{"value":{"id":1663807,"askingMemberId":4653,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-10-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-10-17T00:00:00","uin":"201660","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government’s revised policies on net zero on when diesel-only trains will be removed from the rail network.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4442,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-10-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>As set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, published in July 2021, the government’s ambition is to remove all diesel-only trains from the network by 2040, and the department remains committed to this ambition. A number of train operators, such as Northern and Chiltern, are currently undertaking procurement processes to replace diesel-only trains with an aim to reduce carbon emissions and improve the passenger experience. As of October 2023, there are approximately 2,900 diesel-only vehicles operating on the network out of a fleet of over 15,000 vehicles. Since October 2020, over 200 diesel-only vehicles have been removed from passenger operation.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Trains: Diesel","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1663807","method":"GET"}]}