Every parliamentary written question tabled by Mary Glindon this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether financial penalties have been levied against electric vehicle charge point operators who do not comply with the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023.
As the enforcement authority for the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with these requirements, including determining any financial penalties tha...
What steps her Department is taking to monitor the electricity output of electric vehicle charge points relative to their advertised speeds.
The Department does not routinely monitor electric vehicle charge points to verify their output speeds. While the advertised rate is the maximum charging speed of the charge point, the real-world rate at which a vehicle charges will vary depending on a ra...
What estimate her Department has made of the proportion of electric vehicle charge point operators that comply with Regulation (a) 5 and (b) 7 of the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023.
As the enforcement authority for the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with these requirements. As of 31st May 2026, the OPSS reported that 94% o...
What discussions her Department has had with Amazon regarding the rollout of parcel delivery drones.
Decisions on whether and how parcel delivery drones may operate are a matter for the independent Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which regulates UK airspace. All drone operators are required to comply with aviation regulations, including the CAA’s Drone a...
What steps her Department is taking to minimise the potential impact of parcel delivery drones on privacy.
Decisions on whether and how parcel delivery drones may operate are a matter for the independent Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which regulates UK airspace. All drone operators are required to comply with aviation regulations, including the CAA’s Drone a...
What steps her Department is taking to minimise noise pollution caused by parcel delivery drones.
Decisions on whether and how parcel delivery drones may operate are a matter for the independent Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which regulates UK airspace. All drone operators are required to comply with aviation regulations, including the CAA’s Drone a...
What steps her Department is taking to minimise the potential impact of parcel delivery drones on wildlife.
Decisions on whether and how parcel delivery drones may operate are a matter for the independent Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which regulates UK airspace. All drone operators are required to comply with aviation regulations, including the CAA’s Drone a...
What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing an electric vehicle social leasing scheme.
Government incentives are targeted to where they will deliver the most impact and the greatest value for money to the taxpayer. We have recently introduced the Electric Car Grant, which is available to private buyers of new zero emission vehicles, as well as vehicle leasing and rental companies. This allows the Grant to benefit drivers regardless of whether they prefer to purchase or lease a vehicle. The Government continues to keep all policies under review to ensure the transition to zero emission vehicles takes place in an equitable and fair manner.
What steps he is taking to improve the affordability of electric vehicles for low-income households.
The Government offers Plug-in Vehicle Grants for eligible vans, trucks, taxis, motorcycles, and wheelchair accessible vehicles. These grants help to lower upfront vehicle costs and make zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) more accessible to consumers. ZEVs also benefit from favourable tax rates, such as generous company car tax incentives and a 0% Van Benefit Charge. ZEVs also receive preferential first year rates of Vehicle Excise Duty at £10 until FY 2029-30, in comparison to the most polluting vehicles. Most drivers in the UK buy used vehicles, with 80% of all cars bought and sold in 2024 having been through the used vehicle market. Industry intelligence suggests that some EVs on the used market are now similar in price to their petrol and diesel equivalents. The Government will continue to monitor the health of the market and keeps all policies under review.
Whether she has made a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) E5 and (b) E10 fuel on (i) fuel consumption and (ii) emissions.
The legislation which introduced E10 across Britain in September 2021 is the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and the Biofuel (Labelling) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021. The impact assessment accompanying these regulations estimates that moving from E5 to E10 will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 .8%, saving around 750,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from petrol vehicles. Ethanol contains less energy than fossil petrol and so increasing the ethanol content of petrol increases fuel consumption. The impact assessment estimates E10 will decrease the energy content of petrol by 1.7% compared to E5 and assumes fuel consumption will increase by that amount.
What steps her Department is taking to increase the climate resilience of public transport systems.
The cross-government third National Adaptation Programme sets out plans to tackle the effects of climate change. For transport, this means working closely with transport infrastructure operators to take meaningful and measurable action to address risks po...