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1608568

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Engines
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 implications for his policies of the EU policy on banning internal combustion engines.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	176543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>A full cost benefit analysis has been published alongside a consultation on the Government’s final proposals for a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions regulation for new cars and vans in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/04/2023 13:15:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1608630

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport
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 implications for his policies of the proposals on public transport within the report entitled Mission Zero: Independent Review of Net Zero, published on 26 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	176753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department acknowledged the role that helping passengers to choose public transport will have in the decarbonisation of the sector in March 2023’s <em>Powering Up Britain: Net Zero Growth Plan </em>and thanks Chris Skidmore MP for his detailed review of reducing transport emissions in <em>Mission Zero: Independent Review of Net Zero</em>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department outlined a model for improving and increasing demand for public transport in the <em>National Bus Strategy for England </em>and <em>Plan for Rail</em> and are delivering on its ambitions, including investing £360 million in fares, ticketing and retailing for rail. The Department remains committed to supporting the introduction of 4,000 zero emission buses and a zero-emission bus fleet, with approximately 3,400 zero emission buses funded to date across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided over £2 billion in emergency and recovery funding since March 2020 to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and protect vital bus routes and is also investing over £1 billion to support improvements to bus services through local Bus Service Improvement Plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 176754 question first answered 17/04/2023 13:22:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1608632

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to implement the proposals on public transport within the report entitled Mission Zero: Independent Review of Net Zero, published on 26 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	176754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department acknowledged the role that helping passengers to choose public transport will have in the decarbonisation of the sector in March 2023’s <em>Powering Up Britain: Net Zero Growth Plan </em>and thanks Chris Skidmore MP for his detailed review of reducing transport emissions in <em>Mission Zero: Independent Review of Net Zero</em>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department outlined a model for improving and increasing demand for public transport in the <em>National Bus Strategy for England </em>and <em>Plan for Rail</em> and are delivering on its ambitions, including investing £360 million in fares, ticketing and retailing for rail. The Department remains committed to supporting the introduction of 4,000 zero emission buses and a zero-emission bus fleet, with approximately 3,400 zero emission buses funded to date across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided over £2 billion in emergency and recovery funding since March 2020 to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and protect vital bus routes and is also investing over £1 billion to support improvements to bus services through local Bus Service Improvement Plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 176753 question first answered 17/04/2023 13:22:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1608122

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Engines: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take further steps to support hydrogen combustion engine technology.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	175661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Hydrogen combustion engines offer the potential to decarbonise part of the transport sectors where battery electric is not t a viable solution. The Government has recently supported JCB, for example, to test new hydrogen combustion machinery on the public highway, as well as supported research into the liquid hydrogen combustion for aviation engines.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/04/2023 11:32:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1608197

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the funding required to meet the Government's goal for half of all journeys in towns and cities being cycled or walked by 2030; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	175558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>The total amount of funding needed depend on a wide range of factors, including decisions on active travel and other policies taken by local authorities. Since the first ever statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS1) in 2017, the Government has made a great deal of progress. Over the course of this Parliament, it expects a total of around £3 billion from a wide range of funding streams to be invested in delivering safe and accessible walking and cycling infrastructure as well as other measures to enable more people to walk and cycle for more of their everyday journeys.</p><p>The Department will include an assessment of progress towards the 2030 goal in its next report to Parliament on the delivery of the statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2023 09:46:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1608198

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to active travel for the years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	175559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>In the financial year 2022-23 the Department provided approximately £200 million of dedicated capital funding for active travel and approximately £71 million of dedicated revenue funding. These figures do not include the funding for active travel schemes that came from wider funding streams such as the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS).</p><p>The Department has confirmed that a total of at least £100m of dedicated capital funding for active travel will be provided over the two-year period 2023/24 to 2024/25, and is currently finalising the revenue budget for active travel for those years as part of its consideration of all future spending plans. Again, this does not include funding for active travel schemes from wider funding streams.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/04/2023 09:00:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1608199

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the predicted (a) capital and (b) revenue funding for active travel is for the financial year 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	175560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department will confirm this matter shortly. It has already confirmed that at least £100m of dedicated capital funding for active travel will be provided over the two-year period of 2023/24 to 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2023 09:49:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1608217

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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, whether his department is on track to legislate for ending sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 within the proposed January 2024 timeframe.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	175708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>Yes, the Department is on track.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/03/2023 10:07:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1608229

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Diesel 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 he is taking to (a) prevent and (b) sanction car manufacturers who use defeat devices to provide misleading emissions data in diesel cars.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	175575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing air pollution from all forms of transport, and this pollution has significantly fallen since 2010. Emissions of nitrogen oxides have fallen by 45% and emissions of PM2.5 by 10%.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA Market Surveillance Unit (MSU) conducts an annual emissions-testing programme to test vehicle emissions in the real world. Where MSU testing identifies non-compliant emissions, including suspicions of a prohibited defeat device, DVSA works with the manufacturer to implement improvement plans.</p><p> </p><p>The results of the MSU annual emissions-testing programme are made publicly available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fdvsa-vehicle-market-surveillance-unit&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSaphia.Soros-White%40dft.gov.uk%7Cb57e50aececb4f89dd3a08db3e541a62%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638172303151772458%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K67Rg58pL6mZZSwPA5G4qWQOjnMfAH1wadZrfKoJoCw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dvsa-vehicle-market-surveillance-unit</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 the Government strengthened restrictions against the use of illegal emissions technology by passing legislation making it an offence for manufacturers to place motor vehicles on the market which contain prohibited defeat systems. The Government will also bring forward legislation to enable it to require vehicles to be recalled on environmental grounds, as well as exploring other means to strengthen enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) prohibit traders across all business sectors from engaging in unfair commercial practices in connection with the promotion, sale and supply of products to consumers. Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority are responsible for enforcing these protections.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no specific assessment of the impact of the case by the European Court of Justice judgement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 175576 175578 question first answered 17/04/2023 13:26:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1608230

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
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 impact of the European Court of Justice judgment that Mercedes-Benz must pay compensation for the use of illegal defeat devices in diesel cars on consumer rights.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	175576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing air pollution from all forms of transport, and this pollution has significantly fallen since 2010. Emissions of nitrogen oxides have fallen by 45% and emissions of PM2.5 by 10%.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA Market Surveillance Unit (MSU) conducts an annual emissions-testing programme to test vehicle emissions in the real world. Where MSU testing identifies non-compliant emissions, including suspicions of a prohibited defeat device, DVSA works with the manufacturer to implement improvement plans.</p><p> </p><p>The results of the MSU annual emissions-testing programme are made publicly available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fdvsa-vehicle-market-surveillance-unit&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSaphia.Soros-White%40dft.gov.uk%7Cb57e50aececb4f89dd3a08db3e541a62%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638172303151772458%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K67Rg58pL6mZZSwPA5G4qWQOjnMfAH1wadZrfKoJoCw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dvsa-vehicle-market-surveillance-unit</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 the Government strengthened restrictions against the use of illegal emissions technology by passing legislation making it an offence for manufacturers to place motor vehicles on the market which contain prohibited defeat systems. The Government will also bring forward legislation to enable it to require vehicles to be recalled on environmental grounds, as well as exploring other means to strengthen enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) prohibit traders across all business sectors from engaging in unfair commercial practices in connection with the promotion, sale and supply of products to consumers. Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority are responsible for enforcing these protections.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no specific assessment of the impact of the case by the European Court of Justice judgement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 175575 175578 question first answered 17/04/2023 13:26:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady