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1666569

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Sustrans: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided to Sustrans in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>In each of the last six years, funding was provided to Sustrans as follows: £4.65m (2017/18), £26.2m (2018/19), £4.1m (2019/20), £19.4m (2020/21), and £49.5m (2021/22). No funding was provided in 2022/23.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the last six years, Sustrans has managed four programmes of work for the Department for Transport and Active Travel England. £75m has been provided to upgrade the National Cycle Network. £9.8m has been provided under the Cycle Rail programme for cycle racks, cycle security measures and links to railway stations. £6.3m has been provided under the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Planning (LCWIP) programme to help local authorities to develop LCWIPs, including training and evidence collection. £13m has been provided for cycling and walking paths around the route of HS2.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 203772 question first answered 26/10/2023 06:53:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1666570

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Sustrans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work Sustrans has provided to his Department and its agencies in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>In each of the last six years, funding was provided to Sustrans as follows: £4.65m (2017/18), £26.2m (2018/19), £4.1m (2019/20), £19.4m (2020/21), and £49.5m (2021/22). No funding was provided in 2022/23.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the last six years, Sustrans has managed four programmes of work for the Department for Transport and Active Travel England. £75m has been provided to upgrade the National Cycle Network. £9.8m has been provided under the Cycle Rail programme for cycle racks, cycle security measures and links to railway stations. £6.3m has been provided under the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Planning (LCWIP) programme to help local authorities to develop LCWIPs, including training and evidence collection. £13m has been provided for cycling and walking paths around the route of HS2.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 203771 question first answered 26/10/2023 06:53:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1666700

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: South West
	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 make electric vehicles accessible to consumers in (a) Bournemouth East constituency and (b) the South West.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department is supporting local authorities, such as Bournemouth, to install charging infrastructure through its £381 million Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund. Through LEVI, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have seen £1,447,000 of capital funding and £373,000 of capability funding.</p><p> </p><p>Across the South West region, local authorities have been allocated £40,102,000 capital funding and £5,440,000 capability funding through the LEVI Fund. In addition, local authorities in the South West have received £2,364,787 through the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2023 06:52:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1664363

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Civil Aviation Authority: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Civil Aviation Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority is not able to disaggregate fully the total amount spent on equality and diversity training in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>It has identified £8,350 in specific expenditure on equality and diversity training. Any additional spend that may have been made on such training during that period would be included in the aggregate Corporate Training budget, which covers a wide range of training activities and had a total spend of £239,364</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2023 09:55:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1664839

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Bicycles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of requiring electric bike users to (a) have a number plate and (b) be insured.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department considered issues including a mandatory registration and insurance system for cyclists as part of a cycling and walking safety review in 2018. The review concluded that restricting people’s ability to cycle in this way would mean that many would choose other modes of transport instead, with negative impacts for congestion, pollution and health.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2023 10:38:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1664876

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Charging Points: Rural Areas
	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 ensure that rural communities have access to electric vehicle charging points.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>Earlier this month, the Government published ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652e37b46b6fbf0014b757a9/dft-future-transport-supporting-rural-transport-innovation.pdf" target="_blank">Future of Transport: helping local authorities to unlock the benefits of technology and innovation in rural transport’</a>. The document details the support that the Government is providing to ensure that electric vehicle chargepoints are installed across the UK, including in rural communities. This support includes grants for homes and workplaces, support for local authorities through the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund and the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme, and supporting long distance journeys through the Rapid Charging Fund.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government recently published its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plan-for-drivers" target="_blank">Plan for Drivers</a>. The Plan sets out seven further actions that the Government is planning to take to support the transition to zero emission driving. This includes an intention to review the grid connections process for EV chargepoints, to consult on the expansion of street works permits to chargepoint operators, and to consult on the expansion of permitted development rights.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor market developments to determine whether any significant gaps in charging infrastructure provision emerge and will consider the case for further support if required.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2023 10:01:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1664887

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that the costs of charging electric vehicles in public places remain affordable.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has recently laid regulations to improve the consumer experience across the public charging network. The regulations will ensure that pricing information is transparent, payment methods are simplified, charge points are reliable and public charge point data is freely available for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>Through these regulations, the Government will ensure that drivers can get value for money by comparing prices across different public charge points through a single format of pence per kilowatt hour, similar to pence per litre of fuel.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, in many cases electric vehicle drivers can benefit from savings on the cost of fuel compared to conventional combustion engines.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2023 10:22:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

1664945

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorcycles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the phase out dates for new non-zero emission (a) mopeds and (b) motorcycles.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles (including mopeds and motorcycles) was open to written responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement with manufacturers and industry. The Department is now analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2023 10:04:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1665130

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Official Cars
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department uses any chauffeur services other than the Government Car Service.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department does occasionally use taxi and non-GCS car services when GCS cars are not available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2023 09:58:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1665131

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Training
	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 adequacy of levels of remote terrain training of his Department's staff.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) provides remote terrain training to all its staff as part of its essential health and safety training to prepare it for operations at aircraft accidents in remote locations. The course is bespoke and designed specifically to address the mitigations of hazards that staff could experience when having to access and examine wreckage in remote locations including mountainous terrain, rivers and remote lowlands/wetlands as well as providing training on field first aid.</p><p> </p><p>The training provision is regularly reviewed using feedback from the course and experience from accidents sites which is then used to adapt the course and any refresher training which is also provided at suitable intervals.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2023 09:59:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson