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Roads: Accidents
Mr. Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road fatalities were caused by defective vehicles in each year from 1997 to 2006. [126397]
Dr. Ladyman: In 2005 there were 91 fatalities resulting from reported personal injury road accidents which involved vehicle defects as a contributory factor.
Contributory factor data were not collected prior to 2005, and 2006 data will be published in summer 2007.
Roads: Construction
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many kilometres of new road lanes, including widening projects, have been built since 1997. [125977]
Dr. Ladyman: The following table shows the number of kilometres of new road lanes that have been built since 1997.
| Lane km added to HA network | |
Roads: Noise
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many lane kilometres of the motorway and trunk road network have been resurfaced with a lower noise surface since 1997. [125990]
Dr. Ladyman: The Highways Agency's policy to use quieter surfacing materials as a matter of course whenever a road is resurfaced has been in place since 2001. Given this, we have no separately recorded information on quieter surfacing delivered prior to this date.
A total of 8,240 lane kilometres (lkms) of quieter surfacing were delivered between 2000-01 and 2005-06. The agency is forecasting to deliver a further 1,100 lkms during 2006-07.
Speed Limits: Cameras
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road safety cameras there are in each London borough. [126864]
Dr. Ladyman: The following table lists the number of safety camera sites in each highway authority in London.
| Highway authority | Number |
| Notes: 1. The numbers shown are for sites operated within the National Safety Camera Programme. 2. The numbers include both fixed and mobile speed camera sites and red-light cameras. | |
The London Safety Camera Partnership holds more detailed information on these sites, including maps, accessible via their website at www.lscp.org.uk
Tolls
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his latest estimate is of the timetable for the introduction of a national road user pricing scheme. [122803]
Dr. Ladyman: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 19 December 2006, Official Report, column 1760W.
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on progress made towards a national system of road pricing. [126466]
Dr. Ladyman [holding answer 9 March 2007]: The Government called for a national debate on road pricing in 2005 and this is now happening.
While no decision has been taken on whether in the future to establish a national scheme of road pricing, the Government are working with interested local authorities who are exploring the scope for developing local schemes as part of a wider package of transport measures, to tackle local congestion.
It is only in the light of the development of such schemes that any decision about national road pricing could be considered.
Tolls: Lancashire
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to introduce a pilot scheme for road charging in Lancashire; and if he will make a statement. [125240]
Dr. Ladyman: It would be for Lancashire to decide whether to put forward proposals for a local road pricing pilot scheme. 10 areas have been awarded pump-priming funding to support the development of Transport Innovation Fund packages that address local congestion problems by combining demand management, including road pricing, with better public transport. Lancashire is not one of these areas.
Defence
Air Force: Calendars
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of creating the 2007 Royal Air Force desktop calendar. [124457]
Derek Twigg: A total of 1,700 calendars were produced at a VAT inclusive cost of £2,687.22. This equates to a single unit cost of £1.58.
Armed Forces: Health Services
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court has received in each year since 2001; and from which top level budget holder the funding came. [119079]
Derek Twigg: Information on funding in the financial year 2001-02 is not readily available. For subsequent years, annual expenditure on the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre has been identified as follows:
| Financial year | £ million (actual costs) |
| (1) Current estimate of expenditure for full financial year. | |
The sums listed represent the bulk of the operating costs and capital expenditure for the year in question. Until the current financial year, all such funding was provided from the centre top level budget. For this financial year, funding for property management, capital works, rent and rates has been provided from the Defence Estates top level budget.
Data for some costs (medical stores and the costs of service personnel temporarily attached to the establishment) are not readily available and have not been included in the aforementioned figures.
Additional funding for a range of projects, not included in the above figures, has been generously provided by the Headley Court Trust.
Armed Forces: Manpower
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers from each country of the Commonwealth are employed in the Forces, broken down by (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force. [125565]
Derek Twigg: The most recent data available for the nationality of Commonwealth personnel serving in the UK regular forces are shown in the following table.
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