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1650926

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Routes: Environment Protection and Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to assess the environmental and health impacts of concentrated flight paths.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	192924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>UK airspace is an invisible but vital piece of our national infrastructure. Modernisation is long overdue and is critical to ensure that UK airspace is fit for purpose in the future. Its aim is to deliver quicker, quieter and cleaner journeys and more capacity for the benefit of those who use and are affected by UK airspace.</p><p> </p><p>The Airspace Modernisation Strategy (AMS) sets out the ways, means and ends of modernising airspace through nine elements that will modernise aircraft-based navigation and airspace management. A refreshed AMS was published in January 2023 which extends the strategy out to 2040, reaffirming our commitment to delivering this key infrastructure programme. Sustainability is an overarching principle of the strategy. The environmental benefits of the strategy will contribute towards our Jet Zero emissions reductions targets for the aviation sector.</p><p> </p><p>The environmental benefits of airspace modernisation will contribute towards our Jet Zero emissions reductions targets for the aviation sector. The Free Route Airspace deployment over the southwest of England in March 2023 saved 12,000+ tonnes of CO2/year and 150,000 nautical miles of flying, which is the equivalent of seven trips around the world.</p><p> </p><p>All sponsors of airspace change must follow the Civil Aviation Authority's regulatory requirements as set out in CAP1616. These requirements reflect the Government's Air Navigation Guidance 2017 which requires sponsors to consider the use of multiple flightpaths to disperse air traffic, as well as undertake full assessments of the airspace options they are considering. Noise impacts must be assessed using the Department’s Transport Analysis Guidance which includes a module for valuing the impacts of noise on health and quality of life.</p><p> </p><p>Airports are responsible for the specific arrangements for low-level flightpaths. Engagement with all relevant stakeholders, including communities, is an important part of CAP1616 and is crucial to the success of the airspace modernisation programme. I would encourage you and your constituents to partake in these public engagement exercises to ensure the needs of your constituency are fully accounted for in the airspace change process.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2023 13:03:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1650991

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Urban Areas
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 whether he will meet his target to increase the proportion of short journeys that are walked or cycled in towns and cities to 46% by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	192956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s most recent assessment of this 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. 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 13/07/2023 07:42:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1650992

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Training
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 expand Bikeability training for primary school pupils.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	192957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has increased the funding available for Bikeability each year since 2020 and is providing at least £21 million in the financial year of 2023-24.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2023 15:10:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1650993

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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, with reference to paragraph 23c of the National Audit Office report entitled Active Travel in England, HC 1376, what steps he is taking to implement that report's recommendation on funding for active travel.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	192958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department is carefully considering the report’s findings and recommendations. Officials from the Department and Active Travel England will be attending a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing on 19 July to discuss them. The PAC will publish a report following the hearing, and the Department will publish a formal response after this.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2023 15:08:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1652592

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles
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 regulate the use of autonomous vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	905947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government paper <em>“Connected &amp; Automated Mobility 2025: realising the benefits of self-driving vehicles in the UK”</em> sets out government’s plans to support the development and deployment of safe self-driving vehicles in the UK. This includes proposals for a comprehensive regulatory, legislative and safety framework.</p><p>The Department is committed to these plans and will introduce primary legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/07/2023 10:19:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1650463

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that sustainable transport planning is a priority in building transport infrastructure on new development sites.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	192658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that transport issues, including opportunities to promote walking, cycling and public transport, should be considered from the earliest stages of plan-making and when considering development proposals.</p><p> </p><p>As committed in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, the Government is embedding transport decarbonisation principles in spatial planning and across transport policymaking to ensure that new development is designed in a way that promotes sustainable travel choices. This year, Active Travel England has been established as a statutory consultee in the planning system and will help planning authorities in their work to implement good active travel design. Additionally, the Government is taking forward updates to the <em>Manual for Streets</em> guidance to encourage a more holistic approach to street design which assigns higher priority to the needs of pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2023 15:19:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1649626

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
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, if he will publish his Department's assessment of the likelihood of meeting its objectives for increased active travel under confirmed funding levels for April 2021 to March 2025.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	192130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s most recent assessment of progress against these and other objectives 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. The Department will provide an updated assessment in its next report to Parliament in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2023 09:25:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1649751

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2022 on Security Update on Surveillance Equipment, WMS 386, whether they have (a) ceased deployment of visual surveillance systems produced by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People’s Republic of China onto sensitive sites, (b) ensured no such equipment is connected to their departmental core network, (c) considered whether there are sites outside the definition of sensitive sites to which they would wish to extend risk mitigation and (d) put in place any additional controls or taken any further steps.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	192157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>On 24 November 2022, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster published a Written Ministerial Statement noting that departments had been instructed to take a series of actions relating to surveillance equipment subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People’s Republic of China. DfT has been implementing this policy along with other protective security controls. At Report Stage of the Procurement Bill, the Government committed that, within six months of Royal Assent, the Government will set out the timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment supplied by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of China from sensitive sites. DfT will be providing information to the Cabinet Office to support this commitment. It is a longstanding Government policy that specific security arrangements regarding Government estates are withheld on security grounds.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2023 07:55:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1649791

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2023 to Question 190246 on India: Aviation, what the remaining restrictions are on air services between UK regional airports and points in India; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	191995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>There are no restrictions on the frequency of air services, using any type of aircraft, that might be operated between UK regional airports and New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. For air services between points in the UK and any other points in India, there is a limit of 7 services per week, using any type of aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2023 13:02:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1649344

registered interest
date	30/06/2023
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 he plans to require all electric vehicle charging points to display the cost of electricity per kWh before use of the machine.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	191932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government will soon lay the regulations to improve the consumer experience at public electric vehicle chargepoints across the UK. Subject to progress made in Parliament, the regulations will mandate a pricing metric using pence per kilowatt hour (p/kWh) to ensure price transparency. This should make it easier for consumers to compare prices across the different charging networks in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2023 10:32:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill