Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Nov 2021
Transport for the North
"Last week’s announcement, a centralised decision from the Department for Transport, effectively scrapped not merely the high-speed line from Sheffield to London, but the high-speed lines from Leeds to Sheffield, from Sheffield to Birmingham, and from Sheffield to Manchester. Is it not the case that, because Transport for the North …..."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Nov 2021
Integrated Rail Plan: North and Midlands
"There has been a great deal of commitment to HS2 in Sheffield, across the political parties and in the business community, so today there will be a lot of anger. People will feel that Sheffield has once again been snubbed and left behind. I believe that as a consolation we …..."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Nov 2021
Integrated Rail Plan: North and Midlands
"Will we have the meeting?..."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities...."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"Five years ago, Sheffield looked as though it was going to benefit from a whole range of levelling-up measures for rail infrastructure, but then the electrification of the midland main line was abandoned in 2017; a positive 2016 report on a new road tunnel between Sheffield and Manchester seems to …..."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 25th October 2021
Asked by:
Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many funds are allocated to local authorities by his Department through a process of competitive bidding; and if he will publish the names of those funds.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The Department for Transport publishes data on government grants spending annually including, grants provided to Local Authorities. The most recent grants data relating to the financial year 2019/20 can be found at DfT 19/20 Grant data . Details of grant schemes and individual awards are published online.
In 2019/20 Local Authorities received funding from ten grant schemes via a competitive bidding process. These are set out below:
• Safer Roads
• Access Fund
• Local Growth Fund
• Large Local Majors
• Local Resilience Forums
• City Scheme
• Low Emission Taxi
• Low Emission Bus
• Opening LA transport data
• Transforming Cities Fund
The Department is currently reviewing its grant data for 2020/21 and will be published by the Cabinet Office in March 22.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"I declare an interest, as I have an electric car. Local charging is obviously important, but on Saturday I will be using my car to go from Sheffield to Plymouth to watch Sheffield Wednesday play and hopefully win. It is quite a challenge to find rapid charging points on the …..."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
National Bus Strategy: England
"I welcome many aspects of this statement today and say to the Secretary of State that he has effectively delivered the obituary for the failed deregulation of bus services outside London. Given that there will be a local choice between enhanced partnerships and franchising, will he look at trying to …..."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 25th January 2021
Asked by:
Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value of introducing priority driving tests for key workers, so that people entering frontline roles are not delayed by the existing DVSA backlog of assessments.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
To help stop the spread of coronavirus, routine driving tests have been suspended in all areas of England, Scotland and Wales.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will respond to requests for driving tests from organisations on behalf of frontline mobile emergency workers, who require a driving licence to carry out duties in their employment role. This is a limited service subject to examiner resource and is restricted to candidates working in health and social care, and public bodies providing a service in the national interest. The DVSA will contact eligible organisations to explain how to nominate candidates; candidates cannot apply themselves.
Approved driving instructors and trainers can return to work only for the purpose of supporting a mobile emergency worker with a booked test.
Written Question
Monday 11th January 2021
Asked by:
Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to amend the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) to promote private investment in green hydrogen production facilities at sites not directly adjacent to renewable energy production sites.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The Department has been considering with industry experts how to enable the more cost-effective development of new electrolysis facilities by allowing them to be located more closely with demand, rather than having to be limited to being built adjacent to renewable energy production sites. We plan to consult on potential changes to the RTFO scheme later this year; this will include proposals on how renewable hydrogen can be further supported.