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759829

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date	12/09/2017
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, how many (a) officials, (b) other staff and (c) contracted workers in his Department are working on buses policy.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	10123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s Buses and Taxi's division has 27 officials who work full-time or part-time on bus policies. The team does not employ any private contractors. Other officials elsewhere in the Department also spend some of their time working on analytical, policy, communications and other issues that are related to bus policies.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 12:36:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

759831

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Diesel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement of 26 July 2017 on the end of sales of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040, what his policy is on the use of diesel trains after that date.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	10168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>We are encouraging the railway industry to improve air quality by proposing solutions that reduce emissions from trains and also to develop innovative solutions around future fuel technologies such as hydrogen and battery power. In the nearer term, there are currently a number of new bi-mode trains being delivered or on order. The rail industry expects rolling stock to typically have an expected life in the range of 30 to 35 years. There is no policy at present on the use of diesel trains post 2040.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/10/2017 13:06:47 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

759832

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) officials, (b) other staff and (c) private contractors in his Department are responsible for Government policy on taxi and private hire vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	10037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department has three officials working on taxi and private hire vehicle policy within the Buses and Taxis Division, of which one works solely on this policy area and it forms a core part of the work load of the other two. An official will shortly join the Department on secondment to work on policy development. There are no contracted workers.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of other officials elsewhere in the Department who contribute to work on related policy issues including analysts, economists and statisticians, this figure is not centrally recorded.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 20/09/2017 14:04:08 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

759833

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) officials, (b) other staff and (c) private contractors in his Department are responsible for Government policy on cycling.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	10038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s Active and Accessible Travel team includes approximately 15 officials and 4 secondees from local authorities and other organisations who work full-time or part-time on cycling and walking policies. The team does not employ any private contractors. Around a dozen or so other officials elsewhere in the Department also work in a full-time or part-time capacity on matters relevant to cycling.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/09/2017 14:06:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald