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Railways (Noise Insulation)
Mr. Clappison : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the proposed noise insulation regulations for new railway lines will be issued for consultation.
Mr. Freeman : A consultation document about the draft regulations and associated technical memorandum will be issued shortly and copies will be placed in the Library of the House. I shall also be writing to all Members in the south east and London whose constituencies may be affected. The consultation period will extend until mid-November.
Rail Privatisation
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what role he envisages for the passenger transport authorities and passenger transport executives in the process of specifying and granting franchises for passenger railway services in their areas under the railway privatisation proposals ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : I have today written to Councillor Joe Clark, chairman of the Association of Municipal Authorities public transport committee, setting out the role we envisage for the passenger transport authorities and passenger transport executives under our railway privatisation proposals, in the following terms :
Letter from Mr. Roger Freeman to Councillor Joe Clarke :
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It is our intention that under our railway privatisation proposals the PTAs and PTEs will continue to have essentially the same role as now in specifying local rail services and paying subsidy, where necessary, to support their specification.But, as we have discussed, some changes to the present system are going to be necessary to ensure that PTAs and the PTEs fit in properly with the new, privatised structure of the railway, and I promised to write to you explaining how the new system would work. Many of the trains that serve PTA passengers run on beyond a single PTA area, and it would not be operationally sensible to think of letting franchises covering only parts of a a service. That is why our proposal is that the PTAs and PTEs should be jointly involved with the Franchising Director in specifying and granting the franchises for their services.
That means PTAs/PTEs being fully involved in specifying the service to be franchised, with each PTE specifying the local services to be supported within its area in terms of service level, service quality and fares, and agreeing that specification with the relevant PTA. The Franchising Director will then invite tenders jointly with the PTE, evaluate the bids and negotiate alongside the PTE with prospective franchisees. The PTE will then sign the franchise agreement, subject to the relevant PTA havving agreed the terms.
The PTEs will need to agree with the Franchising Director how franchisees' performance is to be monitored to ensure that they are meeting their contractual obligations, and will be fully involved in the monitoring system, receiving all relevant information on the performance of the franchisee in respect of the services specified by the PTEs. The PTEs will be similarly involved with the Franchising Director in deciding jointly what measures should be taken where a franchisee fails to perform satisfactorily, including, ultimately, termination of the franchise agreement.
The PTAs/PTEs' service specifications will largely determine the trainpaths that will be needed by the franchisee to run their services, and the Franchising Director will involve the PTEs in negotiating the necessary access rights.
I hope this is helpful and reassures you that the PTAs and PTEs will have a full ro le to play in the privatised railway.
Bus Information
Sir Michael Neubert : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what studies are under way in his Department on the provision of information for bus users.
Mr. Freeman : The Transport Research Laboratory is conducting a research project for my Department to examine gaps in the current provision of information for bus users, the types of information passengers value most highly, and the extent to which cost-effective information provision can increase bus patronage. The project will include surveys in four selected study areas. The research should be completed next spring.
Concessionary Fares
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what provision he is making to require franchised train operators to participate in the concessionary fares scheme administered by passenger transport authorities, passenger transport executives and other local authorities in their respective areas.
Mr. Freeman : The way such schemes work is by ensuring that the operator of the services suffers no net loss as a result of participating in the scheme. We therefore expect that passenger railway service operators will be willing to participate on a voluntary basis following privatisation, as British Rail does now. Nevertheless, under the new clause added to the Railways Bill at Committee stage in the House of Lords in respect of fares and discount schemes, every franchise
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agreement will include a provision requiring the franchise operator to participate in, charge fares in accordance with, and otherwise comply with the requirements of discount fares schemes approved by the franchising director. The Secretary of State also intends to instruct the franchising director to include a provision in franchise agreements which will enable the franchising director to require franchisees to take part in local authority concessionary fares schemes, provided that there is no net cost to the franchisee or the franchising director. It would thus be possible for a local authority which wanted a franchisee to join its scheme to request the franchising director to invoke this provision in the franchise agreement.It would also be possible for the PTAs/PTEs to seek to include a provision in the franchise agreements to which they are a party requiring the franchisee to join in their concessionary fares schemes.
Vehicle Inspectorate
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the Vehicle Inspectorate Executive Agency annual report will be published.
Mr. Key : The inspectorate's annual report is being published today. Copies are being placed in the Library.
Official Travel
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he last travelled in an official capacity on a London midibus ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Norris : My right hon. and hon. Friends and I regularly use various forms of public transport, including midibuses.
Large Goods Vehicle Driver Training
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 17 November 1992, Official Report, column 161, when he expects the Driving Standards Agency to publish an official learner syllabus for large goods vehicle drivers to help trainers and trainees ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Key : The Driving Standards Agency, in collaboration with Her Majesty's Stationery Office, plans to publish a book for lorry drivers towards the end of the year. The book will contain not only the official recommended syllabus for learning to drive a large goods vehicle, but also useful information for trainers, experienced drivers and operators.
Lorry Weights
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officers are authorised to check lorry weights in each local authority area ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Key : At 31 May 1993, 197 vehicle inspectorate (VI) traffic examiners were authorised by the chief executive to check lorry weights. Traffic examiners are integrated into VI"s district structure and it is not possible to give a breakdown by local authority area.
Weighing is also carried out independently by local authority trading standards officers and the police.
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Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many prosecutions were made against transport companies for overweight loads in each region for 1992 and 1993 to the most recent practicable date.
Mr. Key : The numbers of successful prosecutions obtained by the vehicle inspectorate against goods vehicle operators for overloading offences for the year 1992 and from 1 January to 30 June 1993 are given in the table. During 1992 the inspectorate implemented a change in policy ; it now only normally prosecutes where the vehicle is overloaded by 10 per cent. or 1 tonne.
Traffic area reNumber of
successful
prosecutions
|1992 |<1><2>1993
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Eastern |378 |143
North Eastern |1,289 |411
North Western |774 |309
Scotland |523 |138
South Eastern |546 |224
South Wales |155 |54
West Midlands |417 |218
Western |1,008 |254
|--- |---
Total |5,090 |1,751
<1>1 January to 30 June.
<2>These are provisional figures. Some data
from this period has not yet been processed.
East London River Crossing
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what are his current plans for the route of the east London river crossing in the light of the exclusion of Oxleas wood from the original route ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Norris : It is too early to say where and in what form future proposals will be developed. Any new proposals will be designed to have less impact on the local environment. As with all departmental road schemes, at the appropriate stages, there will be analyses of alternatives, full environmental assessments and, if necessary, a public inquiry.
Data Processing
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the numbers of staff by grade that are employed in his Department and agencies in the automatic data processing functional specialism.
Mr. Norris : The number of staff in the automatic data processing specialism, and in receipt of the ADP pay allowance, is set out in the table.
Department/Agency |Grade |Number
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Department of Transport (central) |SEO |19
|HEO |36
|EO |42
|AO |22
|---
Total |119
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency |SEO |3
|HEO |12
|EO |5
|AO |37
|AA |267
|---
Total |324
Drivers, Vehicles and Operators
Information Technology Agency |SEO |32
|HEO |74
|EO |192
|AO |22
|AA |17
|---
Total |337
Vehicle Inspectorate Agency |HEO |1
|EO |2
|---
Total |3
Some more senior staff have responsibilities for ADP but are not separately recorded as ADP specialists.
Birmingham Relief Road
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give details of land acquisition consequential upon the Birmingham northern relief road with particular reference to (a) land purchased to date, (b) the identity of the purchaser and current owner and (c) the amount of land still needing to be purchased.
Mr. Key : The Department has so far purchased 59 properties under the blight provisions since the original road proposals were announced in 1984 ; a further 16 are in the process of acquisition. The properties will remain in the department's ownership until they are taken for the road scheme or can be declared surplus and sold. The compulsory purchase orders will be published this autumn and the total land required for the scheme is 596 hectares, of which 482 hectares are agricultural land.
The land already purchased in advance of the compulsory purchase orders (under the blight provisions) does not all fall within the boundaries of the land required for the scheme. Therefore, it would be disproportionately expensive to calculate the exact amount of land still required.
Crossrail
Mr. Deva : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what grants have been made under section 12 of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 or other powers, to London Regional Transport in respect of the acquisition of land blighted by the crossrail project under section 62 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 ; and how much has so far been spent or authorised to be spent for this purpose since the Crossrail Bill was deposited in Parliament in November 1991.
Mr. Norris : A ring-fenced provision is made for all aspects of the Crossrail project. How in detail it is spent is a matter for London Regional Transport. I am advised that it has as yet purchased no blighted properties.
Mr. Deva : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has approved, under section 32(2) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984, the lines upon which London Regional Transport and the promoters of crossrail shall exercise their discretion under section 62 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 in relation to the acquisition by agreement of land in cases where it becomes
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apparent that the enjoyment of the land will be seriously affected by the carrying out or operation of the crossrail works.Mr. Norris : No ; London Regional Transport has made no proposal to my right hon. Friend in respect of its exercise of the power conveyed by section 62 of the Planning and Compensation Act.
Non-insured Vehicles
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of the amount of revenue that is lost to the insurance industry each year through non-insured vehicles.
Mr. Key : The insurance industry's best estimate is that about 5 per cent. of all drivers are uninsured, though it is not possible to verify this figure. At that level, the industry estimate that they are losing about £375 million a year in premium income.
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures he is taking to limit the number of road tax evaders.
Mr. Key : The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the police are taking vigorous and effective action against vehicle excise duty (VED) evaders.
Last year over 435,000 evaders were penalised with £37.5 million recovered. In addition an estimated 180,000 evaders relicensed as a direct result of enforcement action, recovering a further £14 million. The number of evaders brought to book has steadily increased over the last 10 years and this trend is planned to continue. Factors involved include the streamlining of the enforcement effort following an efficiency scrutiny, the introduction of new technology, the continuing programme of joint campaigns with the police and most recently the red windscreen warning notice scheme.
Furness and Cumbria Coastal Lines
Mr. Hutton : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects tenders to be invited to operate the Furness and Cumbria coastal lines.
Mr. Freeman : The Barrow to Carlisle line will be tendered as part of North-West regional railways. The precise timing will be decided by the franchising director after his appointment under the Railways Bill when it has received Royal Assent.
Civil Aviation (Competition)
Mr. Mandelson : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals he has to increase competiton in the civil aviation industry ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Norris : The EC third package of aviation liberalisation measures, which came into effect on 1 January, has already created very considerable opportunities for competition in civil aviation in the European Community. The Government will remain keen to ensure that obstacles are not created to hinder airlines wishing to make use of these opportunities. Elsewhere, our aim is to increase the opportunities for competition by seeking to liberalise the United Kingdom's bilateral air service agreements.
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Heathrow Airport
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on current Government policy towards a fifth Heathrow terminal.
Mr. Norris : The objectives for airports policy were set out in the 1985 White Paper "Airports Policy" ; this noted that the possibility of a fifth terminal at Heathrow would be kept under review, without commitment. The Secretary of State for the Enviornment has called in the planning application for a fifth terminal at Heathrow airport lodged by BAA plc on 17 February 1993. This will be for joint decision by him and my Secretary of State following a public inquiry. Because of this quasi-judicial role, it would not be proper for me to comment on the proposal.
MV Avon
Mr. Viggers : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will undertake appropriate inquiries concerning the cause of the incident at approximately 2 pm on Wednesday 21 July when the MV Avon, en route from Southampton to China, ran aground off Browndown, Gosport ; and if he will publish his findings.
Mr. Norris : The accident is being investigated by the Department's marine accident investigation branch. Any lessons to be learnt and how best they can be promulgated and acted upon will be considered by the chief inspector of marine accidents on completion of the investigation ; this may include publication of the inspector's findings.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Market Testing
Mring procedures he institutes to check this.
Mr. Nelson : The names of directors of firms bidding for market testing contracts in Her Majesty's Treasury, are checked with Companies House prior to a shortlist being announced. Directors who are unfit to act must be removed from all dealings with their firm and cannot act in a similar capacity within other firms. In the event of the Treasury finding one of its shortlisted firms listing an unfit director, further investigations would take place, through Companies House and the firm itself, to ensure that the director was no longer associated with the firm. If this proved to be the case and the firm had a good reputation and references, it would still be considered for the contract. However if there was still a serious doubt about the firm and/or its directors, it would be removed from the shortlist.
Criminal Offences
Sir Richard Body : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criminal offences he has introduced in the last five years under delegated legislation.
Mr. Nelson : No central records are kept of information in the form requested. However, the available information shows that since 1988 the following instruments have created new criminal offences by way of delegated legislation :
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(a) Regulations made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer : the European Communities (Restriction on Disclosure) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2779).(b) Regulations made by Her Majesty's Treasury : the Banking Co-ordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3218).
(c) Regulations made by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise : the Customs and Excise (Common Transit) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1476) ; the Customs Controls on Importation of Goods Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2724) ; the Customs Warehousing Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2725) ; the Free Zone Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2727) ; the Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2790) ; the Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/541) ; and the Customs and Excise (Transit) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1353).
All these regulations were made in exercise of powers under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
Customs and Excise
Sir Richard Body : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will place in the Library copies of the recruitment leaflets in various Asian languages that were referred to in "News Update", issue No. 20, published in February by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.
Sir John Cope : Copies of the brochures are being placed in the Library. They demonstrate the commitment of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise to equal opportunities and are aimed at the parents and advisers of ethnic minority school leavers.
VAT
Mr. Raynsford : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is his estimate of the impact on VAT revenues if new residential housing construction was subject to VAT at (a) 5 per cent., (b) 8 per cent. and (c) 17 per cent. in (i) 1993-94, (ii) 1994-95 and (iii) 1995-96 ;
(2) what would have been the impact on VAT revenues, if the rate of VAT for (a) new residential house construction and (b) home improvement and repair work had been respectively (i) 17 per cent., (ii) 8 per cent., (iii) 5 per cent. and (iv) zero per cent. in 1992-93 ; and what is his estimate of the impact of such changes on VAT revenues in 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 ;
(3) what is the expected total revenue from VAT in 1993-94 in respect of (a) all construction work and (b) home improvements and repair work ; and what is his forecast for revenue in 1994-95 and 1995-96 from these sources ;
(4) if he will publish a table showing the total revenue from VAT in respect of (a) all construction work and (b) home improvement and repair work in each year since 1985-86.
Sir John Cope : No estimates are available for the total revenue yield from all construction or for home improvement and repair work. The estimates of the revenue yield from applying VAT to new residential house construction for 1992-93 and 1993-94 are as follows :
|1992-93|1993-94
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(i) 17" per cent. |1,800 |1,700
(ii) 8 per cent. |800 |800
(iii) 5 per cent. |500 |500
(iv) 0 per cent. |0 |0
No estimates have been made for beyond 1993-94. These estimates are approximate and subject to revision. Also, they make no allowance for the likely behavioural response to changing the rate of VAT applied to these items so the actual revenue effect could differ from the figures shown.
Mr. Raynsford : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has as to the rates of VAT currently applicable to (a) new residential housing construction, (b) home improvement and repair work and (c) other construction work in each other country of the EC.
Sir John Cope : The information requested is shown in the table. The data given are the latest available.
VAT on new residential construction; repairs, maintenance and
alterations; and other construction work in the EC
Country |New residential |Repairs, maintenance|Other new
|housing |and alterations |construction work
|construction
|Per cent. |Per cent. |Per cent.
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Belgium |<1>19.5 |<2> 6.0 |19.5
|<2>12.0 |12.0
Denmark |<1>25.0 |25.0 |25.0
France |18.6 |18.6 |18.6
Germany |Exempt |15.0 |Exempt
Greece |18.0 |18.0 |18.0
Ireland |12.5 |12.5 |12.5
Italy
19.0 |19.0 |19.0
Luxembourg |15.0 |15.0 |15.0
Netherlands |17.5 |17.5 |17.5
Portugal<3> |16.0 (12.0) |16.0 (12.0) |16.0 (12.0)
|<4>5.0 ( 4.0) |<4>5.0 ( 4.0) |<4>5.0 ( 4.0)
Spain |<5> 3.0 |15.0 |15.0
|<5> 6.0
|15.0
United Kingdom |0.0 |17.5 |<6>17.5
<1> The standard rate applies to the sale of new buildings by a person who is a professional building
contractor.
<2> The lower rate applies to subsidised housing.
<3> The rates in brackets apply to Madeira and Azores archipelagoes.
<4> The lower rate applies to contracted services relating to the construction of immovable property
where the holders of the works contract are either (a) housing and building co-operatives providing that
the services are contracted directly between them and the contractor and that the contracted services
relating to the construction of the immovable property are performed by companies engaged in building
publicly financed dwellings within the scope of the development contracts; or (b) local government
agencies, provided that the services in question are contracted directly with the contractor.
<5> Three per cent. applies to dwellings defined administratively as having official protection status
under special arrangements, when the supplies are made by the promoters thereof. Six per cent. applies
to sales of buildings or parts thereof suitable for use as dwellings, including their garages and
outbuildings which are transferred jointly. This excludes business premises, even where the dwellings
are transferred jointly with the business premises.
<6> Authorised alterations to listed buildings are zero rated.
Source: VAT in Europe (International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation).
Sir Keith Speed : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the latest annual yield of 17.5 per cent. VAT on newspapers, magazines and periodicals.
Sir John Cope [holding answer 22 July 1993] : It is estimated that the yield of VAT at 17.5 per cent. on newspapers, magazines and periodicals would be £1,100 million in 1993-94. This figure does not take account of any behavioural response to applying the standard rate of VAT to these items.
Mr. Betts : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the estimated yield in 1994-95 from levying VAT at 17.5 per cent. on (a) children's clothing, (b) passenger transport, giving separate figures for bus, coach, rail and air transport, (c) food and (d) newspapers and periodicals.
Sir John Cope : Latest estimates available are for 1993-94 and are as follows :
|£ million
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(a) |Children's clothing |600
(b) |domestic passenger transport |1,150
|international passenger transport|1,000
(c) |food |7,200
(d) |books, newspapers and magazines |1,100
Separate estimates have not been made for bus, coach, rail and air transport. Consumers' expenditure data suggests that they comprise respectively, 42 per cent., 44 per cent., 8 per cent. and 6 per cent. of domestic passenger transport. Consumers' expenditure data also suggests that around 87 per cent. of the figure for international passenger transport is in respect of transport by air, and 13 per cent. in respect of transport by sea.
Separate estimates have not been made for newspapers and periodicals. Consumers' expenditure data suggest this may be around 70 per cent. of the total figure for books, newspapers and magazines.
Japanese Companies
Mr. Hunter : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been paid in corporation tax by Japanese companies in the United Kingdom each year since 1983.
Mr. Dorrell : Mainstream and advance corporation tax liabilities of United Kingdom subsidiaries and branches of Japanese companies are estimated to be :
|£ million
------------------------------
1987 |140
1988 |200
1989 |210
1990 |140
1991 |150
Information for earlier years is not readily available.
Data Processing
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the numbers of staff by grade that are employed in Treasury and Treasury agencies in the automatic data processing functional specialism.
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Mr. Nelson : The information requested is as follows :
|Number
---------------------------------------
Senior Executive Officer |11
Higher Executive Officer |16
Executive Officer |24
Administrative Officer |12
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the numbers of staff by grade that are employed in Inland Revenue in the automatic data processing functional specialism.
Mr. Dorrell : The Inland Revenue's information technology office employs some 2,350 civil servants of which 1,149 currently receive an advanced data processing allowance in recognition of their specialism.
Grade (Civil Service |Numbers
Equivalent)
---------------------------------------------------------------
SEO |195
HEO |452
EO |502
|-------
Total |1,149
Blind and Partially Sighted People
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what arrangements his Department makes to ensure that blind and partially sighted people have access to information produced by his Department where it has not been published in alternative media such as Braille, large print or tape.
Mr. Nelson : No specific arrangements are currently in place but Her Majesty's Treasury will consider sympathetically any request recieved from blind or partially sighted people for access to information it produces. Facilities are available to enable us to produce information in Braille or large print.
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his Department's policy on which information produced by his Department is published in alternative media to standard print such as Braille, tape or large print.
Mr. Nelson : No information produced by Her Majesty's Treasury is currently available in this form, but the Department would consider sympathetically any requests for its information to be produced in Braille, tape or large print. Facilities are available for information to be produced in Braille or large print.
Of other Departments for which the Chancellor of the Exchequer has responsibility, the board of Inland Revenue will make available its revised leaflet "You and the Inland Revenue" in Braille, large print and audio rapes. Her Majesty's Customs and Excise are currently considering the possibilities of issuing notice 1--allowances to travellers and the travellers charter in Braille and on audio cassette, and the Department for National Savings is planning to produce an all-in-one product leaflet next year and a tape version will be made available. A tape version of its "Guide to Savings for Non-Taxpayers" was available when that publication was current.
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Computer Consultancies
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all the computer consultancies employed by the Inland Revenue, since November 1991, the tasks for which they were engaged, and the total cost to his Department.
Mr. Dorrell : The Inland Revenue has awarded contracts to the following computer consultancies since November 1991 :
|Task
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Abraxas Computer Services Ltd. |Computer project support
The Berwyn Partnership |Computer project support
Boldon James Ltd. |Computer project support
CSS Trident plc |Computer project support
Computer People Ltd. |Computer project support
Computer Sciences Co. Ltd. |Computer project support
Cornwall Affiliates Ltd. |Business support
DPLACE |Business support
DP Support Services Ltd. |Computer project support
Duhig Berry Ltd. |Project management support
Frost Berkeley Associates Ltd. |Computer project support
IBM (UK) Ltd. |Computer project support
ICL |Computer project support
ICS (Sales) Ltd. |Computer project support
IEMIT Ltd. |Computer project support
Intertech Computer Consultants |Computer project support
Ltd.
LBMS plc |Computer project support
Lorien Technical Services Ltd. |Computer project support
Lucidus Ltd. |Market testing
Macleod Group |Computer project support
MDS Consultants Ltd. |Computer project support
Oracle Corporation Ltd. |Computer project support
Organisation and Systems |Project support
Innovations Ltd.
PA Consulting Group |Business systems
Panacea Ltd. |Computer project support
P-E International Ltd. |Computer project support
Rand Information Systems Ltd. |Computer project support
Price Waterhouse |Strategy support
Quality Testing Ltd. |System testing
Sequel Ltd. |Computer project support
Softlab Ltd. |Systems support
SPAN Contracts |Computer project support
Starfield Management Ltd. |Business support
Systems Resources Ltd. |Computer project support
Task Force IT |Computer project support
Touche Ross |Communications support
VNG Nationwide |Communications support
Winnow Ltd. |Business support
World Systems plc |Computer project support
YCS Ltd. |Computer project support
The spend on computer consultancy is recorded over successive financial years from 1 April each year. Since April 1991, the Inland Revenue has spent the following total amounts on computer consultancy :
|£
---------------------------------
1991-92 |20,296,949
1992-93 |19,427,849
In the current financial year 1993-94, the Department expects to spend up to £18,900,000 on computer consultancy.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all the computer consultancies employed by Customs and Excise, since November 1991, the tasks for which they were engaged, and the total cost to his Department.
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Sir John Cope : The computer consultants engaged by the central information technology function together with the nature of their contracts and total cost are set out.
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