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Bedfordshire Transport Plan
Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding the Government will provide to support the delivery of the Bedfordshire Local Transport Plan for 2006–07 to 2010–11; and if he will make a statement. [34483]
Ms Buck: The Government has announced indicative highways capital maintenance allocations for 2006–07. For Bedfordshire this figure is £6.001 million. It will announce the remainder of the 2006–07 settlement and finalised forward planning guidelines to 20010–11 soon.
Damages
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the 10 largest amounts of damages paid out by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the nature of the claim was in each case. [27731]
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Ms Buck: 10 largest amounts of damages paid out last year by this Department are:
Departmental Contracts
Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list contractors based in other (a) EU member states and (b) states that (i) provided services to his Department between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2004 and (ii) have provided services to his Department since 31 August 2005; and what the (A) nature and (B) cost of the work was in each case; [26757]
(2) if he will list contractors based in non-EU states that provided services to his Department between 1 September 2004 and 31 August 2005; and what the (a) nature and (b) cost of this work in each case was; [26758]
(3) pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2005, Official Report, column 88W, on European contractors, what the title and value of the contracts were in each case. [26811]
Ms Buck: Lists showing details of the contracts or orders placed with contractors based in non-EU and EU member states by the central Department and each Executive agency in the period 1 September 2003 to 31 August 2005 have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many contracts were signed by the Department in (a) 2005–06 to date and (b) 2004–05 for direct mail; and what the value was in each case. [27776]
Ms Buck: The DfT(C) has a central contract (shared with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) for the provision of Storage and Distribution Services that started in January 2003.
Details of orders placed on that contract for direct mailings are as follows:
Where appropriate, agencies within DfT have their own local arrangements for the provision of direct mailing services tailored to their individual needs. Details are provided as follows:
| (a) 2005–06 | (b) 2004–05 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency | Number | Value (£) | Number | Value (£) |
| Highways Agency | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| DVLA | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| VOSA | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| DSA | 1 | 84,600 | 0 | n/a |
| VCA | 1 | Less than 3,000 | 1 | Less than 3,000 |
| MCA | (7)— | (7)— | 0 | n/a |
(7) Not available
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Departmental Estate
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) owns and (ii) rents in each constituency; and if he will make a statement. [33249]
Ms Buck: The requested information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Finance
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the real terms percentage increase in allocated resources for his Department (a) was for the period 1997–98 to 2004–05 and (b) is estimated to be between 2005–06 and 2007–08 (i) for each period and (ii) for each year. [31032]
Ms Buck: The first year for which figures are comparable for the Department for Transport is 1998–99. The following table shows the real terms percentage changes in (a) out-turn between 1998–99 and 2004–05; and (b) plans between 2005–06 and 2007–08.
Departmental Relocation
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to relocate staff in his Department and related agencies into London and the south-east. [31746]
Ms Buck:
The Department has no plans to relocate staff, including those in our Executive agencies, based outside London and the south-east, into London and the south-east.
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Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which buildings and sites used by his Department and related agencies (a) have ceased to be used in the last year and (b) will be closed under current plans for relocation. [31779]
Ms Buck: There are no buildings or sites that have ceased to be used in the last year as part of our relocation plans. The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency have reported that their occupation of Great Eastern House (Cambridge) will cease with effect from March 2006 as a result of the relocation of work to Bristol.
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff in his Department have been relocated into London and the south east in each of the last five years for which records are available. [31780]
Ms Buck: The Department was formed in May 2002. Since then no staff have been relocated into London and the south east
Departmental Tendering Policy
Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on including (a) ethical and (b) environmental factors in tenders for services. [33342]
Ms Buck: The Department for Transport follows Office of Government Commerce guidelines on ethical and fair trading, and the Office of Government Commerce and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs joint note on environmental issues in purchasing, having regard to the rules and general principles of EU law deriving from the treaty of Rome and the Single European Act. These include non-discrimination, equal treatment, transparency, proportionality and mutual recognition, and apply to all procurement by public bodies.
Specific knowledge or expertise in the environmental field can be a legitimate criterion for assessing technical capacity in the selection of tenderers, and environmental factors or requirements may be included in conditions of contract or specifications where relevant to the contracted service and subject to compliance with European Community law.
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