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1178937

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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 the Government’s policy is on the use of wireless electric vehicle charging points.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the wireless charging of electric vehicles is fast becoming a commercial reality, with some premium manufacturers already offering static wireless charging products.</p><p> </p><p>The development of wireless charging is an exciting prospect and one the Government is planning through our R&amp;D programme. In July last year, we announced new investment for British engineering to develop electric chargepoint infrastructure, with 12 projects set to receive almost £40 million to revolutionise the experience of owning an electric vehicle in the UK. Innovations to receive investment included electric vehicle wireless charging systems.</p><p> </p><p>Investment in R&amp;D projects like wireless charging is a key contributor to the Road to Zero Strategy and our mission to put the UK at the forefront of the design and manufacture of zero emission vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 26/02/2020 10:19:09 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1178953

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the railcard for veterans will be valid for use on (a) peak and (b) off-peak services.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	18865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>On 22 January, we announced that our new Veterans Railcard would be available from 11 November this year. Passengers will be fully appraised of the railcard’s validity before it goes live, and this will include how to apply and the detailed terms and conditions.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 26/02/2020 12:24:03 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1179097

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Fuels
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 on the potential for synthetic fuel to drive motor vehicles to help meet the 2035 ban on diesel and petrol cars.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	18675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is consulting on ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans from 2040 to 2035, or earlier if feasible. This is in line with advice from the independent Committee on Climate Change on what is required to achieve net zero emissions in 2050. Existing vehicles will be unaffected by this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Renewable fuels, including renewable synthetic fuels, are incentivised through the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation and are an important measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as we transition to zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Vehicles fuelled by renewable synthetic equivalents of petrol and diesel have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but are unlikely to offer the air quality benefits of battery electric or hydrogen fuelled vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 26/02/2020 10:24:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1179102

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Fares
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 effect of Great Western Railway withdrawing from the easitNETWORK discount travel scheme on (a) traffic congestion and (b) air quality in Oxford East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	18941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Great Western Railway’s (GWR’s) withdrawal from easitNETWORK is a matter for the operator, and the Department has therefore made no assessment of its effect on traffic congestion or air quality and has had no discussions with employers in Oxford about this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any support for users of the easitNETWORK discount travel scheme when GWR withdraws from that scheme is also a matter for GWR.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 18942 18943 question first answered 26/02/2020 12:27:20 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1179103

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with employers in Oxford that make the easitNETWORK discount travel scheme available to their employees on the effect of Great Western Railway withdrawing from that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	18942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Great Western Railway’s (GWR’s) withdrawal from easitNETWORK is a matter for the operator, and the Department has therefore made no assessment of its effect on traffic congestion or air quality and has had no discussions with employers in Oxford about this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any support for users of the easitNETWORK discount travel scheme when GWR withdraws from that scheme is also a matter for GWR.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 18941 18943 question first answered 26/02/2020 12:27:20 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1179104

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department will provide to users of the easitNETWORK discount travel scheme when Great Western Railway withdraws from that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	18943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Great Western Railway’s (GWR’s) withdrawal from easitNETWORK is a matter for the operator, and the Department has therefore made no assessment of its effect on traffic congestion or air quality and has had no discussions with employers in Oxford about this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any support for users of the easitNETWORK discount travel scheme when GWR withdraws from that scheme is also a matter for GWR.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 18941 18942 question first answered 26/02/2020 12:27:20 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1179106

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
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 role of (a) easitNETWORK and (b) other discount travel schemes in achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	18944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>We have made no specific assessment of the role of easitNETWORK in achieving new zero emissions by 2050. We are committed to improving the attractiveness of rail, having recently introduced the 16-17 Saver and 26-30 railcards, with a commitment to introducing a new railcard for veterans later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 26/02/2020 12:21:05 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1179167

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Signals: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with the Office of Rail and Road on the market study into the supply of signalling systems.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	18540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road has made the Department aware of the market study, but there have been no substantive discussions with DfT Ministers or officials.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 26/02/2020 12:34:46 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1179443

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Peckham Rye Station: Lifts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescale is for completion of the Access for All programme lift installation at Peckham Rye Station.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	18436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>We will be able to confirm the completion date once detailed designs are complete, and construction scheduled to ensure minimal disruption to passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 26/02/2020 12:29:53 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1178317

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the average number of passengers on public service bus routes in (a) the East Midlands, (b) Leicester and (c) Leicester East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	2010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the average number of passengers per route at regional or parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>The average bus occupancy on local bus services was 12.5 in England in 2018/19, an increase from 12.2 in 2017/18 and 11.7 in 2009/10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/02/2020 10:52:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe