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date	06/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Urban Areas
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 discourage the use of cars in major urban areas.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	13573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Local Highway Authorities are responsible for the maintenance and management of the local road network within their areas and this includes measures to help reduce road congestion. It is the for the Leaders and Mayors of local and Combined Authorities to decide how best to manage the relative mix of traffic in their cities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is tackling congestion across England through investment in roads, public transport and active travel. The £2.5bn Transforming Cities Fund is empowering 18 city regions to deliver improvements to commuter connectivity which will provide faster, more reliable transport links such as new light rail, bus or cycling infrastructure. The Government has also recently announced a further £5bn of investment in buses and cycling across England.</p><p>Through the National Roads Fund, the Government is providing £28.8bn which will fund vital improvements on the Strategic Road Network and on the Major Roads Network.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to decarbonisation of transport and is consulting on bringing forward the end of the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035, or earlier if a faster transition appears feasible.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting areas that have identified Clean Air Zones as a means of reducing Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) to legal levels by charging older, dirtier vehicles for entering an area.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 14/02/2020 14:25:23 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1176801

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date	06/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Hydrogen
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 promote the use of hydrogen buses to private bus companies.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	13578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government has invested around £150 million towards new cleaner buses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has supported the use of a range of low carbon bus technologies, including hydrogen, through funds including the Low Emission and Ultra Low Emission Bus Schemes. These schemes have provided funding for the purchase of 62 hydrogen buses.</p><p> </p><p>We have also announced a review of bus funding and an upcoming National Bus Strategy, which will consider how to support the uptake of low carbon bus technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 14/02/2020 14:48:51 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1176848

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M1: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents involving (a) serious injury and (b) death occurred between Junctions 32 and 35A of the M1 in (i) each year since March 2017 and (ii) each of the three years before March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	13515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Any death on our roads is one too many. We want our roads to be as safe as possible. That is why I’ve asked the Department to carry out an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. The Department will present the findings of the stocktake shortly.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads. The Roads Minister will write to you as soon as the stocktake is completed to answer your specific question.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 14/02/2020 14:15:09 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion