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673740

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2017
	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 fiscal steps he is taking to support the further take-up of ultra low-emission vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	908219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) benefit from lower first-year VED rates and lower Company Car Tax rates.</p><p> </p><p>Companies are able to access 100% first-year capital allowances when they install electric chargepoints, and employees will continue to have access to salary sacrifice schemes in order to purchase ULEVs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing approximately £975 million between 2015 and 2020 to support uptake and ULEV manufacturing in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/01/2017 14:39:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

755602

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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 discussions his Department had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs before the announcement of a ban on petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>My Department works closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in developing the Government’s response to the shared challenges of improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Government announced an intention to end the sale of all new conventional cars and vans by 2040 as part of the ‘UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations’ (July 2017). My Department engaged closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Transport and other relevant departments to draft and agree this Plan, including at Ministerial level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/09/2017 10:08:18 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

436910

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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 progress his Department has made on the motor vehicle emissions retesting programme.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	902647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Secretary of State for Transport’s written statement of 10 Nov 2015 advised that the programme was underway and that he would keep the House informed of progress.</p><br /><p>The Vehicle Certification Agency has tested 7 independently sourced vehicles at a commercial laboratory. Two more laboratories will increase the volume of tests in the New Year. We intend to test approximately 40 vehicles and a report will be published next spring.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Mr Patrick McLoughlin question first answered 10/12/2015 16:32:15 answering member 333 label Biography information for Lord McLoughlin
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

536719

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2016
	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 comparative assessment he has made of the effect on the environment of vehicles using (a) diesel and (b) liquefied petroleum gas.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport assesses a number of different fuels in terms of a range of environmental impacts including air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. A number of initiatives are underway to encourage cleaner, lower carbon fuels.</p><p> </p><p>The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation was amended to increase rewards for suppliers of biopropane from April 2015, following a consultation which considered the potential benefits of alternative fuels, including biopropane, in delivering greenhouse gas savings. Biopropane is the term commonly used to describe liquid petroleum gas (LPG) derived from production processes that use biomass as the feedstock.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport and Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership also established a Transport Energy Task Force which considered the potential of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in meeting our greenhouse gas reduction targets, alongside other alternative fuels, last year.</p><p> </p><p>While no formal assessment of the air quality impact of LPG has been made, DfT and Defra officials met with representatives of the LPG industry during the consultation on the UK Air Quality Plans in 2015. Industry data shows that retrofitting older diesel cars and vans to run on LPG can reduce emissions of NOx (oxides of nitrogen) and particulate matter whilst producing CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions between those of equivalent diesel and petrol engines.</p><p> </p><p>Birmingham City Council were awarded £500,000 to enable the conversion of older black cabs from diesel to LPG as part of the 2014 Clean Vehicle Technology Fund (CVTF) grant scheme. As part of this funding, emissions will be measured before and after conversion.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Department’s Heavy Goods Vehicle emissions testing programme, the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership is testing a dual fuel (diesel / LPG) retrofit conversion to a Euro VI truck, as well as gas and diesel comparators. Vehicle tests are currently underway and we expect to publish the results later this year. On 30th June, the Department launched an HGV accreditation scheme for retrofit technology to enable equipment manufacturers or vehicle operators to conduct robust, repeatable and reliable tests to validate the impact on fuel consumption and emissions under a range of operating conditions.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/07/2016 09:08:51 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

584172

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	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, if he will assess the potential merits of introducing more incentives to encourage motorists to use cleaner fuels and public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	46613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport assesses a number of different fuels in terms of a range of environmental impacts including air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. A number of initiatives are underway to encourage cleaner, lower carbon fuels.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is investing over £600 million in this Parliament in addition, to a more favorable tax regime towards less polluting vehicles to ensure that almost all cars and vans are zero emission vehicles by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) has supported a market for low carbon fuels and delivered significant greenhouse gas emissions savings. In 2014/15 these savings were equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the road. We have been working with industry and others on proposals to increase the supply of low carbon fuels in line with our UK carbon budget targets. We plan to consult on proposed changes to the RTFO scheme later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to promote public transport choices, supporting the market for innovative forms of transport and encourage a move to cleaner and lower carbon vehicles.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/10/2016 12:58:28 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

637200

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	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 estimate he has made of the number of ultra-low emissions vehicles registered in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 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="3"><p><strong>New registrations of ultra low emission vehicles</strong><sup>1</sup><strong> in the UK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Year of first registration</p></td><td><p>Number of registrations</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2010<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>1,259</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,101</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,346</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,313</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td><p>15,833</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2015</p></td><td><p>29,972</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><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="3"><p>2. Figures for 2010 are for Great Britain registrations only. All other years are United Kingdom. Source: Using vehicle registration data from the table veh0130 at the gov.uk <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/all-vehicles-veh01" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/all-vehicles-veh01</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 18/11/2016 11:06:04 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

642970

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	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, if he will list the (a) funding and (b) date of announcement of each project already allocated funding for promoting the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles; and with reference to paragraph 4.6 of the Autumn Statement 2016, which such projects will receive that additional funding.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	54633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>At the Spending Review 2015 the Chancellor announced funding of more than £600m to support the uptake and manufacturing of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) in the UK. Current initiatives drawing on this funding include:</p><ul><li>Plug-in Car Grant – £400m announced 17 December 2015</li><li>Plug-in Van Grant – £4m additional funding announced 23 October 2016</li><li>Plug-in Motorcycle Grant – £3.75m announced 13 October 2016</li><li>Low Emission Bus Scheme – £30m announced 25 July 2016</li><li>Ultra Low Emission Taxi Scheme – £20m announced 23 July 2015</li><li>Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Fleet Support Scheme – £2m announced 10 May 2016</li><li>Public Sector Fleets ULEV Readiness Scheme – £5m announced 13 January 2015</li><li><em>Go Ultra Low </em>City Scheme – £40m announced 25 January 2016</li><li><em>Go Ultra Low</em> communications campaign – ongoing</li><li>Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme – £15m announced 26 February 2015</li><li>Workplace Charging Scheme – £7.5m announced 13 October 2016</li><li>On-street Residential Charging Scheme – £2.5m announced 13 October 2016</li><li>Hydrogen Refuelling Stations – £6.6m announced 27 March 2015</li></ul><p> </p><p>Funding is also being deployed to support the research and development of innovative low emission vehicle technologies in the UK.</p><p>‎</p><p>At the Autumn Statement 2016 the Chancellor announced new funding of £270m to support ultra low emission vehicles. This will provide £150m additional funding for clean buses and taxis, £80m additional funding for charging infrastructure, and £40m additional funding for the Plug-in Car Grant.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of Government’s continued support for the sector will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/11/2016 14:16:27 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

659653

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	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, how many ultra-low emissions vehicles there are on UK roads now; and how many there are projected to be in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	57901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>At the end of the third quarter of 2016 there were 87,366 ultra low emission vehicles licensed in the UK. The Government has a clear goal that all new cars and vans should be zero emission vehicles by 2040, and sales growth currently remains on track.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s forthcoming emissions reduction plan, we expect to update the interim projections set out in the 2011 Carbon Plan and “Driving the future today: a strategy for ultra low emission vehicles in the UK” (2013), to reflect the latest analysis.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 20/12/2016 14:35:03 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

670870

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	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 estimate he has made of the total spent by his Department on the development of ultra-low emission technology for road vehicles in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>Working through Innovate UK, the Office for Low Emission Vehicles has invested £74m over the last five years in the development of new technologies to significantly reduce carbon emissions from road vehicles. This funding has been at least match-funded by industry, growing the UK automotive sector and accelerating the introduction of ultra low emission technology to the vehicle market.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend by OLEV (£m)</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 13/01/2017 13:38:51 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham