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1280273

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2021
	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 discussions he has had with Highways England on tackling roadside air pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	142780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>Highways England has undertaken a programme of work to improve air quality on the Strategic Road Network (SRN), in the first Road Investment Strategy (RIS1) and RIS2, and has published its own air quality strategy at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634933/N160081_Air_Quality_Strategy_Final_V18.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634933/N160081_Air_Quality_Strategy_Final_V18.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This programme has included monitoring the effectiveness of tall barriers and running an open competition to gather ideas from a wide range of organisations.</p><p> </p><p>To support the mitigation of air quality issues, Highways England has invested £12.5 million of its Air Quality Designated Funding with authorities in Leeds, Coventry, Kent, Nottingham, Sheffield and Bristol to implement an electric van scheme to support the uptake of zero emissions vans. Schemes in Leeds, Coventry, Kent and Nottingham are now operating and will be followed by Sheffield and Bristol.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 01/02/2021 13:44:55 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1246333

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2020
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of a retrospective emission-based grant to coach operators with respect to their investment in Euro 6 compliant vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	107726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>In local authorities with NO2 exceedances, coach and bus operators are eligible for grants from clean air funding to help with the cost of replacing or upgrading vehicles. Grants are not given retrospectively to subsidise the cost of a vehicle that has already been purchased as this would not represent a good use of public funds.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 06/11/2020 11:04:35 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1242373

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	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 Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the health impact of exhaust particulates from fleet delivery companies.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	101958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England has made no assessment of the health impact of exhaust particulates from Heavy Good Vehicles or fleet delivery companies.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 101957 question first answered 04/11/2020 11:14:46 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1245163

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a California-style zero emission vehicle mandate to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	106457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that we need to go further than the existing regulatory regime to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from road transport to deliver our climate goals. We are considering our options as part of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/10/2020 08:58:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1239730

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	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 the Home Department, how many vehicles have been stopped by police for producing a hazardous amount of smoke in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those vehicles were confiscated;
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	98270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information centrally.</p><p>The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 lay down certain requirements that all vehicles have to meet strict emission standards and be constructed and maintained so as not to emit any avoidable smoke. It also governs the amount of light that must pass through the windows of a vehicle and therefore how clearly the windows can be seen through.</p><p>It is for the police to take enforcement action as they consider appropriate against those in breach of the Regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 98271 question first answered 07/10/2020 14:07:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1230706

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2020 to Question 71791 on Environment Protection: Coronavirus, what progress has been made in allocating the £1 billion of further support for ultra-low emission vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	84312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>At the Budget in March, the government allocated £403 million to extend the Plug-in Car Grant out until 2022-23. £129.5 million was provided to extend the Plug-in Grants for vans, taxis and motorcycles to 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The government also earmarked £500 million over the next five years to support the rollout of a rapid-charging network for electric vehicles, ensuring that drivers will never be further than 30 miles from a rapid charging station. To target spending from this fund effectively, the Office for Low Emission Vehicles are currently undertaking a comprehensive review of electric vehicle charging infrastructure</p><p><strong> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 08/09/2020 11:07:48 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1225792

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	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, with reference to his news story, Idling drivers could face higher fines under new government crackdown, published 29 June 2019, what progress he has made on proposals to charge idling drivers higher fines.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	75421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>Existing guidance to Local Authorities makes clear that fines should be dispensed to motorists only as a last resort. The priority must be to change motorists’ behaviour – to encourage them not to idle, which after all is wasting their fuel, and instead to encourage motorists towards using the technological solutions now available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 23/07/2020 14:06:17 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1222213

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 the potential to reduce carbon emissions by introducing a road usage duty, and whether they will publish any such assessment.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>UK Motorists currently pay fuel duty and VAT on fuel, which means that those who use the roads the most, and do so in higher polluting cars, pay more tax. In addition, the Government uses the Vehicle Excise Duty system to encourage the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide emissions (CO<sub>2</sub>) to help meet our legally binding climate change targets.</p><p> </p><p>However, technology is changing many aspects of the economy – including the vehicles we drive – and the government is considering how the tax system will need to adapt to manage those changes.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/07/2020 15:24:46 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1223696

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2020 to Question 68683 on Roads: Greater Manchester, whether Highways England is legally responsible for managing air quality from its strategic network for the purpose of the UK's legal obligations on clean air.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	72844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>For purpose of the air quality Directive (2008/50/EC), DEFRA on behalf of the Government are the competent authority. In 2017 the Government published its Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations (The Plan) which set out plans to achieve compliance as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England is legally required, under the Infrastructure Act 2015 and its Licence, to comply with (or have due regard to) relevant Government policy, which includes the Government’s plans and policies on air quality, and has been commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) to deliver its part of The Plan. The Infrastructure Act also obliges Highways England to comply with DfT’s Road Investment Strategy (RIS). The current (second) RIS sets out DfT’s expectations for environmental outcomes to be in line with (but not limited to) The Plan, and sets key performance indicators in relation to air quality, including compliance with legal nitrogen dioxide limits as soon as possible. The Office of Rail and Road monitors Highways England’s compliance with its obligations as set out in the RIS and Licence, and has enforcement powers in respect of these obligations.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/07/2020 16:51:03 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1223698

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2020 to Question 68683 on Roads: Greater Manchester, whether local authorities will be fined for breaching clean air obligations to communities adjoining the strategic highway network.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	72846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>We are working across Government, including with Highways England, and with local authorities, to deliver our 2017 Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations and achieve compliance as quickly as possible, without recourse to fines.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 72845 question first answered 16/07/2020 13:57:07 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne