Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to provide the postcodes of the recharging sites which secured funding from the ZEHID scheme.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The postcodes alongside an interactive map for the 75 recharging locations that have secured funding through the ZEHID programme can be found at https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/programme/zero-emission-heavy-goods-vehicles-and-infrastructure by clicking Insights, Implementation and ‘Explore the Map’. These will be updated periodically.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of levels of fly-tipping in woodland areas in the last 12 months.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government has made no specific assessment of fly-tipping levels in woodland areas over the last 12 months.

Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping incidents to Defra, which are published annually, which can be found on: Fly-tipping statistics for England - GOV.UK

Local authorities are required to report to Defra the size of a fly-tipping incident, its waste type and the land-type where it occurred. However, this does not cover if the area is a particular habitat or a woodland.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many grants and of what value have been made from the £30 million Depot Charging Scheme to businesses using (a) HGVs (b) coaches (c) other.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

As part of the Depot Charging Scheme, launched in July 2025, 92 projects valued at £33 million have been awarded grant funding to support uptake of battery electric (BE) HGVs, vans and coaches by part-funding the installation of charging infrastructure at fleet depots.

These awards break down as follows:

• 46 projects, totalling £20,078,966, include at least one eligible BE HGV;

• 3 projects, totalling £1,164,582, include at least one BE coach;

• 43 projects, totalling £11,701,679, do not include a BE HGV or coach.

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Common Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to increase use of cruelty free products on the parliamentary estate.

Answered by Nick Smith

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 April 2025 to UIN 40025. As previously stated, five products remain in use that are not certified as cruelty-free.

The cleaning contractor has identified two products (Cleanline Glass & Stainless Steel Cleaner and Cleanline Floor Polish) that meet requirements for cruelty-free certification and will transition to these going forward. However, as they currently hold existing stock of the previous products, these will be used before the new products are fully adopted.

For the remaining three products, although alternative options have been trialled, none have yet met the required performance standards. The cleaning contractor will continue to explore suitable alternatives.