Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the public service bus fleet is electric.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
As of March 2020, two per cent of buses used by local operators in England were electric.
The latest data on the proportion of buses used by local bus operators is from the Department for Transport Annual bus statistics: year ending March 2020 which was published in October 2020. Information on buses used by bus operators by fuel consumption type, including electric buses, is provided in table (BUS0609b).
The Annual bus statistics: year ending March 2021 are due to be published in Autumn 2021.
Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average seat occupancy is on public service buses in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The table below shows average bus occupancy1 on local bus services by metropolitan area status and country in Great Britain, annually from 2004/05
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Year | London | English metropolitan areas | English non-metropolitan areas | England | Scotland | Wales | Great Britain | England outside London |
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2004/05 | 16.6 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 9.8 | 8.3 |
2005/06 | 18.3 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 8.2 |
2006/07 | 18.8 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 8.6 |
2007/08 | 20.3 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 11.0 | 9.1 |
2008/09 | 19.9 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 11.3 | 9.5 |
2009/10 | 19.6 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 11.3 | 9.4 |
2010/11 | 19.5 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 11.1 | 9.2 |
2011/12 | 19.7 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 9.2 |
2012/13 | 19.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 9.4 |
2013/14 | 20.6 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 9.7 |
2014/15 | 20.5 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 12.2 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 9.7 |
2015/16 | 19.8 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 9.4 |
2016/17 | 19.3 | 10.7 | 8.9 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 |
2017/18 | 20.2 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 9.5 |
2018/19 | 20.0 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 10.1 |
2019/20 | 18.7 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 10.7 |
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1 Calculated as passenger miles (table bus0302) divided by vehicle miles (table BUS0203).
Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current level of seat occupancy is on the railway.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
As published on Gov.uk, the week ending 06 September, rail passenger numbers were at 60% of the equivalent week in 2019.
Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the average number of people commuting into London in the morning peak in (a) 2021 and (b) 2019.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The Department collates and publishes a wide range of data on transport usage. However, this is not in all cases broken down to precise time, mode and geographical specification. Recent data from the Rail Delivery Group suggests that rail commuting is currently 33% of pre-pandemic levels.
Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to train more HGV drivers.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
We are supporting the development of apprenticeships, including a standard to train lorry drivers. A revised standard will be available in August attracting £7,000 in apprenticeship levy funding.
The Department for Work and Pensions is developing a scheme to train jobseekers in HGV driving. The Flexible Support Fund is available to help the unemployed or those in receipt of Universal Credit renew their Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC).
The Department has provided a grant for the non-profit initiative Road to Logistics to train military service leavers, ex-offenders and the long term unemployed to move into jobs in the logistics sector, including lorry driving.
Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the rate of HGV driving tests undertaken.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has put in place a number of measures to increase driving tests. These include offering overtime and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays). The DVSA has also started a recruitment campaign to increase the number of examiners. The aim is to increase testing capacity and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining a COVID-secure service for customers and examiners.