Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce universal signage for electronic vehicle charging points.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

A reliable, accessible public charging network to support electric vehicle (EV) drivers on long journeys is essential. Ensuring this is visible and functional will build consumer confidence, which is vital for mass EV adoption. An EV charging symbol is in use on traffic signs to direct drivers to the growing number of chargepoints. There are now over 5,250 open-access rapid and ultra rapid chargers within one mile of the Strategic Road Network (SRN), having doubled over 18 months.

Government is working with industry, including chargepoint operators, and with National Highways, which manages the SRN in England, to improve signage deployment. This includes looking for opportunities to make it easier to provide signage for EV-only charging hubs.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to help reduce the cost of using the public electric vehicle charging network.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government is committed to ensuring that the public charging network is affordable and accessible. The Government’s Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 increase transparency of public charging costs and make it easier for drivers to pay.

Under the regulations, companies are required to clearly provide the price of charging in pence per kilowatt hour. The maximum price cannot increase once a session has started. Whilst this does not cap the cost, it does ensure consistency in the way prices are displayed, making it easy for drivers to compare and understand prices across different public chargepoints. This will allow customers to choose the chargepoint and the price most appropriate for their needs.

The Government will continue to work with other Government departments and industry on measures to keep the cost of EV charging affordable for consumers.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to incentivise local authorities to provide funding for public electronic vehicle charging points.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government's £381m Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund supports local authorities in England to work with industry to transform the availability of public EV charging infrastructure. The funding, which is expected to leverage significant further private investment, will support the installation of at least 100,000 local chargepoints across the country.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the (a) installation and (b) use of CCTV recordings in private nurseries a formal requirement for Ofsted inspections.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department’s priority is to grow high-quality, affordable and flexible education and care for children whilst ensuring their safety, giving every child the best start to life and delivering on our Plan for Change. For this reason, we continually monitor and review safeguarding requirements for early years settings to make sure children are kept as safe as possible.

The department is responsible for setting the standards which early years settings such as nurseries must follow. These are set out in the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework. The department has responsibility for policy on inspection and registration, but how it is implemented is for Ofsted to decide whilst also remaining accountable to Parliament.

The decision to install and use camera surveillance equipment in a nursery is a matter for individual providers to determine based on their own risk assessment and policies.

If a nursery uses camera surveillance equipment, they must comply with the regulations in the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation and should follow the guidance published by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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Found: Baxter Jonathan Hinder Dr Scott Arthur Maureen Burke Adam Jogee Ben Lake Natalie Fleet Mrs Elsie Blundell

Found: Baxter Jonathan Hinder Dr Scott Arthur Maureen Burke Adam Jogee Ben Lake Natalie Fleet Mrs Elsie Blundell

Found: Baxter Jonathan Hinder Dr Scott Arthur Maureen Burke Adam Jogee Ben Lake Natalie Fleet Mrs Elsie Blundell

Found: Baxter Jonathan Hinder Dr Scott Arthur Maureen Burke Adam Jogee Ben Lake Natalie Fleet Mrs Elsie Blundell

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Found: White Richard Baker Chris Kane Antonia Bance Alison Taylor Ruth Jones Mary Kelly Foy Mrs Elsie Blundell

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