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1180455

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available from his Department to support local authority schemes on walking.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	20433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The detail of the funding that has been made available to local authorities and other organisations to support walking projects are set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Report to Parliament, published on 07 February 2020. The schemes that the Department has funded include projects to encourage walking to school, as well as improvements to infrastructure and the public realm to support walking in general. Further details will be announced at the Budget and Spending Review of the new funding for cycling and walking that was announced by the Prime Minister on 11 February 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 27/02/2020 15:41:08 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1179731

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish unredacted versions of the papers of the audit and risk assurance committee of HS2 Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	19717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>It is important that HS2 Ltd has the space to discuss robustly and frankly the HS2 programme. HS2 Ltd publishes the minutes of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (and the minutes of the HS2 Board) to provide transparency around the decision-making process while maintaining necessary levels of confidentiality to allow frank and robust discussion. Representatives from the National Audit Office attend HS2’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. It is chaired by a Non-Executive Director of the HS2 Board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/02/2020 16:59:32 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1179753

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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 plans he has to extend the scope of existing legislation on driving prohibitions to include principal occupants in autonomous vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	19841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that self-driving (sometimes referred to as autonomous) vehicles will challenge existing driving legislation, which was not designed with them in mind.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles has asked the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission (the Law Commissions) to conduct a three-year review of driving legislation to prepare for the introduction of self-driving vehicles on UK roads, which includes extensive public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering what legislative changes will be required to ensure the safe deployment of self-driving vehicles, informed by the Law Commissions’ project, which is due to complete in 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/02/2020 17:10:53 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1179803

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking Offences
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 the number of Penalty Charge Notices issued within different local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	19944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for issuing Penalty Charge Notices in their area and the Department for Transport does not hold information on the number that are issued by different local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/02/2020 15:24:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1179809

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 12401 on Cycling and Walking: Infrastructure, how much (a) ringfenced and (b) non-ringfenced funds were invested in (i) cycling and (ii) walking in each financial year from 2016-17 to 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	19949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>A total of around £1.2 billion was invested in cycling and walking over those three years, with roughly a quarter of this ring-fenced and three quarters non-ring-fenced. Details of this investment, including a year by year breakdown, were published on 7<sup>th</sup> February alongside the first report to Parliament on progress made towards delivering the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS). Most of the investment benefits both cycling and walking, although some initiatives are focused more on one than on the other: further details are provided in the report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 27/02/2020 15:43:36 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1179812

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services and Cycling: Finance
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 10 February 2020 to Question 12402 on Cycling and Walking: Infrastructure, how much (a) ringfenced and (b) non-ringfenced funding he plans to allocate for (a) cycling and (b) buses in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	19952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Further details on all of these matters will be provided as part of the forthcoming Budget and Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 27/02/2020 15:45:31 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1179959

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
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 the Home Secretary on how many migrant workers from each of the standard occupational classifications in the shortage occupation list will be required to complete High Speed Two.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	19718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>As part of its comprehensive Skills, Employment and Education strategy, HS2 Ltd has undertaken detailed labour and skills demand and supply forecasting and analysis (<a href="https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13145027/CS1006-HS2-labour-and-skills-demand-and-supply-forecasting-and-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13145027/CS1006-HS2-labour-and-skills-demand-and-supply-forecasting-and-analysis.pdf</a> ) which is designed to ensure the project’s skills needs are met and that it leaves a positive employment legacy across the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This work does not include an analysis of how many migrant workers from each of the standard occupational classifications in the shortage occupation list will be required to complete High Speed Two.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/02/2020 17:01:00 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1179965

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for the publication of the Williams Rail Review.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	19851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>A White Paper based on the Williams Rail Review’s recommendations will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 27/02/2020 11:31:16 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1179968

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for the publication of the National Bus Strategy; and whether he plans to hold a consultation on that strategy before it is implemented.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	19852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We intend to publish the strategy later this year and are currently developing our plans how best to proceed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/02/2020 15:32:47 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1180101

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Wales
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 11 February 2020 to Question 13504 on Agricultural Machinery: Exhaust Emissions, how many companies registered in Wales have registered for the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	19817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) has been successful in promoting a market for sustainable renewable fuels. Long term targets set in legislation have given companies the confidence to invest in Wales and across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Companies that supply at least 450,000 litres of fossil fuels are obligated to supply a certain amount of renewable fuel under the RTFO. Companies can also register voluntarily to be able to receive RTFO certificates. Currently, there are 50 UK registered suppliers, with one supplier having a registered address in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is encouraging further investment in renewable fuels in the UK through its multimillion pound innovation competitions. Competitively awarded grants have been provided to support the construction of several commercial-scale plants in the UK. This includes the Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition (F4C) which was launched in 2017 and makes up to £20 million in capital funding available. Among the shortlisted projects of the competition, one of the companies is looking to locate in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 19818 19819 question first answered 27/02/2020 16:57:17 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards