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516670

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate of real world diesel emissions for Euro 6 vehicles, relative to the laboratory test limit, was used in the evidential basis supporting her Department's conclusion that eight air quality zones would not comply with Nitrogen Dioxide limits by 2020 if no action is taken.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	36062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The modelling used for the air quality plan was based on the best available data and uses the latest COPERT (Computer Programme to Calculate Emissions from Road Transport) (4v11) factors to calculate emissions from diesel cars.</p><p>These COPERT factors reflect that there is a difference between laboratory testing of vehicle emissions and real world emissions. They assume Euro 6 diesel cars are, on average, emitting 2.8 times the level of emissions allowed for the Euro 6 standard.</p><p>In May, the Government will present the results of its vehicle testing programme (www.gov.uk/government/publications/vehicle-emissions-testing-programme-conclusions) to European Research for Mobile Emission Sources (ERMES), the body responsible for collating vehicle emission data, to inform its updated emissions factors later this year. This will ensure that EU-wide emission factors continue to focus on the latest data updated on the basis of real world testing.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/05/2016 16:54:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

515827

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on assessing the effect on air quality and levels of emissions from motor vehicles of data published by Emissions Analytics and the Department for Transport on the level of emissions from new diesel cars.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	35684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Tackling air quality is a priority for this Government and we are committed to meeting air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide in the shortest possible time. Defra and the Department for Transport work closely together at all levels to embed air quality considerations in the development of transport policy and delivery, including in relation to vehicle emissions. The inter-Ministerial group on Clean Growth meets as and when required and its members include Ministers and officials from the relevant departments, including Defra and the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s comprehensive National Air Quality Plan (www.gov.uk/government/publications/air-quality-in-the-uk-plan-to-reduce-nitrogen-dioxide-emissions), published in December last year, is based on the best available evidence and uses the latest COPERT (Computer Programme to Calculate Emissions from Road Transport) (4v11) factors to calculate emissions from diesel cars.</p><p> </p><p>In May, the Government will present the results of its vehicle testing programme (www.gov.uk/government/publications/vehicle-emissions-testing-programme-conclusions) to European Research for Mobile Emission Sources (ERMES), the body responsible for collating vehicle emission data, to inform its updated emissions factors later this year. This will ensure that EU-wide emission factors more accurately reflect the difference between real world driving and laboratory test conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/05/2016 16:54:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

515956

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of emission tests undertaken by car manufacturers in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL8009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>As part of the exhaust emissions approval process vehicle manufacturers are obliged to undertake in-use emissions testing. They are required to submit a report of their results at regular intervals or when requested to do so by the approval authority. In accordance with EU regulation 715/2007, the authority will review the information and accept or reject the report. The UK type approval authority is the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) and they ensure manufacturers follow this process where they are the issuing approval authority.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/05/2016 11:11:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

514532

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent changes there have been to Vehicle Certification Agency emissions testing; and what recent discussions he has had with Volkswagen on progress on fixing all defeat devices.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	34806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Vehicle Certification Agency’s (VCA) emissions testing is conducted to the requirements set out in the relevant type approval legislation. The Government has been pressing for action at an EU-level to improve emissions tests and we have already secured a tough new Real Driving Emissions test. From next year, vehicles will have to meet emissions limits in real driving conditions across a wide range of typical operating conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has met with the Chief Executive of Volkswagen UK to press that the technical fixes are completed as quickly as possible for UK consumers. The VCA is working closely with the VW group and other approval authorities to evaluate the proposed technical solutions. They are carrying out tests to ensure that after the fix is applied the vehicles meet all the legal requirements including emissions, and that other vehicle characteristics are unchanged, including fuel consumption and engine noise.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/04/2016 13:29:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

470539

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of uptake of low-emission vehicles has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	31044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 more ultra low emission vehicles were registered in the UK than in the previous four years combined. The total number of new registrations of ultra low emission vehicles in each year from 2010 to 2015 is published online, and shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>New registrations of ultra low emission vehicles</strong><sup>1</sup><strong> in the UK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year of first registration</p></td><td><p>Number of registrations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>1,259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>15,833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>29,972</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1. 'Ultra low emission vehicles' here includes all vehicles with fully electric powertrains, and cars and vans with tail-pipe emissions below 75 g/km of CO<sub>2</sub> (which will overwhelmingly include plug-in hybrid vehicles).</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2. Figures for 2010 are for Great Britain registrations only. All other years are United Kingdom.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: DfT statistics based on DVLA registration data: table veh0150 at </em><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/veh01-vehicles-registered-for-the-first-time" target="_blank"><em>www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/veh01-vehicles-registered-for-the-first-time</em></a><em>.</em><em> </em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/03/2016 15:36:28 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

449904

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on new emissions tests for cars.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John Mc Nally
uin	25338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>I have held regular discussions with my ministerial colleagues on the new European emissions tests for cars. The Government strongly supports the ‘Real Driving Emissions’ agreement, which is expected to reduce significantly real world oxides of nitrogen emissions from diesel cars.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 05/02/2016 11:13:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

448645

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust 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 evaluate the progress of his Department's ultra-low emission vehicle communications strategy.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	24702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The Go Ultra Low campaign, which we run in conjunction with eight major vehicle manufacturers and that is intended to explain the benefits of ultra low emission vehicles to fleet and consumer audiences, is subject to a programme of ongoing evaluation. We survey the campaign’s audiences at key campaign milestones to test its performance. To date, Go Ultra Low has exceeded government and industry campaign benchmarks on key measures. Of those surveyed who recalled seeing campaign activity, 71% have taken action as a result of having seen our advert, and the campaign’s website is now averaging 51,000 visitors a month following a four-fold increase in 2015 compared to 2014. The Go Ultra Low campaign is an important part of the UK’s programme to support the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles, leading to market growth of 94% in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 05/02/2016 10:57:29 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

447798

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the different criteria for emissions applying to cars than to motorcycles when road tax values are applied.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	24245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) system for cars is based on carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions of the vehicle but CO<sub>2</sub> emissions data has only been mandatory for motorcycles since 1 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/02/2016 15:22:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

447533

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many vehicle testing kits are available to the government agencies responsible for checking whether vehicles comply with EU emission standards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL5435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Emissions type approval of new vehicles in the UK is carried out at commercially operated laboratories. There are five of these, as well as approved laboratories at manufacturers’ premises. The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) manages the approval testing of vehicles in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Additional testing which is currently being undertaken on the road uses portable emission measurement systems (PEMS). The VCA owns two PEMS kits and can hire three additional PEMS kits from the commercial laboratories.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/02/2016 12:10:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

446064

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what tests were undertaken by (a) the Vehicle Certification Agency, (b) the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and (c) any other testing authority as part of in-service emissions testing in each of the last 10 years; and which models were tested in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	23023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>Tests which were undertaken by the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) include the in service light duty testing programme, which were conducted in accordance with the New European Drive Cycle requirements.</p><br /><p>Aftermarket alterations tests were conducted in accordance with the European Transient Cycle and North London Delivery Truck Cycle. Light duty emissions followed the New European Drive Cycle requirements.</p><br /><p>The models that were tested by VCA in the last ten years can be found in the table below.</p><br /> <br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Vehicle Model</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year of testing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Audi A4 Petrol EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BMW 320TD Diesel EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiat Punto 1.3l Multijet Diesel EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Fiesta 1.6l Petrol EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mazda 6 TS 2.0l EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mercedes A170 Diesel Euro III</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mercedes C220 2.2l Diesel EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitsubishi Carisma Petrol Euro III</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitsubishi Spacestar 1.6l Petrol EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Toyota Corolla 1995cc Diesel EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vauxhall Vectra 1.8l 16V Petrol EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vauxhall Zafira 1.6l 16V Petrol EIV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VW Golf 2.0l TDI Diesel IV</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Audi A4 Petrol EIV</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BMW 320TD Diesel EIV</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiat Punto 1.3l Multijet Diesel EIV</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mada RX8 2.6l Petrol EIV</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Toyota Corolla 1995cc Diesel EIV</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vauxhall Vectra 1.8l 16V Petrol EIV</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vauxhall Zafira 1.6l 16V Petrol EIV</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VW Golf 2.0l TDI Diesel IV</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiat Punto 1.3l Multijet Diesel EIV</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford 1.8ltr Connect</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Focus 1.6ltr</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LDV Maxus 2.5ltr 120PS</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peugeot 307 1.6ltr</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peugeot Partner 1.6HDI</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Porsche Boxster 3.2l EIV</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renault Clio 1.5D 86bhp</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VW Golf 2.0l TDI Diesel IV</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VW Transporter 2.5ltr 130PS</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alfa Romeo 1.9l TDI EIV</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BMW 523i 2.5l EIV</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BMW Mini One D</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BMW X5 3.0l TD EIV</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Focus 1.6l TD EIV</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renault Scenic 2.0l Dci 150 EIV</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Smart FourTwo 698cc EIV</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Subaru Forester 2.0l EIV</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vauxhall Astra Twintop 1.8l EIV</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VW Golf 2.0l TDI Diesel IV</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citreon C3 1.6l EIV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Focus ST 2.5l EIV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda Civic ES IMA Hybrid 1.3l EIV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda FR-V 2.2l TD EIV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar X Type 2.2l TD EIV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kia Rio 1.5l TD EIV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skoda Octavia Tdi 2.0l EIV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Toyota Yaris Tdi 1.4l EIV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VW Golf 2.0l TDI Diesel IV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VW Touran 1.4l EIV</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chevrolet Matiz 0.8l EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiat 500 1.2l EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Mondeo 2.2l Duratorq EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda FR-V 2.2l TD EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyundai i10 1.1l EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar X Type 2.2l TD EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kia Rio 1.5l TD EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Smart FourTwo 1.0l EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vauxhall Corsa 1.3l CDTi EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vauxhall Vectra 1.9l CDTi EIV</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As reported previously, following the work in 2010-2011, the focus of emissions testing changed to consider aftermarket alteration of vehicles, both light and heavy duty.</p><br /><p>The vehicles tested were</p><br /><p><strong>Light Duty</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Peugeot RCZ</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford C-Max</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /> <br /><p><strong>Heavy Duty</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mercedes Actros</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DAF CF 85</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /> <br /><p>I would also refer the Hon Member to my answer of 20 January 2016, UIN 22742 (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=22742) for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, which tabled the number of MOT in service emission tests conducted in the last 10 years. The models subject to this test would cover every manufacturers model range subject to the MOT test during this period.</p><br /><p>The Department for Transport does not hold information on work carried out by other testing authorities.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/01/2016 14:04:47 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman