House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 13 Dec 2005 (pt 11)

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Speed Cameras

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 328W, on speed cameras, for what reasons the number of safety camera partnerships increased between 2000–01 and 2003–04; what assessment he has made of whether they have been effective in reducing the number of road traffic injuries; and how the revenue of fines from safety cameras that was not spent on safety measures was spent in each year from 2000–01 to 2004–05. [36907]

Dr. Ladyman: The increase in the number of safety camera partnerships between 2000–01 and 2003–04 was due to the safety camera programme rolling out nationally to all but two police force areas.

The following independent evaluations have been undertaken for the Department into the effectiveness of the programme and are available in the Library of the House, and on the Department's website:

A cost recovery system for speed and red-light cameras—two year pilot evaluation" 11 February 2003), and

The national safety camera programme—Three year evaluation report" (15 June 2004).

A fourth-year evaluation report will be published shortly.

The rules governing the national safety camera programme require surplus revenue to be passed to the Consolidated Fund.

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Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 328W, on speed cameras, which independent academics are looking at regression to the mean effect on the statistics relating to the number of accidents on roads with speed cameras; and when he expects their report to be (a) completed and (b) published. [36909]

Dr. Ladyman: The fourth year evaluation of the National Safety Camera Programme is being undertaken by the PA Consulting Group and University College London. As part of the evaluation they commissioned Linda Mountain, University of Liverpool, and Mike Maher, Napier University, to assess the effect of regression to the mean. The fourth year report is now complete and will be published shortly.

Traffic Accidents

Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were involved in traffic accidents in each of the last five years in (a) England and (b) Forest of Dean constituency; and what the mortality rate was in each year. [36870]

Dr. Ladyman: Information on the number of people that were involved in traffic accidents is not available. However, the number of casualties that resulted from personal injury road accidents and the fatality rate per 100,000 population in accidents are given in the table.

(a) Number of casualties⁽²³⁾
(b) Fatalities in personal road injury accidents per 100,000 population

England
Parliamentary constituency⁽²⁴⁾ Forest of Dean
England Parliamentary constituency⁽²⁴⁾^(5508530025) Forest of Dean

Fatal All Fatal All Rate Rate

2000 2,915 285,721 10 425 5.9 11.9

2001 2,916 279,678 11 474 5.9 13.1

2002 2,980 269,020 9 453 6.0 10.7

2003 3,004 257,899 10 445 6.0 11.9

2004 2,714 248,762 11 477 5.4 13.1

⁽²³⁾ Killed, serious and slightly injured casualties in personal injury road accidents.
⁽²⁴⁾ The casualties are those which resulted from personal injury road accidents with the 2004 boundary of the Forest of Dean constituency.
⁽²⁵⁾ Mid year 2002 population estimates for the constituency of Forest of Dean has been used to calculate the fatality rate.

	(a) Number of casualties⁽²³⁾	(b) Fatalities in personal road injury accidents per 100,000 population
	England	Parliamentary constituency⁽²⁴⁾ Forest of Dean	England	Parliamentary constituency⁽²⁴⁾^(5508530025) Forest of Dean
	Fatal	All	Fatal	All	Rate	Rate
2000	2,915	285,721	10	425	5.9	11.9
2001	2,916	279,678	11	474	5.9	13.1
2002	2,980	269,020	9	453	6.0	10.7
2003	3,004	257,899	10	445	6.0	11.9
2004	2,714	248,762	11	477	5.4	13.1

Travel (Disability Rights)

Mr. MacDougall: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will take steps to extend the coverage of disability discrimination legislation to cover (a) air and (b) sea travel; and if he will make a statement; [36781]

(2) if the Department will support the proposed EU regulation on the rights of persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air; [36782]

(3) what plans the Department has to commence talks with international counterparts on the accessibility of aircraft and airports for disabled people. [36783]

Ms Buck: We have said that we will legislate for those modes if the voluntary codes which are currently in place prove ineffective. The provision we made in the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 allowing the exemption in part 3 of the DDA to be lifted for transport services provides us with the legal base.

With our statutory advisers, the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, we have commissioned research to monitor compliance with the codes. We will have all the results of that work early next year and those will inform our decision on whether to legislate.

In the meantime during our presidency of the EU we have given priority to the EC proposal on air passenger rights for disabled people and people with reduced mobility. We have made good progress and a draft of the proposal agreed by the Transport Council is due to be considered by the European Parliament in Plenary this week.

We are also at the heart of discussions on access to air travel for disabled people. The UK chairs the European Conference of Civil Aviation's Facilitation Sub-Group on air travel for people with reduced mobility which promotes good practice in this field.

Trunk Roads/Motorways

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of (a) trunk roads and (b) motorway there are in each local authority; and what estimate he has made of the number of miles of (i) other A roads and (ii) other roads in England. [36342]

Dr. Ladyman: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries of the House.

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NORTHERN IRELAND

Consultants

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list departmental projects conducted by consultants in each year since 2000; what the cost was in each case; and what the total cost of employing consultants was in each year. [29068]

Mr. Hanson: The information requested has been placed in the Library.

Credit Card Fraud

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland have been convicted of credit card fraud in each of the last 10 years. [36554]

Mr. Hanson: Data for credit card fraud is not available. There are no specific offences relating to fraud using credit cards and it is not possible to determine if a credit card was involved in any fraud and forgery or theft offences.

Crime

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of

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whether there was paramilitary involvement in the (a) manufacturing and (b) distribution of the viagra-type drugs seized in North Belfast in July. [36498]

Mr. Woodward: One individual has been charged with illegal importation of medicinal products and possession with intent to supply in connection with the seizure of a significant quantity of Viagra-type drugs in July. As the matter is sub-judice it would be inappropriate to comment further.

Departmental Building

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) 2005–06 and (ii) 2006–07; and what the costs will be of each project. [34758]

Mr. Hain: The Northern Ireland Office and its Agencies currently have 12 building and refurbishments projects underway in the 2005–06 fiscal year, and 12 planned for 2006–07. The associated costs can be found in tables 1 and 2 respectively.

The Northern Ireland Prison Service is currently conducting a review of its longer term estate strategy as part of its strategic development programme. It is likely that decisions on projects for 2006–07 will be taken both in that context and as a result of maintenance requirements.
Table 1: 2005–06

Department/agency Type of work Building name Description Cost (£000)

YJA Building Youth Justice Services Omagh New Office take in Omagh for Community Services and Youth Conferencing 450

YJA Building Embassy Buildings New Office take in Londonderry for Community Services 250

YJA Building Youth Justice Services Larne New Office take in Larne for Community Services 210

YJA Building Youth Justice Services Coleraine Replacement premises in Coleraine for Community Services 150

Compensation Agency Renovation Royston House Refurbishment of 2nd floor into open plan offices 98

NIPS Renovation Hydebank Young Offender Centre and Prison Provision of in-cell sanitation and safer cell furniture 1,300

NIO Building Knockview Cabling Infrastructure for IT and restructuring of rooms. 125

NIO Building Stormont House annexe Restructuring of office space 20

NIO Renovation Stormont House Bungalow Repair of Storm damage 22

NIO Renovation Massey House New ceiling tiles, repaint and new carpet in corridors 104

NIO New Build Not Known Juvenile Justice Centre 6,800

NIO Renovation Hillsborough Castle Major Refurbishment of Minor wing 105

Note:
Type of work 'Building' above refers to leasing of building.

Table 2: 2006–07

Dept/agency Type of work Building name Description Cost (£000)

YJA Building Not yet known Replacement premises in Ballymena for Community Services and Youth Conf ⁽²⁶⁾450

YJA Building Not yet known New Office take in Limavady for Community Services ⁽²⁶⁾200

YJA Building Not yet known New Office take in Strabane for Community Services ⁽²⁶⁾250

YJA Building Merchants Quay Replacement premises in Newry for Community Services and Youth Conf ⁽²⁶⁾200

YJA Building Embassy Buildings New Office take in Londonderry for Youth Conferencing ⁽²⁶⁾250

YJA Building Not yet known Replacement premises in Newtownards for Community services ⁽²⁶⁾90

YJA Building Not yet known New office in Lisburn for Community services ⁽²⁶⁾100

YJA Building Not yet known Replacement premises in Belfast for Community Services (Westside project) ⁽²⁶⁾100

NIO New Build Not Known New Mortuary ⁽²⁶⁾3,500

NIO New Build Not Known New Forensic Laboratory and Offices ⁽²⁶⁾25,000

NIO New Build Not Known Juvenile Justice Centre 1,000

NIO Building Stormont House Refurbishment of Stormont House. Planning still at concept no estimate of cost. n/k

n/k = not known.
⁽²⁶⁾ Estimated Costs Only.
Note:
Type of work 'Building' above refers to leasing of building.

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Department/agency	Type of work	Building name	Description	Cost (£000)
YJA	Building	Youth Justice Services Omagh	New Office take in Omagh for Community Services and Youth Conferencing	450
YJA	Building	Embassy Buildings	New Office take in Londonderry for Community Services	250
YJA	Building	Youth Justice Services Larne	New Office take in Larne for Community Services	210
YJA	Building	Youth Justice Services Coleraine	Replacement premises in Coleraine for Community Services	150
Compensation Agency	Renovation	Royston House	Refurbishment of 2nd floor into open plan offices	98
NIPS	Renovation	Hydebank Young Offender Centre and Prison	Provision of in-cell sanitation and safer cell furniture	1,300
NIO	Building	Knockview	Cabling Infrastructure for IT and restructuring of rooms.	125
NIO	Building	Stormont House annexe	Restructuring of office space	20
NIO	Renovation	Stormont House Bungalow	Repair of Storm damage	22
NIO	Renovation	Massey House	New ceiling tiles, repaint and new carpet in corridors	104
NIO	New Build	Not Known	Juvenile Justice Centre	6,800
NIO	Renovation	Hillsborough Castle	Major Refurbishment of Minor wing	105

Dept/agency	Type of work	Building name	Description	Cost (£000)
YJA	Building	Not yet known	Replacement premises in Ballymena for Community Services and Youth Conf	⁽²⁶⁾450
YJA	Building	Not yet known	New Office take in Limavady for Community Services	⁽²⁶⁾200
YJA	Building	Not yet known	New Office take in Strabane for Community Services	⁽²⁶⁾250
YJA	Building	Merchants Quay	Replacement premises in Newry for Community Services and Youth Conf	⁽²⁶⁾200
YJA	Building	Embassy Buildings	New Office take in Londonderry for Youth Conferencing	⁽²⁶⁾250
YJA	Building	Not yet known	Replacement premises in Newtownards for Community services	⁽²⁶⁾90
YJA	Building	Not yet known	New office in Lisburn for Community services	⁽²⁶⁾100
YJA	Building	Not yet known	Replacement premises in Belfast for Community Services (Westside project)	⁽²⁶⁾100
NIO	New Build	Not Known	New Mortuary	⁽²⁶⁾3,500
NIO	New Build	Not Known	New Forensic Laboratory and Offices	⁽²⁶⁾25,000
NIO	New Build	Not Known	Juvenile Justice Centre	1,000
NIO	Building	Stormont House	Refurbishment of Stormont House. Planning still at concept no estimate of cost.	n/k

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