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Telephone Services
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the telephone services operated by her Department and its agencies; and how many calls have been made to each service in the last 12 months. [93800]
Ms Hewitt: My Department and its agencies operate a range of telephone services in support of their work, in particular:
- Direct Dialling In, which is used extensively throughout the Department and its agencies, giving direct access to customers to individual members of staff or to advertised call centres and inquiry points.
Call Centres, with 11 currently in use, offering advice and guidance on a range of issues.
General Inquiry Points, put in place to handle specific areas of help and information. Numbers will vary at any given time but at the last review these totalled some 33 DTI and 25 Agency Inquiry Points.
UN Convention on International Sales
Ross Cranston: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the UN Convention on International Sales. [91088]
Nigel Griffiths: Primary legislation will be needed to implement United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The United Kingdom intends to ratify the convention, subject to the availability of parliamentary time.
TRANSPORT
Central Railway
Mr. Robathan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the recent SRA report on the Central Railway project that responded to the consultant report to the SRA of 23April 2002. [94133]
Mr. Jamieson: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 11 December 2002 Official Report, column 351W to the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Sir John Stanley).
A63
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) minor, (b) serious and (c) fatal injuries there were at the A63 Melton junction in each year since 1997. [94303]
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Mr. Spellar: The number of (a) minor, (b) serious and (c) fatal injuries from road traffic accidents at the A63 Melton junction in each year since 1997, are shown in the table.
| Severity | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Serious | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Slight | 2 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 9 |
| All | 2 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 9 |
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reason his Department did not issue a definitive response to the inspector's report on the A63 Grade Separated Junction proposal from the Highways Agency. [94426]
Mr. Spellar: The Inspector's Report on the A63 Melton Public Inquiry contained conclusions that supported the Highways Agency's proposals in all respects apart from one element of the Side Roads Order. This related to an alternative proposal for a junction at Corby Park, submitted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC). The Inspector concluded that further work should be carried out to check the feasibility of ERYC's alternative. That is why it was not possible for the Secretary of State to issue a definitive response on the outcome of the Public Inquiry.
The Highways Agency is currently working with ERYC to identify the optimum solution and reach agreement on the way forward. It is hoped that an announcement will be made soon.
Correspondence
Joyce Quin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when his Department will reply to the letter of 22 July 2002 from the right hon. Member for Gateshead, East and Washington, West relating to Railtrack and CalSolutions Ltd. [94436]
Mr. Spellar: I wrote to my right hon. Friend on 30 January 2003.
Road Scheme Blight
Gregory Barker : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list road schemes proposed by his Department which will have effects on (a) sites of special interest, (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty and (c) national parks; and if he will make a statement; [93816]
- (2) which (a) sites of special scientific interest and (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty stand to be affected by trunk road and motorway schemes in England and Wales for which preferred routes have been announced. [93819]
Mr. Jamieson: I have asked the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency, Tim Matthews, to write to the hon. Member.
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Letter from Tim Matthews to Mr. Gregory Barker dated 31 January 2003:
- I have been asked by the Transport Minister, David Jamieson, to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions asking him to list the road proposals which will affect sites of special interest, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) and National Parks, and which Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and AONBs are affected by trunk road and motorway schemes for which preferred routes have been announced.
- Please see the attached table giving this information in respect of trunk roads and motorways in England. Roads in Wales are the responsibility of the National Assembly for Wales. We have interpreted sites of special interest to be the same as SSSI.
- I am unable to comment on the effect of any potential schemes yet to come out of the Multi Modal or other studies that are currently in progress.
Road Schemes
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when decisions were made to approve each of the road schemes listed in the Targeted Programme of Improvements. [94845]
Mr. Jamieson: The dates on which schemes were added to the Targeted Programme of Improvements following decisions taken by Ministers are as follows:
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The A23 Coulsdon Inner Relief Road was originally included in the TPI on 31 July 1998 but subsequently became the responsibility of the Mayor for London.
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