Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with representatives of DP World on the operations of P&O Ferries between 1 November 2021 and 15 March 2022.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
As part of our response to the Transport Select Committee, the Secretary of State has sent a note of the meeting with DP world in November. This is the only meeting held in the time period.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what topics were discussed at his meeting with representatives of DP World at the Dubai Expo on 22 November 2021.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
As part of our response to the Transport Select Committee, the Secretary of State has sent a note of the meeting with DP world in November. This is the only meeting held in the time period.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish all documentation held by his Department relating to his meeting with representatives of DP World at the Dubai Expo on 22 November 2021.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
As part of our response to the Transport Select Committee, the Secretary of State has sent a note of the meeting with DP world in November. This is the only meeting held in the time period.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his departmental diary for 20 November 2021.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Department does not publish full Ministerial diaries. Details of meetings with external organisations are routinely published on GOV.UK The next round of data is due to be published shortly.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 136581, if he will publish the number of buses which have received funding under the Zero Emissions Bus Regional Areas scheme and have been registered as Public Service Vehicles for each calendar month since March 2021.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 14 March 2022 to Question UIN 136581.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on bringing forward legislative proposals to amend regulations in respect of privately owned electric vehicles.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
The Secretary of State meets regularly with Cabinet and government colleagues to discuss the transition to electric vehicles. The government will publish a response to the consultation on improving the consumer experience at public chargepoints soon. Further legislative measures were consulted on as part of the Future of transport regulatory review: zero emission vehicles, which closed in November 2021. The government will publish its response in due course.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to amend regulations in respect of privately owned electric powered scooters.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
The Department for Transport is running trials of rental e-scooters to assess their safety and wider impacts and has in place a national monitoring and evaluation programme. A full set of findings on rental e-scooters from this evaluation will be included in the final report due in late spring 2022.
The evidence gathered during the trials will inform whether e-scooters should be legalised in the future, and how we can ensure their use is as safe as possible.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buses have been ordered through the Zero Emission Buses Regional Area (ZEBRA) scheme in each month since the scheme’s introduction.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
In March 2021 the Transport Secretary launched the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme which was open to local transport authorities who were able to bid for funding to introduce zero emission buses and the infrastructure needed to support them in their areas.
The Government announced the first areas to be awarded funding under the fast track process of the scheme in October 2021. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Leicester, Warrington, Kent and Milton Keynes have been awarded £70.8m funding for zero emission buses and associated infrastructure. This will support the introduction of up to 335 electric buses and associated infrastructure. We expect first orders for these buses to be placed this year.
A second group of local transport authorities have submitted business cases to secure funding through the standard process. The Department is currently assessing these business cases. Funding will be awarded to successful areas later in 2022.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is providing to increase the number of ships fuelled by LNG.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
Natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) offers the potential for large reductions in all air pollutant emissions but limited GHG savings when compared to incumbent fuels (heavy fuel oil, marine diesel oil).
Our Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, launched in March 2021, allocated over £23m of research and development funding to 55 projects across the UK, including projects exploring internal combustion engine technology that is capable of using zero emission fuels like hydrogen, methanol and ammonia. The competition also supports projects on green shipbuilding, placing the UK at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of zero emission vessels.
As set out in the Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener (October 2021), we will extend the CMDC to a multi-year programme. We will publish details of any future competitions in due course, including guidance for applicants.
Asked by: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is providing to increase the number of ammonia-powered ships.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
In March 2021, we launched the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC), which allocated over £23m of research and development funding to 55 projects across the UK. The competition supports the design and development of zero emission shipping technologies, which includes hydrogen, ammonia and battery. As set out in the Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener (October 2021), we will extend the CMDC to a multi-year programme. We will publish details of any future competitions in due course, including guidance for applicants.