Mentions:
1: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) They have nowhere to do their homework and have to travel miles on buses because they want to keep the - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) Budget that there were no new policies to help boost the roll-out of low-carbon technologies such as electric - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) That makes a real difference to people’s lives day in, day out, especially given that the cost of buses - Speech Link
2: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) Buses cost more while services decline, youth services have been cut, and knife crime is rising. - Speech Link
3: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) plan to drive investment in renewables and low-emission technology, no plan to boost the roll-out of electric - Speech Link
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, which policy areas will receive funding from the £1.8 billion allocated to core net zero spend relating to the Department for Transport for the 2024-25 financial year; and how much funding as been issued to each of those policy areas for the 2024-25 financial year.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The £1.8 billion allocated to the Department for Transport for the financial year 2024-25 in the 2021 Spending Review supports net zero policies across zero emission vehicles (including buses) and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, the bus transformation funding to support local authority Bus Service Improvement Plans, air quality improvement measures, active travel policies, City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements, Nexus Metrofleet in Newcastle, rail electrification, and the UK’s production of sustainable aviation fuel.
£333 million of the £1.8 billion was reallocated to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (now the Department for Business and Trade), for the electrification of UK vehicle manufacturing and their supply chains, including through the Automotive Transformation Fund Programme.
The Department’s business planning process for 2024-25 financial year remains ongoing and final plans will be published in due course as per standard practice.
Mentions:
1: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) That is all very well, but the Government’s decision to defer the banning of petrol and diesel vehicles - Speech Link
2: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) We have a rapid charging fund and a local electric vehicle infrastructure fund— I am sure that the hon - Speech Link
3: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) will be made available for local transport plans, which cover everything including rail, road and even buses - Speech Link
4: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) We are replacing high carbon emitting blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces to help reduce emissions - Speech Link
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: National Networks National Policy StatementFound: Buses are a key form of public transport that rely on roads .
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: National Networks National Policy StatementFound: Buses are a key form of public transport that rely on roads .
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: National Networks National Policy Statement habitats regulation assessmentFound: Such outcomes might include contributing to net zero targets through for example, electric vehicle
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: Appraisal of sustainability for National Networks National Policy StatementFound: Even with a significant uptake in electric vehicles these non- exhaust sources are likely to remain an
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: North East deeper devolution dealFound: Buses are essential to the soc ial and economic wellbeing of communities across the North East and
Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) We passed the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, which codified insurance in this area for the - Speech Link
2: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) He mentioned the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, but that legislation does not mention this - Speech Link
3: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Buses built just up the road by Alexander Dennis in Camelon are taking thousands of passengers a week - Speech Link
4: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) The industry’s transition and development are all about the automated connected electric and shared vehicles—the - Speech Link
5: Clive Efford (Lab - Eltham) I am sure we will be told, as we were told in 2018 with the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act, that - Speech Link