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903941

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date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorcyclists were (a) injured and (b) killed on roads in 2017.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	143852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Figures for 2017 will be published later this year. Figures on motorcycling casualties in reported road accidents involving personal injury in Great Britain in 2016 can be found in table RAS30001 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/665201/ras30001.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/665201/ras30001.ods</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/05/2018 15:57:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

896428

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Sales
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 cars which use (a) diesel, (b) petrol, (c) hybrid power and (d) electric power which were sold in the UK in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	140854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the number of cars sold in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department does have information on the number of cars registered for the first time in the UK in 2017 and 2016 from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). The following table includes the number of cars registered for the first time in the requested categories:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(i) 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(ii) 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a) Diesel</strong></p></td><td><p>1,047,446</p></td><td><p>1,262,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(b) Petrol</strong></p></td><td><p>1,342,166</p></td><td><p>1,313,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(c) Hybrid power</strong></p></td><td><p>100,642</p></td><td><p>78,667</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(d) Electric power</strong></p></td><td><p>19,024</p></td><td><p>10,998</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/05/2018 14:28:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

896441

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of up-grading charging points for electric vehicles from slow charge to rapid charge.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	140857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Such an assessment has not been undertaken. The Government recognises that a range of both rapid and slower chargepoints are needed in different locations to meet various charging needs and user behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/05/2018 14:24:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

896455

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential means of encouraging local authorities to use part-solar-powered street lighting.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	140860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The management and maintenance of street lighting on the local road network in England is the responsibility of each local highway authority. Highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the public highways in their charge, and this duty includes street lighting. Some authorities have introduced energy efficient LED street lighting, but decisions on which technologies to adopt, including the use of LED or part-solar powered street lighting, are matters for the relevant local highway authority.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/05/2018 14:37:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

825819

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: 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 has plans to subsidise domestic and business-based charging points for high capacity battery electric cars; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	123886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government already has in place a range of grant funding schemes to assist with the cost of installing dedicated domestic chargepoints in the homes of electric vehicle drivers as well as in workplaces, for the use of employees and fleets. Grant support also exists for Local Authorities to support the installation of chargepoints in residential areas without access to off-street parking. These grants are available to support chargepoints for all types of battery electric vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/01/2018 09:10:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

810661

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial incentives his Department makes available to public transport providers to encourage the use electric vehicles in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	121006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Northern Ireland receives a share of the UK Government’s spending via the Barnett formula to fund devolved matters, including public transport.</p><p> </p><p>Public transport providers in Northern Ireland are also able to take advantage of our Workplace Charging Scheme which assists with the cost of purchasing and installing electric vehicle chargepoints in workplaces. The Plug in Taxi Grant (PITG) announced in March 2017 provides support to taxi drivers purchasing new ultra low emission taxis of up to £7,500 throughout the UK. The first eligible vehicles to be able to claim the PITG are expected to come to market shortly. For private hire vehicles the existing Plug in Car Grant of up to £4,500 is already available to support the take up of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) used as taxis.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2018 15:05:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan