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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

1666728

	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 Scooters: Pilot Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to renew e-scooter trials beyond May 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>No decision has been made on renewing the e-scooter trials beyond May 2024.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2023 07:14:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1666730

	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	Future Mobility Zones Fund
	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 effectiveness of the Future Mobility Zones Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of the effectiveness of the Future Mobility Zones Fund. An external evaluation of Future Transport Zones (as the zones were renamed) has been commissioned and is still in progress.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2023 07:17:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1666827

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cars: Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on ending the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The recent introduction of the world-leading zero emission vehicle mandate will support future supply of zero emission vehicles, by setting a minimum percentage of manufacturer’s new car and van sales to be zero emission each year from 2024.</p><p> </p><p>To facilitate the transition to zero emission vehicles, the Government is also working with industry to increase the number of electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints. The Government’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy sets out the steps being taken to support the deployment of these chargepoints across the country.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2023 07:22:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1666840

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government's net zero policies on the cost of insurance for electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The transition to zero emission vehicles is crucial to the decarbonisation of the transport sector. Electric vehicles offer most drivers savings in terms of lower running and maintenance costs. The Government is working closely with the insurance sector to ensure that the transition to zero emission vehicles is sustainable and cost effective. The insurance sector will continue to evolve in line with the growing EV market, and as data becomes more available to inform insurance premiums.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2023 07:23:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1667070

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Delivery Services: Robots
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will take steps to support the adoption of autonomous pavement delivery robots.
	tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
	tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	906746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We must balance the safety of pedestrians and vulnerable road users with the potential benefits of this novel technology. I am pleased to confirm that the Department will be funding research to further its understanding of the impacts of this new technology. The results will be published once the research has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2023 10:40:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

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