Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse to date has been of installing or subsidising (a) uni-directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles in the UK.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.
As announced at Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.
The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.
Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) uni-directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles have been installed and are operational within the UK.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.
As announced at Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.
The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.
Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse is planned to be allocated on installing or subsidising (a) uni-directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles within the UK by 2025.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.
As announced at Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.
The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.
Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) uni- directional and (b) bi-directional charge points for electric vehicles which are planned to be installed within the UK by 2025.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
To date, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has provided more than £100 million to support the installation of uni-directional chargepoints. The Department has not made an estimation of the cost and the number of uni-directional chargepoints that will be installed in the UK by 2025.
As announced at Budget 2017, a new £400m electric car Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government investment to be matched by private investors) will accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance to companies that deliver chargepoints.
The Government recognises that Vehicle to Grid (bi-directional) charging capability could become an important service for our energy system, but is still at a relatively early stage of development. OLEV and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are providing funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future Vehicle to Grid products, services and knowledge. The outcome of these projects will help inform future development of bi-directional charging.
Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle traffic congestion on the A1 between J35 and the M6 J33.
Answered by John Hayes
The Road Investment Strategy (RIS), published in December 2014, announced two schemes on the A1/A1(M) that would be developed during the first road investment period (2015-2020) for delivery in the second road investment period (2021-2025). The schemes are A1 Redhouse to Darrington and A1(M) Doncaster Bypass.
The feasibility study for the A1 between Redhouse and Darrington has been concluded and the outcomes are being considered by government. The feasibility study identified a number of potential high level options for resolving the current and future issues along this stretch of the network. These options will be developed further alongside public and key stakeholder engagement and consultation for consideration in the second road investment period.
Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department's invoices for goods and services supplied by (a) private companies and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are completed on time; and what proportion of the (i) number and (ii) value of contracts between his Department and private companies are held by SMEs.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The proportion of the Department’s undisputed invoices for goods and services paid on time is set out in the table below, and published at https://data.gov.uk/dataset/department-for-transport-prompt-payment. The Department paid over 95% of its total invoices within 5 working days in the first three quarters of 2015/16. The data is not currently broken down by private companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),
FY 2015/2016 | Organisation | Percentage of invoices paid within 5 days. | Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days. |
1st quarter | DFTc | 87.50% | 97.80% |
1st quarter | DVLA | 95.00% | 100.00% |
1st quarter | DVSA | 97.60% | 100.00% |
1st quarter | Highways England | 97.40% | 99.80% |
1st quarter | MCA | 71.90% | 92.70% |
1st quarter | VCA | 96.00% | 98.80% |
1st quarter | Group Total | 95.00% | 99.30% |
2nd quarter | DFTc | 87.80% | 98.30% |
2nd quarter | DVLA | 94.70% | 100.00% |
2nd quarter | DVSA | 99.00% | 100.00% |
2nd quarter | Highways England | 97.20% | 99.80% |
2nd quarter | MCA | 72.80% | 95.20% |
2nd quarter | VCA | 98.00% | 99.60% |
2nd quarter | Group Total | 95.20% | 99.40% |
3rd quarter | DFTc | 91.30% | 99.00% |
3rd quarter | DVLA | 84.80% | 100.00% |
3rd quarter | DVSA | 99.70% | 100.00% |
3rd quarter | Highways England | 98.80% | 99.90% |
3rd quarter | MCA | 80.50% | 96.90% |
3rd quarter | VCA | 98.30% | 99.60% |
3rd quarter | Group Total | 97.60% | 99.70% |
In 2014/15, 32.2%1 of the Department’s direct and indirect procurement spend was through SMEs, and 48%2 of the Department’s direct suppliers were SMEs. The Department does not currently hold data on the number and value of contracts with SMEs. SME spend information is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482638/Publication_of_1415SpendUpdate__1___1_.pdf.
1 Figures exclude Network Rail, which was reclassified during 2014/15.
2 Figures exclude any direct suppliers whose size is unclassified.