Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1312324

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Coronavirus
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 restore confidence in domestic coach travel as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	188100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>As the country progresses safely through the steps of the roadmap (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021/covid-19-response-spring-2021-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021/covid-19-response-spring-2021-summary</a>), the Government will continue to engage with coach operators to assess how it can support the sector’s recovery. The Government is also planning to bring forward a Tourism Recovery Plan in the Spring. This will provide further detail on how the Government will support the UK tourism sector, with measures that will be applicable to many sub-sectors, including coach travel.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 29/04/2021 07:23:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1312357

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Public Consultation
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 22 April 2021 to Question 183125 on bus services, what plans he has for a public consultation on the meaning of socially necessary services.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	188091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to issuing guidance on the meaning and role of socially necessary services. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 29/04/2021 07:28:37 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1312359

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Fares
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 22 April 2021 to Question 183124, what assessment he has made of the level of funding necessary to make flat fares the norm on bus services.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	188092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The National Bus Strategy sets out what we want to see on fares, including low flat fares (or maximum fares and daily price caps) to be the norm within cities and towns. We expect to see Bus Service Improvement Plans from local transport authorities set out how they will achieve these objectives, including their plans and costs for implementing new fares and ticketing policies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 29/04/2021 07:32:31 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1312441

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has made available from the public purse to support cycle (a) hire and (b) repair programmes in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	188167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>On 7 February 2020, the Department published a detailed breakdown of annual investment in cycling and walking from 2016/17 to 2018/19, which includes information on how much funding has been provided to local and combined authorities in the West Midlands over that period. Copies of the report and other associated information are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/investment-schedule-in-cycling-and-walking-interventions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/investment-schedule-in-cycling-and-walking-interventions</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Active Travel Fund, the Department made available around £17 million to Transport for the West Midlands (TfWM) in 2020/21 for schemes to boost cycling and walking. It is up to TfWM to determine in discussion with its seven constituent authorities where this funding is spent. In the current financial year the Department will be providing both revenue funding and capital funding to local authorities for active travel schemes. TfWM is due to receive £1.9 million of revenue funding to support local capacity building and behaviour change initiatives such as cycle hire and repair schemes.</p><p>The Department will make a further announcement in due course about TfWM’s capital funding allocation for 2021/22.</p><p>In 2020/21 the Department also made available over £20 million nationally for the Fix Your Bike voucher scheme and for pop-up “Dr Bike” maintenance stations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 29/04/2021 07:21:54 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson