Found: referred to as social or fan ownership , a model that has been successfully applied in Germany and Sweden
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of incorporating elements of shared parental leave models used in (a) Sweden and (b) other countries into her policies on shared parental leave.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme gives working families more choice and flexibility about who cares for their child in the first year, and when.
In 2019, the Government consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay and considered international evidence which suggested a range of factors that encourage parents to share work and childcare more equally.
We sought views on the benefits, costs and trade-offs that would flow from any such reform. The consultation and Government response are published below -
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-proposals-to-support-families
Asked by: Simon Lightwood (Labour (Co-op) - Wakefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21868 on Buses: Carbon Emissions, how many and what proportion of the buses allocated funding under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme 1 (a) are on the road in each local transport authority and (b) (i) have been and (ii) will be manufactured in the UK.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This Government has invested £410m into the Zero Emission Bus programmes since 2020, which has funded over 2,200 buses across England.
The Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) 1 programme was launched in 2021 and awarded £270m funding to 16 local transport authorities (LTAs) in England (outside of London).
ZEBs produced and sold in the UK are supported by a global supply chain; the below table outlines bus manufacturer’s location. The numbers in this table are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore indicative and subject to change.
ZEBRA 1 | ||
Local Transport Authority | Number of buses on the road | Bus manufacturer & Location |
Blackpool Council | 0 | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority | 30 | Volvo (Sweden) |
City of York Council | 53 | Wrightbus (UK) |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 0 | Volvo (Sweden) |
Hertfordshire County Council | 0 | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
Kent County Council | 0 | Volvo (Sweden) |
Leicester City Council | 116 | 110 – Wrightbus (UK) |
Norfolk County Council | 68 | Wrightbus (UK) |
North Yorkshire County Council | 0 | EvoBus/Mercedes (Germany) Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK) |
Nottingham City Council | 24 | Pelican/Yutong (UK/China) |
Oxfordshire County Council | 56 | Wrightbus (UK) |
Portsmouth City Council & Hampshire County Council | 62 | Wrightbus (UK) |
South Yorkshire Combined Authority | 27 | 4 – Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK) |
Warrington Borough Council | 105 | Volvo (Sweden) |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 124 | Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator. |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 146 | 131 – Wrightbus (UK) |
Written Evidence May. 20 2024
Inquiry: Defending DemocracyFound: alongside Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States, as well as observer nations Sweden
Oral Evidence May. 20 2024
Inquiry: Prevention in health and social careFound: Last week, members of this Committee were in Sweden talking about their smoking policies, and we
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) It is why we have seen NATO only grow stronger since the Russian invasion, with Sweden and Finland joining - Speech Link
2: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - The Cotswolds) Of course, one of the outcomes, whatever happens in the war in Ukraine, is that both Sweden and Finland - Speech Link
Report May. 17 2024
Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)Found: 175 56 037 Germany 81 141 110 694 95 077 Italy 35 447 55 106 44 843 OECD average 38 498 51 329 53 119 Sweden
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA): evaluationFound: All of the company’s current investors are from Europe (Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden), and the association
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Managing radioactive substances and nuclear decommissioningFound: are progressing plans to implement geological disposal include Canada, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Managing radioactive substances and nuclear decommissioningFound: are progressing plans to implement geological disposal include Canada, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden