Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to include improvements in Lincolnshire as part of the funding allocated through Network North.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Lincolnshire will receive additional funding through a number of different funding streams and projects as part of Network North. Please some examples of funding below:
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department held discussions with the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership before announcing Network North funding.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Following the announcement of Network North, we are working closely with our local delivery partners to progress projects plans including funding. Consultations and further discussions will be conducted, as appropriate, as the plans for projects are developed and finalised.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full time equivalent staff in his Department were working on the response to the Managing pavement parking consultation on 1 November 2023.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This subject is the responsibility of the Civil Parking and Traffic Enforcement team. In that team there were three members of staff whose responsibilities on 1 November included the subject of pavement parking, including the public consultation process.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities, on tackling the impact of pavement parking on disabled people.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Ministers have a multitude of informal discussions with colleagues.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on his Department's consultation on Managing pavement parking, published on 31 August 2020.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Ministers have had informal discussions with colleagues from time to time.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of people with sight loss on tackling pavement parking.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Officials in the Department meet organisations representing those with sight loss from time to time, but there have been no recent meetings specifically to discuss pavement parking.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with Transport for London on the vandalism of ULEZ cameras and the potential cost to the public purse of replacing them.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and TfL. It is for them to determine how best to manage the vandalism of ULEZ cameras and the financial impact of replacing them. Government has been clear that, under the terms of the longer-term funding settlement, HMG grant funding cannot be used to cover the costs of implementing ULEZ expansion. Therefore, the Mayor and TfL must fund this through alternative sources available to them.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the adequacy of the lower weight limits on greener volumetric mobile concrete plants.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
A public call for evidence will be launched this year to understand the potential challenges and implications and to seek evidence to support our consideration about whether to change the volumetric concrete mixers weight limits beyond the end of the current exceptional temporary arrangement.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the London Ultra-Low Emission Zone expansion on the cost of non-compliant Government vehicles travelling in London.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The Department for Transport (DfT) has several Agencies based outside of the London Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and are not affected. The Government Car Service (GCS) is a division of the central DfT and operates in the ULEZ daily. The GCS Operational Fleet are compliant.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal incidents involved delivery drivers driving using electric bicycles in the last three years.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The department’s road casualty statistics are based on data collected from police forces via the STATS19 system.
STATS19 does not identify electric bicycles as a separate category, and therefore the department does not hold the information requested.