Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2023 to Question 187276 on Buses: Carbon Emissions, what discussions Ministers from his Department had with Ministers from the Scottish Government on the rollout of zero emission buses between 1 January 2019 and 11 February 2020.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
We can only provide this information at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2023 to Question 187276 on Buses: Carbon Emissions, what discussions Ministers from his Department had with Ministers from the Welsh Government on the rollout of zero emission buses between 1 January 2019 and 11 February 2020.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
We can only provide this information at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of zero-emission buses expected to be licensed for use as public transport vehicles by (a) 31 December 2023, (b) 30 June 2024 and (c) 31 December 2024.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Across the UK, an estimated 3,400 zero emission buses have been funded since February 2020.
The Department does not routinely produce estimates for the number and proportion of zero emission buses expected to be licenced for use as public transport vehicles for dates in the future.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the cost to the public purse of the (a) set-up and (b) operation of (i) Great British Railways and (ii) the Great British Railways Transition Team in the (A) 2021-22 and (B) 2022-23 financial years.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The cost to the public purse of the set-up and operation of the Great British Railways Transition Team was £12.2m in 2021-22 and £52.1m 2022-23. Great British Railways has not yet been established. The cost of establishment and ongoing operations of Great British Railways will be confirmed in the final business case.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings his Department has held with representatives of Derby City Council on (a) Great British Railways and (b) the Great British Railways Transition Team since 21 March 2023.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport works very closely with the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT), with daily contact. The Department has asked GBRTT to work with Derby City Council to establish the GBR headquarters.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department's combined resource and capital expenditure is forecast to be spent on active travel projects in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Around £3 billion is projected to be invested in active travel in the 5 years up to 2025, despite the need for efficiency savings across Government due to global financial pressures. This sum includes at least £250 million of ringfenced revenue and capital funding for active travel infrastructure over the two-year period of 2023-24 to 2024-25. The £3 billion also includes funding from wider sources such as the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements and the Levelling Up Fund.
Planned expenditure on ringfenced active travel funding (£250m across 2023-24 and 2024-25), represents around 0.4% and 0.5% of the Department’s total planned expenditure for the period of 2023-24 and 2024-25.
The budget for the 2025-26 financial year has not yet been agreed and will be set as part of the next Spending Review.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department's combined resource and capital expenditure was spent on active travel projects in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Around £3 billion is projected to be invested in active travel in the 5 years up to 2025, despite the need for efficiency savings across Government due to global financial pressures. This includes £273m spent on ringfenced active travel projects and programmes in the financial year of 2022-23. This represents 1% of the department’s total expenditure in 2022-23. In addition to this, funding was spent on active travel projects from wider sources such as the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements and the Levelling Up Fund.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to acquire premises for Great British Railways in Derby.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Great British Railways Transition Team are working with local partners in Derby to prepare for the Great British Railways headquarters.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings between his Department and devolved administrations took place at which policy on zero-emission buses was discussed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
We can only provide this information at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department held with devolved administrations on the rollout of zero-emission buses before 11 February 2020.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
We can only provide this information at disproportionate cost.