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A46/A47

Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if discussions to date between his Department and Leicestershire county council in respect of the A46/A47 link road constitute routine discussions about funding under the TPP--transport policies and programmes--process. [13250]

Mr. Watts: Yes.

Motorways (HGVs Overtaking)

Mr. Atkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many prosecutions have been made in the last few years of heavy goods vehicle drivers for using the overtaking lane of motorways; and if he will make a statement. [12290]

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Mr. Maclean: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested is not collected centrally.

Departmental Publications

Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the (a) White Papers, (b) Green Papers, (c) consultation papers, (d) draft regulations and (e) circulars, for which his Department has been responsible issued in 1996 which his Department assesses could give rise, (i) directly and (ii) indirectly to significant environmental effects. [12711]

Mr. Bowis [holding answer 27 January 1997]: The information requested is not kept centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Speed Cameras

Mr. David Nicholson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what authorities are responsible for installing speed cameras (a) on motorways and (b) on other roads; what measures his Department takes to ensure that the appropriate police authorities have time to prepare prosecutions; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of this means of curbing speeding. [13041]

Mr. Bowis: Highway authorities are normally responsible for installing the equipment in which the cameras are housed: these are the Highways Agency for motorways and trunk roads, and local authorities for other roads. The police are normally responsible for the purchase and operation of the cameras.

Section 1 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 requires that a summons or notice of intended prosecution must be issued within 14 days of the commission of a speeding or other road traffic offence. It is for individual chief constables to make arrangements to ensure that this requirement is met.

A study by Price Waterhouse of the costs and benefits of traffic light and speed cameras, commissioned by the Home Office, reported in August 1996. A copy has been placed in the Library.

Fuel Tax and Vehicle Excise Duty

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much fuel tax and vehicle excise duty on (a) goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, (b) cars and (c) motorcycles was paid in each of the last five years. [12342]

Mr. Bowis: The information is as follows:


A breakdown of fuel duty by types of vehicles is not available.

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Vehicle excise duty (net of refunds) collected was:

£ millions
Tax class1991-921992-931993-941994-951995-96
Goods vehicles over 3501 kgs499505508538555
Private and light goods2,3542,6953,0553,2423,407
Motorcycles2423252525

Sustainable Development

Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how his Department has used the UK indicators for sustainable development in (a) the production of the Department's annual report, (b) monitoring progress towards meeting the objectives set out in the UK sustainable development strategy and (c) assessing the environmental implications of policy options; and what plans they have to extend their use in future within the Department. [12269]

Mr. Bowis: Indicators are broad brush, aggregated statistics which provide the policy making process with information about trends in transport use and the associated impact on the environment and the economy. My Department has taken account of the statistics contained in the "UK Indicators for Sustainable Development" in formulating the transport policies set out in the Department's annual report and in the Green paper, "Transport: The Way Forward", published in April 1996. Those polices are developed in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.

DUCHY OF LANCASTER

EU Directives

Mrs. Roche: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many legislative measures have been enacted to implement EU directives in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) each EU country in each year since 1992; and in each year what was the EU average. [11808]

Mr. Freeman [holding answer 22 January 1997]: The table shows the number of statutory instruments, including amending instruments, made each year since 1992 to implement EC directives currently in force.


Figures are not available for the number of legislative measure through which directives have been implemented in other member states. However, the Commission's 13th annual report on the monitoring of the application of

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Community law, COM(96)600 final, contains information about the application by member states of EC directives in force on 31 December 1995. This document is available in the Library.

ENVIRONMENT

Cement and Lime Kilns

Ms Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the (a) cement kilns and (b) lime kilns at each plant in the UK combusting (i) coal alone, (ii) coal in combination with petroleum coke, (iii) coal in combination with solvent waste, (iv) coal in combination with other high calorific wastes, (v) petroleum coke alone, (vi) petroleum coke in combination with solvent waste, (vii) petroleum coke in combination with other high calorific wastes and (viii) other high calorific wastes alone, showing in each case which other high calorific wastes are being combusted. [11664]

Mr. Clappison: I understand from the Environment Agency that the cement kilns and lime kilns in England and Wales burning fuels in the categories listed are:


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No other cement kilns are currently burning any of the other fuels listed.



    (b) Lime kilns
    (ii) Coal with petroleum coke
    Buxton Lime Industries, Tunstead, Buxton, Derbyshire
    Redland Aggregates, Whitwell, Worksop, Nottinghamshire (also burns petroleum coke, petroleum coke with solvent waste and coal with petroleum coke and solvent waste)
    (v) Petroleum coke alone
    British Sugar, York (two kilns)
    Redland Aggregates, Whitwell, Worksop, Nottinghamshire (also burns coal with petroleum coke, petroleum coke with solvent waste and coal with petroleum coke and solvent waste)
    Redland Aggregates, Thrislington, Co. Durham (TI and T2 kilns)
    (vi) Petroleum coke in combination with solvent waste
    Redland Aggregates, Whitwell, Worksop, Nottinghamshire (also burns coal with petroleum coke, petroleum coke alone and coal with petroleum coke and solvent waste)
    Redland Aggregates, Thrislington, Co. Durham (T3 kiln)

No other lime kilns are currently burning any of the other fuels listed.

The information relating to Scotland is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and the information relating to Northern Ireland a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

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