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.
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 held discussions with Transport for London on delivery drivers driving with learner plates; and if he will make an estimate of the number of delivery drivers in London driving with learner plates.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The Department has not had any discussions with Transport for London on delivery drivers driving with learner plates.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) chairs the Motorcycle Strategic Focus group which Transport for London are part of. The group considers issues affecting motorcyclists, including challenges with delivery riders in the gig economy, and rider safety of those riding on L plates.
The DVSA does not hold data on the number of delivery drivers or riders driving and riding with learner plates.
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 electric vehicle charge points there are in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Within the total number of public charging devices in Lincolnshire, the most recently available published data from the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) show that 51 of these devices were installed through this scheme.
| i.) Public charging devices | ii.) Charging devices funded by the Domestic Recharge Scheme | iii.) Charging devices funded by the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme | iv.) Charging sockets funded by the Workplace Charging Scheme |
(a) Lincolnshire | 302 | 1381 | 4,016 | 663 |
(b) South Holland and The Deepings constituency | 42 | 62 | 573 | 89 |
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 plans to reassess the ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans is a key part of reducing long-term transport air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The Government has no plans to reassess the phasing out of the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030.