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Advertising

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on press and advertising campaigns in 2001–02; and what the planned expenditure is for 2002–03. [60911]

Mr. Jamieson: Details of media expenditure incurred by the then DTLR on press and advertising campaigns for the period 2001–02, together with planned expenditure by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Department for Transport for the period 2002–03, is:

Expenditure	Advertising—media spend (£ million)
2001–02	13.85
2002–03(52)	9.2

⁽⁵²⁾ Estimated

Of the 13.85 million spent last year most expenditure was on safety campaigns with £8.6 million spent on road safety and £2.25 million on fire safety. £1.2 million was also spent on promoting travel line.

Transport Costs

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the cost of (a) rail, (b) bus and (c) car travel in (i) large cities, (ii) other towns and cities and (iii) rural areas in pounds per kilometre in (A) 1997 and (B) 2001. [61286]

Mr. Spellar: The estimated average cost per passenger for travel per kilometre by rail, bus and car is as follows:

£

	1996–97	2000–01
(a) Rail
London Underground	0.13	0.15
National Rail	0.08	0.09
(b) Bus
London buses	0.13	0.14
English met area buses	0.12	0.13
English shire buses	0.14	0.17
(c) Car
All motoring(53)	0.10	0.14

⁽⁵³⁾ Includes expenditure on purchase of vehicles spares, repairs, insurance, taxation, fuel, parking.

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Figures for bus and rail travel have been estimated by dividing total revenue from passenger fares (including revenue from payments for concessionary fares) by the total number of passenger kilometres travelled. They therefore represent an average cost to passengers over all journeys made, and do not necessarily reflect the cost for any individual journey.

Figures for car travel have been estimated by dividing household expenditure on motoring and fuel by the estimated total number of passenger kilometres travelled by car, by those living in households.

For rail and car it is not possible to split the revenue/ expenditure and passenger figures by area type—a single journey may cover a number of different areas.

Figures are in current prices.

10-year Plan

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) public investment, (b) public resource expenditure, (c) private resource expenditure and (d) private investment is expected under the 10-year plan for (i) road building and (ii) road maintenance broken down by road type; and if he will make a statement. [64132]

Mr. Jamieson: The requested information is set out in the tables.

10-year plan public spending on roads: 2001–02 to 2010–11,£ billion, outturn prices

	Road building	Road maintenance	Other expenditure	Total expenditure
Strategic
Public investment	7.1	4.3	2.2	13.6
Public resources	3.9	2.8	2.2	8.9
Local
Public investment	1.3	9.6	0.0	10.9
Public resources	0.9	19.0	0.0	19.8
London
Public investment	2.2	0.0	0.0	2.2
Public resources	0.0	2.6	0.0	2.6
Total	15.4	38.2	4.4	58.0

10-year plan private investment on roads: 2001–02 to 2010–11,£ billion, outturn prices

	Road building	Road maintenance	Other expenditure	Total expenditure
Strategic	2.6	0.0	0.0	2.6
Local	2.4	0.0	0.0	2.4
Total	5.0	0.0	0.0	5.0

Note:

Figures may not total due to rounding.

No assumptions were made in the plan about the level of private resource expenditure, or about the breakdown

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of public expenditure and private investment between road types.The actual level of spending on roads in London will be a matter for the London Mayor.

Correspondence (Wales)

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many written representations his Department has received from people in Wales since June 1997. [64546]

Mr. Jamieson: The Department does not hold central records relating to the number of written representations received from people in Wales.

Noise Mitigation (Biggleswade)

Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for the funding within this financial year of noise mitigation measures along the stretch of the A1 known as the Biggleswade by-pass; and if he will make a statement. [64912]

Mr. Jamieson: I have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency, Mr. Tim Matthews, to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Tim Matthews to Mr. Alistair Burt, dated 1 July 2002:

I have been asked by the Transport Minister, David Jamieson, to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about noise mitigation on the Biggleswade Bypass.

In line with the Government's aim, set out in the 10 Year Plan, of reducing noise for the motorway and trunk road network, Biggleswade Bypass was resurfaced with noise reducing materials in November 2000.

Although we have no plans for further noise mitigation measures in this financial year (2002/03) we do recognise that there is a case for further mitigation measures. But our priority is to deal with those sites announced in the House of Commons on 11 November 1999, and known as the Hansard List, by 2004/05. We will look at other sites, such as Biggleswade Bypass after that.

Special Needs Transport

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to develop a system of special needs transport in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [65055]

Mr. Jamieson: At the local level English authorities outside London are required to develop five-year local transport plans to tackle the transport issues faced by their communities. Our guidance on LTPs makes clear the importance of improving public transport and the vital role of voluntary and community transport in bringing benefits and better mobility for all sections of society through the provision of door-to-door and other specialised services.

Non-profit making organisations may use permits issued under section 19 of the Transport Act 1985. This enables them to run, among other things, special needs transport without the need to meet the requirements of bus operator licensing.

Safety Risk Assessments

Albert Owen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many safety risk assessments, in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act, have been carried out by (a) county highways authorities on county roads in

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England and Wales and (b) the Highways Agency on motorways and trunk roads to identify the number of locations where roads cross railway lines since the Selby train crash; and what action the authorities have taken to prevent accidents at the locations identified. [65219]

Mr. Jamieson: The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 places a general duty on employers to conduct their undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of the public. In general, this is not enforced where public and worker safety is adequately protected by a more specific and detailed law enforced by another authority, such as the Highways Act 1980 and the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

We have endorsed the risk ranking guidance produced by Railtrack and the CSS (formerly the County Surveyors' Society) and have commended it to highway authorities and rail infrastructure authorities. Details of risk assessments and any measures installed as a result are not held centrally.

Learning to Drive

Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many responses the Department received to the consultation document, "Introducing a More Structured Approach to Learning to Drive". [65047]

Mr. Jamieson: I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 24 June 2002, Official Report, column 669W to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mr. Lazarowicz).

Vehicle Registration

Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the DVLA vehicle register will provide on request details of country of registration of coaches used for school trips. [65066]

Mr. Jamieson: The DVLA vehicle register contains information about all vehicles used or kept on public roads in Great Britain. The fact that a vehicle has been previously registered—for example, in a different country—is recorded on the register and shown on the vehicle registration document. This fact would be disclosed on request. Details of where a vehicle was previously registered are not recorded.

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