Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Answered by Lord Grayling
DfT currently has 160 staff working directly on EU Exit and is drawing in more resource. It is likely to be necessary to pause or defer a number of existing workstreams in order to release enough staff to support the departmental response to a no deal exit from the EU. These work areas are being identified through a review of all key activities and priorities.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from other projects to work on those plans.
Answered by Lord Grayling
DfT currently has 160 staff working directly on EU Exit and is drawing in more resource. It is likely to be necessary to pause or defer a number of existing workstreams in order to release enough staff to support the departmental response to a no deal exit from the EU. These work areas are being identified through a review of all key activities and priorities.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of Co2 emissions from private transport in (a) London, (b) England and Wales and (c) the UK.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Estimates of the levels of CO2 emissions from cars, mopeds and motorcycles for England and Wales and the UK are shown in the table below. Equivalent data for London is not available for these vehicle types. Figures include emissions from taxis and private hire vehicles.
Carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars, mopeds & motorcycles in 2016: UK (kilotonnes CO2) | England and Wales | UK |
Passenger cars | 61,036 | 69,683 |
Mopeds & motorcycles | 488 | 531 |
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Source: Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland: 1990-2016 | ||
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring that vehicle tax for company cars supports the Road to Zero Strategy.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Ministers hold regular discussions with their counterparts in HM Treasury on a range of transport issues. Policy on taxation is a matter for the Treasury.
To achieve the ambitions set out in the Road to Zero strategy, Government is investing nearly £1.5 billion between April 2015 and March 2021, with grants available for plug-in vehicles and schemes to support chargepoint infrastructure. This is one of the most comprehensive support packages in the world for zero emission vehicles.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of increasing traffic congestion on the viability of the cab trade in London; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London, and it is for him to consider what, if any, assessment is made of the impacts of congestion on the London taxi trade.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what stake or degree of control the Government retains in Eurostar.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Government has no financial stake or control in Eurostar, which is a private company.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Eurostar operating days in each of the last five years have been affected by people on the track.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Department for Transport do not hold any information relating to the number of Eurostar operating days affected by people on the track.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost has been of policing the Eurotunnel and its associated rail services in each of the last five years .
Answered by Paul Maynard
The UK Channel Tunnel terminal and associated Eurotunnel shuttle services are policed by Kent Police and the costs are directly billed to Eurotunnel. The Department for Transport does not hold information on the cost of these services.