Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for his decision on whether to accept the Committee on Climate Change’s planning assumption that carbon dioxide emissions from aviation should be around 2005 levels by 2050.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Government is currently developing its Aviation Strategy which sets out to achieve a safe, secure and sustainable aviation sector. As part of the development of the Aviation Strategy, the Government is considering what action can be taken to support growth while the tackling any adverse environmental effects. This includes putting in place a framework for UK aviation carbon emissions to 2050, which ensures that aviation contributes its fair share to action on climate change, including the UK’s domestic and international obligations. The Government will be publishing a Green Paper for public consultation at the end of 2018 and the White Paper, Aviation Strategy in 2019.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish the effective policy framework for aviation emissions recommended by the Committee on Climate Change in its 2015 progress report to Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The government is currently developing its Aviation Strategy which sets out to achieve a safe, secure and sustainable aviation sector that meets the needs of consumers in a global, outward-looking Britain. As part of the development of the Aviation Strategy, government is considering what action can be taken to support growth while tackling environmental impacts. This includes putting in place a framework for UK aviation carbon emissions to 2050, which ensures that aviation contributes its fair share to action on climate change, including the UK’s domestic and international obligations. We will be publishing a Green Paper for public consultation at the end of 2018 and the final White Paper, Aviation Strategy in the first half of 2019.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles his Department (a) owns and (b) leases.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The Department for Transport consists of a central department and four executive agencies as follows:
Government Car Service (GCS) a division of the central department.
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA)
Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)
The table below lists how many vehicles are in each fleet with totals for (a) owned and (b) leased:
| Owned | Leased |
GCS | 89 | 5 |
DVSA | 329 | 846 |
DVLA | 1 | 25 |
MCA | 429 | 0 |
VCA | 13 | 2 |
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Totals | 861 | 878 |
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars in central Government departmental fleets are electric.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
Each department is responsible for its own car fleet and this information is not held centrally.
The Government Car Service (GCS) provide cars to departments for use by ministers. There are currently six electric and one hydrogen fuel cell car in the GCS fleet.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many disposable coffee cups were purchased by his Department in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The department (including Executive Agencies) has not purchased any disposable coffee cups in the last five years, except the DVSA made one purchase of 3,000 cups in 2016 for conferences. None have been purchased since. In the central Department staff bring their own cups in for any teas or coffees they wish to make for themselves.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The table below lists the number of (a) electric and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles in the fleets operated by the Department for Transport and it’s Agencies.
Department for Transport & Agencies | Number of Pure Electric Vehicles | Number of Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles |
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GCS, Government Car Service DfTc | 6 | 1 |
MCA, Maritime & Coastguard Agency | 0 | 0 |
DVSA, Driver Vehicle & Standards Agency | 0 | 0 |
VCA, Vehicle Certification Agency | 1 | 0 |
DVLA, Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency | 2 | 7 |
Total | 9 | 8 |
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of diesel cars which have had their diesel particulate filters removed.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department has not estimated the total number of diesel cars which have had their diesel particulate filters (DPF) removed. However a check for the physical presence of a DPF at MOT was introduced in February 2014. Since this change was introduced, over 2,000 vehicles have failed their MOT for a missing or non-functioning DPF.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the removal of diesel particulate filters from cars.
Answered by Jesse Norman
It is an offence under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Regulation 61a(3)) to use a vehicle which has been modified in such a way that it no longer complies with the air pollutant emissions standards it was designed to meet. Removal of a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) will almost invariably result in a contravention of the Regulations, making the vehicle illegal to use on the road.
The Department’s officials are considering ways to develop these regulations further in order to ensure that anyone caught flouting the rules, or advertising services to circumvent the law, is brought before the courts.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the length of queues at the Port of Dover.
Answered by John Hayes
The Government's aim is to ensure that trade will be as frictionless as possible when we leave the EU. Work is continuing to assess what will be required to minimise transport delays, depending on scenarios for future border control arrangements.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of replicating the relevant functions of the European Maritime Safety Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by John Hayes
The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for continued or discontinued participation in the European Maritime Safety Agency.