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1661280

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date	18/09/2023
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, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) availability and (b) reliability of electric vehicle charging points on (i) public roads and (ii) the (A) central and (B) local government estate in (1) Shropshire, (2) Telford and (3) Wrekin.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	199890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is supporting local authorities in England through its £381 million Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund.</p><p /><p>Shropshire Council has been allocated £2,006,000 of capital funding and £362,000 of capability funding through the LEVI Fund, to transform the availability of charging infrastructure across the area, including in Telford and the Wrekin.</p><p /><p>Since 2017, local authorities across the UK have also been able to apply to the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS). Over 190 local authorities have been awarded grants through ORCS, which will help to support the installation of more than 18,000 chargepoints. Telford and Wrekin Council have been awarded £682,370 for the installation of 70 chargepoints, and Shropshire Council have been awarded a total of £992,330 for the installation of 150 chargepoints across two projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also laid regulations to improve the consumer experience across the public charging network and has published accompanying guidance. The regulations mandate open data to ensure that consumers can locate the right chargepoints for their needs, mandate 99 per cent reliability across each rapid charging network, and will ensure that a 24/7-hour helpline is available across the entire public charging network.</p><p> </p><p>Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) and infrastructure grants are also available for local government estates. Eligible applicants can get up to 75% off the total costs of purchase and installation, capped at £350 per socket.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/10/2023 15:57:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1661313

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rapid Charging Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's publication entitled UK Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy, published 31 March 2022, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the government's response to the consultation on the design of the Rapid Charging Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	199939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) will future-proof electrical capacity at strategic locations, where it is currently uncommercially viable for industry to do so, to prepare the network for a fully electric car and van fleet. The RCF will not fund chargepoints directly. It will enable the market to deliver by subsidising the uncommercial costs of new or additional electricity connections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is in the process of developing a pilot for the RCF. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has been engaging closely with stakeholders and colleagues in other Departments for the pilot, which will open for applications in due course. The budget for the pilot will be publicly announced when it opens for applications.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to conduct a public consultation for the main RCF. Results from the consultation and learnings from the pilot will help to inform the design of the main fund.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of the RCF, the Government continues to work with industry on the rollout of chargepoints at motorway service areas (MSAs). 96 per cent of motorway service areas (MSAs) have at least one rapid chargepoint. There are now 260 ultra-rapid (150kw+) chargepoints, and more than 480 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid (50kW) and ultra-rapid chargepoints at MSAs altogether.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 199940 199941 199942 199943 question first answered 16/10/2023 12:52:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1661315

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rapid Charging Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Government Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy, published 31 March 2023, what estimate he has made of the number of high-powered charge points that will be installed through the Rapid Charging Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	199940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) will future-proof electrical capacity at strategic locations, where it is currently uncommercially viable for industry to do so, to prepare the network for a fully electric car and van fleet. The RCF will not fund chargepoints directly. It will enable the market to deliver by subsidising the uncommercial costs of new or additional electricity connections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is in the process of developing a pilot for the RCF. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has been engaging closely with stakeholders and colleagues in other Departments for the pilot, which will open for applications in due course. The budget for the pilot will be publicly announced when it opens for applications.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to conduct a public consultation for the main RCF. Results from the consultation and learnings from the pilot will help to inform the design of the main fund.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of the RCF, the Government continues to work with industry on the rollout of chargepoints at motorway service areas (MSAs). 96 per cent of motorway service areas (MSAs) have at least one rapid chargepoint. There are now 260 ultra-rapid (150kw+) chargepoints, and more than 480 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid (50kW) and ultra-rapid chargepoints at MSAs altogether.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 199939 199941 199942 199943 question first answered 16/10/2023 12:52:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1661316

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rapid Charging Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the total amount spent on the Rapid Charging Fund as of September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	199941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) will future-proof electrical capacity at strategic locations, where it is currently uncommercially viable for industry to do so, to prepare the network for a fully electric car and van fleet. The RCF will not fund chargepoints directly. It will enable the market to deliver by subsidising the uncommercial costs of new or additional electricity connections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is in the process of developing a pilot for the RCF. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has been engaging closely with stakeholders and colleagues in other Departments for the pilot, which will open for applications in due course. The budget for the pilot will be publicly announced when it opens for applications.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to conduct a public consultation for the main RCF. Results from the consultation and learnings from the pilot will help to inform the design of the main fund.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of the RCF, the Government continues to work with industry on the rollout of chargepoints at motorway service areas (MSAs). 96 per cent of motorway service areas (MSAs) have at least one rapid chargepoint. There are now 260 ultra-rapid (150kw+) chargepoints, and more than 480 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid (50kW) and ultra-rapid chargepoints at MSAs altogether.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 199939 199940 199942 199943 question first answered 16/10/2023 12:52:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1661317

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rapid Charging Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the Rapid Charging Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	199942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) will future-proof electrical capacity at strategic locations, where it is currently uncommercially viable for industry to do so, to prepare the network for a fully electric car and van fleet. The RCF will not fund chargepoints directly. It will enable the market to deliver by subsidising the uncommercial costs of new or additional electricity connections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is in the process of developing a pilot for the RCF. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has been engaging closely with stakeholders and colleagues in other Departments for the pilot, which will open for applications in due course. The budget for the pilot will be publicly announced when it opens for applications.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to conduct a public consultation for the main RCF. Results from the consultation and learnings from the pilot will help to inform the design of the main fund.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of the RCF, the Government continues to work with industry on the rollout of chargepoints at motorway service areas (MSAs). 96 per cent of motorway service areas (MSAs) have at least one rapid chargepoint. There are now 260 ultra-rapid (150kw+) chargepoints, and more than 480 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid (50kW) and ultra-rapid chargepoints at MSAs altogether.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 199939 199940 199941 199943 question first answered 16/10/2023 12:52:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1661318

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rapid Charging Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's expected timescale is for opening applications for the Rapid Charging Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	199943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) will future-proof electrical capacity at strategic locations, where it is currently uncommercially viable for industry to do so, to prepare the network for a fully electric car and van fleet. The RCF will not fund chargepoints directly. It will enable the market to deliver by subsidising the uncommercial costs of new or additional electricity connections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is in the process of developing a pilot for the RCF. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has been engaging closely with stakeholders and colleagues in other Departments for the pilot, which will open for applications in due course. The budget for the pilot will be publicly announced when it opens for applications.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to conduct a public consultation for the main RCF. Results from the consultation and learnings from the pilot will help to inform the design of the main fund.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of the RCF, the Government continues to work with industry on the rollout of chargepoints at motorway service areas (MSAs). 96 per cent of motorway service areas (MSAs) have at least one rapid chargepoint. There are now 260 ultra-rapid (150kw+) chargepoints, and more than 480 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid (50kW) and ultra-rapid chargepoints at MSAs altogether.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 199939 199940 199941 199942 question first answered 16/10/2023 12:52:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1661367

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Habitats Directive on airfield planning applications.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	200084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is supportive of airport growth where it can be delivered within its environmental obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Every development proposal should be judged by the relevant planning authority, taking careful account of all relevant considerations, including environmental impacts and proposed mitigations.</p><p> </p><p>Airport planning applications need to take into account the European Commission Habitats Directive where they could lead to significant impacts on areas of nature conservation, which could include a Habitat Regulations Assessment of the implications of the plans for that site.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/10/2023 16:35:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1660726

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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, with reference to the policy paper entitled Cycling and walking investment strategy report to Parliament 2022, published on 6 July 2022, when he plans to publish the next cycling and walking investment strategy report.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The next report to Parliament is likely to be published alongside the third statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2023 13:35:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1660404

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal incidents involved delivery drivers driving using electric bicycles in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	199277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The department’s road casualty statistics are based on data collected from police forces via the STATS19 system.</p><p>STATS19 does not identify electric bicycles as a separate category, and therefore the department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2023 15:46:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1660419

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gatwick Airport
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 (a) airlines and (b) unions on strikes and departures from Gatwick Airport.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>UK aviation operates in the private sector; and industrial relations are managed between the employers and the unions. Any instances of industrial action are for Gatwick to manage with their airlines, ground handlers and other organisations.</p><p> </p><p>A number of strikes were announced over the summer by ground handlers and service providers for passengers with reduced mobility at Gatwick. Department for Transport officials engaged with the airport and with ground handlers to ensure that robust plans were in place to manage disruption.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of negotiation between the Unions and the employer, the strikes were cancelled.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/09/2023 12:56:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon