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1274708

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
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 has made an assessment of public charging points in Staffordshire Moorlands for electric vehicles; and if he will ensure that there are adequate public charging points for such vehicles in the Staffordshire Moorlands ahead of the phasing out of non-electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Staffordshire Moorlands
tabling member printed	Karen Bradley
uin	134425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>Our vision is to have one of the best infrastructure networks in the world for electric vehicles (EVs), and we want chargepoints to be accessible, affordable and secure. The transition to zero emission vehicles is supported by a £2.8 billion package of measures. Of this £1.3 billion is being targeted to accelerate the roll out of charging infrastructure across the UK. Local authorities are able to take advantage of the £20 million On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS), which assists them with the cost of installing chargepoints on residential streets. In addition, in the recent Spending Review Government committed £90 million to fund local EV charging infrastructure, which will support the roll out of larger charging schemes and rapid hubs. Government has recognised that cost is not the only barrier facing local authorities in the provision of public charging points and will publish an electric vehicle infrastructure strategy this year to address the remaining barriers in infrastructure delivery. We are determined to work with industry to ensure that all rural areas like the Staffordshire Moorlands have a joined up and reliable public electric vehicle charging infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not keep a record of public chargepoints as many of these are installed and operated privately. Nationally, Government and industry have supported the installation of over 19,000 publicly available charging devices. This includes over 3,500 rapid devices – one of the largest networks in Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/01/2021 16:27:25 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley

1274724

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
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, when he plans to publish the National Bus Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The National Bus Strategy, England’s first-ever long-term bus strategy, will be launched in the coming months to ensure buses are prioritised into the future.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/01/2021 15:00:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1274751

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Carbon 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 reduce transport emissions in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	134458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to going further, faster to tackle climate change, which is why we are developing a bold and ambitious Transport Decarbonisation Plan to achieve net zero emissions across all modes of transport. This will set out our plans for reducing emissions at local and national level. Tackling emissions at a local level will make an important contribution to the decarbonisation of transport.</p><p>In addition to national policies to reduce emissions, government has already provided funding support for measures to reduce emissions across transport locally, including for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, increasing active travel, and supporting low emission buses. Building on previous funding, the Department recently announced that Coventry is – alongside Oxford – one of two areas progressed to Phase 2 of the All Electric Bus Town or City Competition. Subject to a successful business case, Coventry could be awarded up to £50 million to replace its entire bus fleet with electric buses and the infrastructure needed to support them.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/01/2021 14:02:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1274778

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) discussions he has had with and (b) advice he has issued to train companies on reducing station taxi rank fees for taxi and private hire vehicles during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	134463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department has received correspondence from a number of train operating companies on reducing station taxi rank fees for taxi and private hire vehicles during the covid-19 outbreak. As the majority of drivers are self-employed, they are already largely eligible for the Government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (equivalent to the furlough scheme for salaried employees), as well as other Government sources of funding potentially, such as the deferral of VAT.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/01/2021 14:33:03 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1274781

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of train companies maintaining taxi rank fees at stations during the covid-19 outbreak on on the income of taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	134464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of the effect of train companies maintaining taxi rank fees at stations during the covid-19 outbreak on the income of taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/01/2021 14:29:28 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1274782

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Integrated Rail Plan.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	134621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Following full consideration of the National Infrastructure Commission's report, the Government expects to publish the Integrated Rail Plan early in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/01/2021 11:41:38 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1274844

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
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 merits of extending the eligibility of the disabled person's bus pass to cover peak services.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	134528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>Under the terms of The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme a holder of a concessionary bus pass is able to travel between 09.30am and 11.00pm on weekdays and all day at weekends and on Bank Holidays.</p><p> </p><p>This area is kept under review. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme costs around £1 billion annually so any changes, such as extending the concession to include morning peak time travel, would need to be carefully considered for their impact on the scheme’s financial sustainability.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England have the power to offer additional local concessions, such as extending the hours of the concession, and three quarters of authorities already do so.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/01/2021 14:54:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1274900

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freight: Republic of Ireland
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 change in the level of haulage through-traffic from the Republic of Ireland to the EU via Great Britain since the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	134589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made. The Department for Transport does not directly hold data on the level of haulage through-traffic from the Republic of Ireland to the EU via Great Britain since the end of the transition period. The government keeps the flow of goods in and out of Great Britain and the UK under review.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/01/2021 14:46:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1274958

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend the validity of driving theory tests due to the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	134622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is in place for road safety reasons; to ensure that a candidate’s knowledge is current. This validity period is set in legislation and the Government has no current plans to lay further legislation to extend it.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that road safety knowledge and hazard perception skills are up to date at the critical point that they drive unsupervised for the first time. Those with theory test certificates expiring may have taken their test in early 2019. Since then, their lessons and practice sessions will have been significantly curtailed during recent lockdowns and it is likely that their knowledge base will have diminished.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring new drivers have current relevant knowledge and skills is a vital part of the training of new drivers, who are disproportionality represented in casualty statistics. Taking all this into consideration, the decision has been made not to extend theory test certificates and learners will need to pass another theory test if their certificate expires.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/01/2021 15:30:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1274978

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
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 assessment his Department has made of the implications for this policy on HS2 of the findings of the National Infrastructure Commission’s Rail Needs Assessment for The Midlands and The North: Final Report, published on 15 December 2020 that prioritising regional links has the potential to deliver the highest benefits for cities in the Midlands and the North rather than the eastern leg of HS2 Phase 2b.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	134640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Following full consideration of the National Infrastructure Commission's report, the Government expects to publish the Integrated Rail Plan early in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/01/2021 11:36:17 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford