Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Operation Zero steering board meetings were there in 2023; and how long each meeting lasted.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
In 2023, the Operation Zero Steering Board met three times, with each meeting lasting two hours.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with of manufacturers of electronic vehicles on estimates of mileage ranges achievable in new vehicles.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Ministers regularly meet vehicle manufactures to discuss regulatory requirements – including those that set out how to establish official electric vehicle range figures.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2024 to Question 16450, how many of the 1.14 million blue badges issued between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 were the result of new applications.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Data on the number of blue badges issued as a result of new applications over that time period is not available.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on the Blue Badge scheme at the higher rate of Disability Living Allowance in the financial year 2022-23.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport does not hold this information. The Department sets the legislation that governs the Blue Badge scheme, and provides guidance for local authorities who are solely responsible for administering the scheme.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Blue Badges were issued in England in 2023.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
There were 1.14 million badges issued between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023, an increase of 101,000 badges (9.7%) on the previous year. These figures include badges issued followed reapplications from existing badge holders.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to hold discussions with the Confederation of Passenger Transport on (a) buses and (b) coaches.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport regularly engages with a range of stakeholders, including the Confederation of Passenger Transport to discuss buses and coaches, in order to deliver better bus services for passengers as set out in the National Bus Strategy. The Department will continue to engage with the Confederation of Passenger Transport on a regular basis.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met representatives of (a) Belfast International, (b) Belfast City and (c) Londonderry airport.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
DfT Ministers and officials meet regularly with representatives of the airports mentioned and have engaged with all three in the last year. The Secretary of State met with the Belfast City Airport Executive Team on 14 February 2023. This visit to the airport also included a tour of Belfast City Airport’s airside facility and meeting the airport leadership team.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish an update to the national road traffic projections.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The National Road Traffic Projections were last published in December 2022. The Department regularly reviews evidence and data on the drivers of travel demand and will publish an update in due course.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many home EV charging points have been installed in each of the last two years.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Government is working across Departments on methods to estimate the number of domestic chargepoints and will publish in the usual way once confirmed.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to active travel in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
In the business planning process last year, the Department provisionally allocated a total of £146m to Active Travel England in the 2024-25 financial year. This comprises £54m capital and £92m revenue funding. The Department’s business planning process for the 2024/25 financial year is ongoing and final plans will be published in due course.
This is only one element of over £3 billion that is being invested in active travel over the course of this Parliament, from a wide range of funding streams from across Government. This includes funding from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements and the Levelling Up Fund.