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1300879

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freeports: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the Tees Freeport on existing (a) road, (b) rail and (b) ports infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	165532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>I would like to congratulate the Tees Freeport on its successful bid. My Department recognises that appropriate links will be vital to ensure the success of the UK’s newly established Freeports. My Department will consider the implications of the Freeport business cases for our transport networks and future infrastructure investment decisions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2021 14:11:02 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1300880

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freeports: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many merchant ship calls there were at the sea ports comprising the Tees Freeport in (a) 2000, (b) 2010 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	165533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>Tees and Hartlepool maritime ports had 4,671 and 3,533 merchant ships calls in 2010 and 2019 respectively. My Department does not hold figures dating to 2000, and the 2019 dataset is most current.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2021 14:08:35 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1282383

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Billingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the delay to planned accessibility works at Billingham Station under the Access for All scheme; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such a delay on local residents who have disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	146877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>We have received no representations about Billingham since it was included in the Access for All programme. Although the deadline for completing Access for All projects is 2024, Billingham is due to finish in 2022. Development and design work are well advanced and construction is due to start early next year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/02/2021 13:59:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1277637

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
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 effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the operation of the driving test system; and if he will extend the expiry date of theory tests.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	138959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>In line with national lockdown restrictions, all routine practical driving tests have been suspended until the restrictions are lifted. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has rescheduled affected tests by moving them to the next available test dates and has notified candidates accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>Once it is safe for driving tests to resume, the DVSA will ensure measures are in place to increase testing availability wherever possible; this will include offering overtime and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to carry out tests (warrant card holders) to do so, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays).</p><p> </p><p>The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is in place to ensure a candidate’s road safety 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> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/01/2021 12:00:16 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1252831

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
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 16 November 2020 to Question 114164 on Shipping: Carbon Emissions and with reference to page 31, paragraph 92 of the Clean Maritime Plan, if he will list the negative externalities associated with zero emission shipping technologies which deter (a) public and (b) private investment in low or zero emission fuels for the shipping industry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	116475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>DfT-commissioned research, published in 2019 to support the publication of the Clean Maritime Plan, explored market failures and other barriers to the take-up of emission abatement options. This research highlighted that negative externalities associated with emissions of GHGs and air pollutants from the consumption of fuels constitute a market failure that influences the perceived cost effectiveness of any possible abatement option.</p><p>As set out in the Clean Maritime Plan, the negative externalities associated with zero emission shipping technologies mean that the return on investment for many technologies is not currently sufficient to attract finance at competitive rates. Further information on the nature and implications of this and other market failures and barriers to the transition to clean maritime is publicly available on GOV.UK<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815671/identification-market-failures-other-barriers-of-commercial-deployment-of-emission-reduction-options.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815671/identification-market-failures-other-barriers-of-commercial-deployment-of-emission-reduction-options.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/11/2020 17:18:36 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251023

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2020 to Question 111511, when he plans to publish the Transport Decarbonisation Plan; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of that Plan on the planned review of the Clean Maritime Plan in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	114162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>We expect to publish the Transport Decarbonisation Plan in Spring 2021. When reviewing the Clean Maritime Plan in 2022, the Government will consider the actions set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan and the progress made towards maritime decarbonisation.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/11/2020 17:44:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251024

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
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 November 2020 to Question 111511 on Merchant Shipping: Carbon Emissions, how much the Government is investing to support the transition to zero emission vessels in the UK shipping industry; and if he will include full details of that investment in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	114163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>To date, the Department for Transport has funded a £1.5m competition for innovation in clean maritime and provided £193,897 in grant support, through the Department’s Transport Technology Research Innovation Grant Programme, to early stage research projects related to clean maritime. Details of the grant winners are available, respectively, on the MarRI-UK website<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> and on GOV.UK<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="https://www.marri-uk.org/funding-opportunities/clean-maritime-call/clean-maritime-call-winners" target="_blank">https://www.marri-uk.org/funding-opportunities/clean-maritime-call/clean-maritime-call-winners</a></p><p><sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/879162/transport-technology-research-innovation-grants-t-trig-funding-winners.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/879162/transport-technology-research-innovation-grants-t-trig-funding-winners.csv/preview</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/11/2020 17:45:52 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251025

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Clean Maritime Plan, published 11 July 2019, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential amount of (a) public and (b) private investment required to achieve the pathway to zero carbon emissions in the domestic maritime industry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	114164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department has undertaken extensive research considering the level of investment required for the UK’s domestic maritime sector to achieve net zero by 2050. This research comprises a range of scenarios assessing different policy options, including both costs and benefits, and has been published on GOV.UK:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-maritime-plan-maritime-2050-environment-route-map" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-maritime-plan-maritime-2050-environment-route-map</a></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 16/11/2020 13:01:13 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251026

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effect of the objectives of the Clean Maritime Plan, published in July 2019, on maritime employment levels in each year to 2035.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	114165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>Alongside the Clean Maritime Plan, the Department published an assessment of the potential economic opportunities from low and zero emission shipping. While this does not estimate the number of potential new jobs that could be created through the decarbonisation of the maritime sector, it identifies a large potential global market for the elements of alternative maritime fuel production technologies in which the UK has a particular competitive advantage (for example, upfront design), which could result in economic benefits to the UK of around £360–£510 million per year by the middle of the century.</p><p>More recently, Maritime UK has published its views that investment in maritime decarbonisation could in future create more than 15 thousand jobs as well as tens of thousands of jobs when considering the wider supply chain[1]. Industry research estimates that in 2017 the UK maritime sector as a whole directly supported more than 220 thousand jobs for UK employees[2].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="https://www.maritimeuk.org/spending-review/bid/" target="_blank">https://www.maritimeuk.org/spending-review/bid/</a></p><p><sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> <a href="https://www.maritimeuk.org/documents/429/Maritime_UK_-_state_of_the_maritime_nation_report_2019_D17mVSQ.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.maritimeuk.org/documents/429/Maritime_UK_-_state_of_the_maritime_nation_report_2019_D17mVSQ.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 16/11/2020 13:11:47 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251027

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
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 use the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to encourage the uptake of low carbon fuels in the shipping industry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	114166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>As set out in our Clean Maritime Plan, we are considering whether and how the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) could be used to encourage the uptake of low carbon fuels in maritime. We plan to consult soon on this policy as part of a wider consultation on potential changes to the RTFO scheme.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/11/2020 17:51:38 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham