Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on proposals for a gigafactory in Coventry.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Secretary of State regularly meets with the Chancellor to discuss a range of issues.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set a date for introducing regulations on the consumer experience of electric vehicle charging, including network roaming and a 99 per cent reliability standard.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government is currently finalising the drafting of the legislation and will lay the regulations in Parliament as soon as possible.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact on the consumer experience of vehicle charging of mandating that public charge point networks must roam (a) with one other provider or (b) with all other providers.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government has considered a number of options to introduce roaming to the public charging network. Mandating that chargepoint operators must connect to at least one external roaming provider offers the most flexibility to industry and room for innovation. The Government will be laying legislation in Parliament to mandate roaming soon, with enforcement coming into effect 24 months after the legislation comes into force.
If the Government does not see sufficient progress within that timeframe, it may consider designating approved providers. However, the intention is that the market will converge on a handful of roaming providers or apps that offer the best experience for consumers and fleet drivers.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its consultation into policy design features for the car and van zero emission vehicle mandate; and whether he will outline what plans the Government has to introduce such a mandate.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Responses to the technical consultation are being analysed and the Government will publish its response, and a full regulatory proposal and cost benefit analysis, in due course.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus services were reduced in Warwick and Leamington constituency in 2022.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
The majority of bus services in England outside London are run on a commercial basis and decisions on the withdrawal of these services are for bus operators to make. The Department does not collect or report data on a constituency level basis.
The Government has provided nearly £2 billion in emergency and recovery funding since March 2020 to bus operators and local transport authorities (LTAs) in England outside London to support services and mitigate the impacts of the pandemic.
As a condition of receiving the Bus Recovery Grant through to March 2023, participating bus operators are required to maintain a minimum service level of 80% compared to pre-Covid service levels to prevent significant service reductions; with limited exceptions.
The Government is also taking proactive steps to help increase patronage by providing £60 million to help bus operators cap single fares at £2 on services in England outside London from 1 January to 31 March 2023. Over 140 operators covering more than 4,600 routes are participating in the scheme, which will help increase patronage on buses and help millions save on their regular travel costs.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to introduce penalty points on driving licences for people who fail to wear a seatbelt while (a) in control of and (b) a passenger in a car.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
The Government keeps all motoring offences and penalties under review.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving both buses and electric scooters were recorded in Warwick and Leamington constituency in the 12 months preceding (a) January 2023 and (b) each preceding month for the last two years.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
The Department collects data on personal injury road collisions reported to the police. The latest published final figures are for 2021.
There were no recorded personal injury collisions in Warwick and Leamington constituency in 2021 involving both buses and pedestrians, buses and pedal cyclists and buses and e-scooters.
If a collision didn’t involve injury to a pedestrian or wasn’t reported in the first place, it will not be recorded.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving both buses and pedestrians were recorded in Warwick and Leamington constituency in the 12 months preceding (a) January 2023 and (b) each preceding month for the last two years.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
The Department collects data on personal injury road collisions reported to the police. The latest published final figures are for 2021.
There were no recorded personal injury collisions in Warwick and Leamington constituency in 2021 involving both buses and pedestrians, buses and pedal cyclists and buses and e-scooters.
If a collision didn’t involve injury to a pedestrian or wasn’t reported in the first place, it will not be recorded.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving both buses and cyclists were recorded in Warwick and Leamington constituency in the 12 months preceding (a) January 2023 and (b) each preceding month for the last two years.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
The Department collects data on personal injury road collisions reported to the police. The latest published final figures are for 2021.
There were no recorded personal injury collisions in Warwick and Leamington constituency in 2021 involving both buses and pedestrians, buses and pedal cyclists and buses and e-scooters.
If a collision didn’t involve injury to a pedestrian or wasn’t reported in the first place, it will not be recorded.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving cyclists were recorded in England in the last 12 months; and what proportion of the cyclists involved were wearing helmets.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
In 2021, the latest year for which figures are available, there were 15,855 injury collisions involving cyclists in England. Where cycle helmet status was known, 54% of cyclist casualties were reported by the police as wearing a helmet.