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1685904

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to highlight (a) statutory and (b) Highway Code rules relating to idling vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	12042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Enforcement against idling is primarily the responsibility of Local Authorities, who have powers to issue Fixed Penalty Notices to drivers idling unnecessarily. Guidance for Local Authorities on idling enforcement makes clear that they should take steps to publicise the need to avoid idling to improve air quality and the penalties for failing to do so.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/02/2024 14:06:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1667682

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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 his Department is taking to ensure that transport infrastructure is adequately prepared before the phase-out of new non-zero emission L-Category vehicles comes into effect.
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
	uin	365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>In March 2022 the Department for Transport published its EV Infrastructure Strategy, which set out its plans to accelerate the rollout of EV chargepoints. This infrastructure will also support the charging of zero emission L-Category vehicles. The strategy states that the Government’s expectation is that approximately 300,000 chargepoints will be installed across the UK by 2030, at a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to continuing to work with the L-Category industry to support the transition to zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2023 16:31:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1667690

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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 (a) commission a public awareness campaign on the potential merits of owning an L-Category vehicle and (b) introduce (i) grants, (ii) incentives and (iii) other demand-side policies for the L-Category vehicle sector in the period before the phase-out of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
	uin	368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government’s Plug-in Vehicle Grants have been in place for over a decade. This includes the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant, which was introduced in 2017. It provides £500 towards eligible zero-emission L3 vehicles (motorcycles) and £150 towards eligible zero-emission L1 vehicles (mopeds). Through this grant, the Government has provided £8m funding to support the adoption of these vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles (including mopeds and motorcycles) was conducted earlier this year. The Department is analysing the responses and will publish a response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to commission a specific public awareness campaign on the merits of owning an L-Category vehicle.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2023 15:42:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas