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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to take steps to increase funding and beneficiaries of the Freight Facilities Grant for capital equipment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to take steps to increase funding and beneficiaries of the Freight Facilities Grant for capital equipment.
Government remains strongly committed to modal shift and continues to operate two freight revenue grant schemes (£20m per year allocated for 2022/23 to 2024/25) to support: the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme for modal shift to rail and inland waterways; and Waterborne Freight Grants for coastal and short sea shipping. These grants help to remove around 900,000 HGV journeys off the road each year.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to re-instate the Freight Facilities Grant in England to help reduce heavy goods road traffic.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to re-instate the Freight Facilities Grant in England to help reduce heavy goods road traffic.
The Department for Transport currently has no plans to re-instate the Freight Facilities Grant in England. However, Government remains strongly committed to modal shift and continues to operate two freight revenue grant schemes (£20m allocated in 2021/22). This supports the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme for modal shift to rail and inland waterways; and Waterborne Freight Grants for coastal and short sea shipping.
Government has also announced in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan and Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail its intention to set a rail freight growth target and will continue to consider further incentives – working closely with the rail freight industry - to encourage modal shift from road to rail.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money is allocated in the current financial year to the Freight Facilities Grant; and what assessment they have made as to whether an increase would help relieve the shortage of HGV drivers.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money is allocated in the current financial year to the Freight Facilities Grant; and what assessment they have made as to whether an increase would help relieve the shortage of HGV drivers.
The Department for Transport has not allocated funds in England for Freight Facilities Grant and hence no assessment has been made whether it could relieve the HGV driver shortage. The Freight Facilities Grant in England closed in 2011.
The Government has already taken firm action to bring new drivers into the industry as soon as possible. These measures include training up to 6,000 new HGV drivers through skills bootcamps and the adult education budget, using MOD examiners to increase testing capacity by thousands over the next 12 weeks, sending nearly one million letters to all drivers who currently hold an HGV driving licence to encourage them back into the industry and offering time-limited visas to 5,000 HGV drivers.
The Government is also providing £20 million through its mode shift freight grant schemes in 2021/22 to encourage modal shift from road to rail or water.
This paper describes the rail freight policies of successive UK Governments, which have sought to drive modal shift of freight from roads to rail. It also briefly looks at the plans to drive rail freight growth with HS2 and the policy of the EU in this area. It also sets out how track access charges work for freight and the grants and funding streams that are available.
This paper describes the rail freight policies of successive UK Governments, which have sought to drive modal shift of freight from roads to rail. It also briefly looks at the plans to drive rail freight growth with HS2 and the policy of the EU in this area. It also sets...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will reconsider the decision to close down all freight facilities grants to rail freight operators in the United Kingdom.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will reconsider the decision to close down all freight facilities grants to rail freight operators in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding he has allocated to the Freight Facilities Grant scheme in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding he has allocated to the Freight Facilities Grant scheme in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has had recent discussions with the Scottish Executive on the abolition of the Freight Facilities Grants scheme from March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has had recent discussions with the Scottish Executive on the abolition of the Freight Facilities Grants scheme from March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding his Department plans to provide for the Freight Facilities Grant in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding his Department plans to provide for the Freight Facilities Grant in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding his Department has allocated to the Freight Facilities Grant in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding his Department has allocated to the Freight Facilities Grant in each of the last five years.
| Total value of awards¹ (£ million) | |
| 2005-06² | 0.9 |
| 2006-07² | 3.2 |
| 2007-08 | 1.2 |
| 2008-09 | 1.8 |
| 2009-10 | 1.5 |
| ¹ Figures do not include awards made which were later declined, expired or were withdrawn. | |
| ² Includes awards made by the Department and the Strategic Rail Authority. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on the Freight Facilities Grant scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on the Freight Facilities Grant scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the outcome of the comprehensive spending review on the future of the Freight Facilities Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the outcome of the comprehensive spending review on the future of the Freight Facilities Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the operation of the Freight Facilities Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the operation of the Freight Facilities Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the Freight Facilities Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the Freight Facilities Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for the Freight Facilities Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for the Freight Facilities Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the availability of freight facilities grants in the North West; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the availability of freight facilities grants in the North West; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the economic model against which freight facilities grant applications are assessed; when this economic model was last updated; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the economic model against which freight facilities grant applications are assessed; when this economic model was last updated; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average length of time taken to process a freight facilities grant application is; how many applicants waited (a) more than six months, (b) more than nine months and (c) more than one year in the most recent five year period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average length of time taken to process a freight facilities grant application is; how many applicants waited (a) more than six months, (b) more than nine months and (c) more than one year in the most recent five year period...
| Year application received | Cases assessed within six months | Cases assessed within nine months | Cases assessed within one year |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many grant applications were made to the freight facilities grant scheme for each year since 2000; how many of those applications were successful; and what the average value was of each (a) application and (b) grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many grant applications were made to the freight facilities grant scheme for each year since 2000; how many of those applications were successful; and what the average value was of each (a) application and (b) grant.
| Successful applications | Average value of grant awarded (£) | |
| 2000 | 35 | 711,944 |
| 2001 | 28 | 797,076 |
| 2002 | 33 | 989,859 |
| 2003 | 7 | 822,188 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2,514,083 |
| 2005 | 4 | 565,978 |
| 2006 | 5 | 359,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 843,483 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1,325,578 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total public resource allocated to the freight facilities grant scheme was for each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total public resource allocated to the freight facilities grant scheme was for each year since 2000.
| Freight facility grants: Budget | |
|---|---|
| £ million | |
| 2000-01 | 32 |
| 2001-02 | 61.8 |
| 2002-03 | 50.5 |
| 2003-04 | 32.5 |
| 2004-05 | 9.7 |
| 2005-06 | 7 |
| 2006-07 | 7 |
| 2007-08 | 7 |
| 2008-09 | 4 |
| 2009-10 | 7 |
| 2010-11 | 10 |
| 2011-12 | 16 |
| 2012-13 | 20 |
| 2013-14 | 25 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans she has to increase the availability and accessibility of the Freight Facilities Grant to potential applicants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans she has to increase the availability and accessibility of the Freight Facilities Grant to potential applicants.