of a new Aviation Strategy for the UK in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy will consider what the best approach and combination of policy measures are at the international and domestic levels to ensure we effectively address carbon emissions from aviation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/02/2018 11:24:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

831174

registered interest
date	26/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 increase the number of electric car charging points at motorway service stations in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	125182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Across the UK, almost all Motorway Service Areas already have at least one rapid chargepoint. Highways England has committed £15m to ensure there are chargepoints (rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by 2020. The Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Bill currently going through Parliament contains new regulatory powers to require the installation of chargepoints at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers if there are insufficient levels of infrastructure at these locations to support growing numbers of electric vehicles. An updated strategy setting out Government’s role in this transition to electric motoring will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/01/2018 13:19:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

786290

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on the Quality Bus Contract Scheme in West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	112001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Bus Services Act 2017 repealed Quality Bus Contract schemes, and introduced new powers, such as partnerships or franchising, to enable authorities and operators to work together to improve local bus services and grow bus passenger numbers. It is a matter for the Combined Authority to determine the way in which they use the powers in the Act to work with operators in their area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department plans to publish regulations and associated guidance on the implementation of partnerships or franchising later this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/11/2017 16:02:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel