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HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingNo, I do not. I have not heard the £600 million figure—that is a fair amount. However, I have had numerous conversations with the industry over the months and years during which I…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingMy noble friend raises a very important point which is at the front of the mind of the department: how do we make the best use of technology? It is not necessarily for the…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingThe Government have committed to spend £3 billion over the course of this Parliament, so I suggest to the noble Lord that, when we get to the end of this Parliament, we do a…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingMy Lords, I am pleased to confirm that a final tranche of recovery funding for local transport providers, totalling over £150 million over six months, was announced earlier today.…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingYes, there is the question of that; the Government are not withholding the CRSTS funding per se, but we need the governance arrangements to be put into place, such that we are…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingI agree with the noble Lord. The Government are absolutely committed to pump-priming the zero-emission bus sector. We have £525 million in the kitty to deliver new zero-emission…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingTo a certain extent, I think that is what we are doing, but perhaps not in the way that the noble Lord would expect. The requirement that we set out in the national bus strategy…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingMy noble friend is quite right. It is extraordinary how many different streams of funding go into the whole bus network system. This can be to the operators directly, or to local…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingI am always grateful to receive a Question from the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, but today it was a particularly good one. We will be working with all the local transport…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingMy Lords, this Government really do care about what is happening in London. I think that the strike today is unnecessary; it is self-defeating and will damage the job prospects of…01 Mar 2022HANSARDE-scootersI might swerve the Highway Code question because I think I have gone as far as I can in the answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, but I will slightly push back on what the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersMy Lords, the Department for Transport is considering options for how best to regulate e-scooters and crack down on their illegal use. New measures being considered will be…08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersThe policy is still under development and I am grateful to my noble friend for highlighting her concerns for our consideration as we develop it going forward. It is very important…08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersI am not sure I agree that the Government are “tarrying so long”. It is really important that we get the correct balance between the enormous benefits that e-scooters can bring…08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersNo. Enforcement is going on: offenders are being fined and penalties are being given out. The reality is that the Home Office does not collect the data by the specific vehicle…08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersMy department is currently considering how best to capture and publish the information that we are gathering from the trials. We hope to make progress on potential new primary…08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersThe noble Lord is most likely right that the PSNI does not hold data. Indeed, it is the case that police forces in England do not currently hold data relating specifically to…08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersYes, I can explain that. It is illegal to use a private e-scooter on all public land. It is certainly illegal to use one on the pavement or the road. Trials have been set up…08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersThe department is acutely aware of the issue of the number of private e-scooters that are potentially being ridden on public land at this moment. That is why working as quickly as…08 Feb 2022HANSARDHighway CodeThere has been a huge amount of coverage of the new Highway Code, for which we are extremely grateful, and there will continue to be coverage. But I am afraid there has been an…07 Feb 2022