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South and Central America
Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided to each south and central American country in each year since 1997. [42130]
Mr. Thomas: The Department for International Development (DFID) has provided the following bilateral assistance to countries in central and south America since 1997:
Bilateral funding is also provided through regional assistance, which benefits a number of countries in the region:
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In addition, DFID contributes through multi-lateral channels, particularly through the Inter American Development Bank, the World Bank, European
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Commission and the United Nations. Information on our contribution through multi-lateral channels is only available until 2003:
TRANSPORT
A180
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the remaining sections of the A180 in north east Lincolnshire to be resurfaced with low-noise materials; and if he will make a statement. [42588]
Dr. Ladyman: The remaining sections of the A180 will be resurfaced with quieter materials as follows: Croxton to Ulceby in 2008–09 and Barnetby to Croxton in 2009–10 when maintenance becomes due; this is subject to the availability of funding.
Administration Costs
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total administrative costs of his core Department were in the last period for which figures are available; and whether these are regarded as (a) identifiable and (b) non-identifiable for the purposes of public expenditure statistical analyses. [39829]
Ms Buck: The total administration costs for the core Department for Transport, as shown in Note 10 of the Resource Accounts for 2004–05 (HC 476), were £152,559,000. All of this expenditure is 'identifiable' for the purposes of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) published by the Treasury.
Canvey Island
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will visit Canvey Island to assess the need for an additional access route for the island from the Northwick area; and if he will make a statement. [42221]
Dr. Ladyman: The need for an additional access road to Canvey Island is not at present a matter for assessment by the Secretary of State but one for consideration by the local planning and transport authorities. I understand that, accordingly, Essex county council is currently progressing work looking at the feasibility of a link between Canvey and Thurrock and expects to consider the preliminary results of these investigations in the spring.
Car Exhaust Pipes
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce legislation to require car manufacturers to ensure exhaust pipes on motor vehicles are fitted on the off-side; and if he will make a statement. [41992]
Dr. Ladyman: It would be difficult to impose legislation to require exhaust pipes to be positioned only on the off-side, bearing in mind the overall design constraints of individual vehicles, the economies of scale that would be lost and the conflict with European internal market objectives.
The effectiveness of such a measure would also be questionable given the significant reduction in exhaust pollutants that are now being achieved from new vehicles and which are set to reduce even further as emission standards are progressively tightened.
Crime Reports (London)
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many crimes were reported to British Transport Police in each of the last five years in (a) England, (b) London, (c) each London borough and (d) each London (i) underground, (ii) mainline and (iii) interchange station in relation to (A) violence against the person, (B) sexual offences, (C) theft of passenger property and (D) robbery, broken down by gender; and whether the crime was reported by a member of (1) the public and (2) rail staff in each case. [36625]
Derek Twigg:
The information has been placed in the Libraries of the House.
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Cycling
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatalities of pedestrians have been caused by cyclists (a) on the road, (b) on pavements and (c) off-road in each of the last five years. [41522]
Dr. Ladyman: The number of pedestrian fatalities in personal injury road accidents who were hit by cyclists on the road for the years 2000 to 2004 is shown in the table.
| Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 |
There were no pedestrian fatalities hit by a cyclist on the pavement during these years.
We have no information on who was to blame for these accidents.
Information on pedestrian fatalities hit by cyclists off-road is not available.
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