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Transport 2010

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will update Table A3 of the Transport 2010 document (a) in the same format and (b) at current prices. [51655]

Ms Buck: The Department for Transport no longer records or plans spending in the same way as presented in Table A3 of 'Transport 2010'.

Transport Research

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research he has commissioned into the likely effects on the environment of encouraging people to use trains instead of short-haul flights. [51605]

Ms Buck: The Future of Air Transport white paper studied the scope for rail-air substitution when assessing the need for additional airport capacity. At present rail competes well with air on city centre journeys of two to three hours.

The Government have also produced estimates of the per passenger kilometre emissions factors for rail and short haul flights, for use by companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions. These are 0.04 kgCO 2 per pass km for rail and 0.15 kgCO 2 per pass km for short haul air. However, these are very sensitive to the assumptions made for passenger occupancy, further details of which are available at:


 
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TREASURY

Child Trust Fund Accounts

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in the care of Lancashire county council have had Child Trust Fund accounts opened for them. [52600]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: Figures for accounts opened by HMRC for looked after children by county council could only be produced at disproportionate cost. Details of the total number of Child Trust Fund accounts opened by HMRC for all looked after children will be published along with other annual Child Trust Fund statistics later this year.

EDS

Mr. Bacon: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information the Office of Government Commerce holds on the total value of contracts awarded to EDS since 14 December 2005. [51699]

Dawn Primarolo: The Office of Government Commerce is not aware of any Central Civil Government or public sector contracts being awarded to EDS since 14 December 2005 and therefore does not hold any information on this subject.

Mr. Bacon: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many payments HM Revenue and Customs has received from EDS since 14 December 2005 which are pursuant to its compensation agreement with EDS relating to the IT systems developed to support the launch of tax credits; and what the value is of each of these payments. [51700]

Dawn Primarolo: The terms of the agreement between HMRC and EDS to settle HMRC's claim for compensation are commercially sensitive and it would be inappropriate to disclose them. Details were provided to the Public Accounts Committee in a recent closed session and further information will be provided by HMRC to the Chairman of the Committee at regular intervals.

HM Revenue and Customs Estate

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the oral answer of 26 January 2006, Official Report, column 1505, on HM Revenue and Customs Estate, if he will list the properties which were sold to Mapeley in 2001 by his Department. [46916]

Dawn Primarolo: The following freehold properties were sold to Mapeley under the terms of the STEPS contract in April 2001. The price for the sale was determined by independent valuation advice.


 
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