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Cycling: Helmets

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) male and (b) female cyclists aged (i) under 16 years and (ii) 16 years and over who wore helmets while cycling in each of the last 10 years. [144301]

Dr. Ladyman: Surveys of cycle helmet wearing rates have been carried out for the Department in 1994, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2006. The findings from surveys from 1994 to 2004 are shown in the table. This shows that in 2004 cycle helmets were worn by:

The 2006 survey of cycle helmet wearing rates will be published in the autumn.

Table 1: cycle helmet wearing rates 1994-2004
Percentage
1994 1996 1999 2002 2004

Male

Under 16

16.0

13.3

12.7

12.3

10.8

16 years and over

15.5

16.7

22.2

25.2

28.7

Female

Under 16

21.9

17.6

20.9

24.4

26.3

16 years and over

17.0

17.5

22.2

27.0

29.7

All

Under 16

17.6

14.4

15.0

15.3

14.1

16 years and over

15.9

17.0

22.2

25.7

29.0


Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on encouraging cyclists to wear helmets in each of the last 10 years. [144302]

Dr. Ladyman: Most spending on cycle safety in England is undertaken by local highway authorities. It includes revenue spending on cycle training, other educational initiatives and local cycle safety publicity. Revenue spending on road safety is not recorded centrally.


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The Department for Transport produces cycle safety publicity and resources at national level, which may include the promotion of helmet wearing. Figures for annual spending are only available as far back as 2002-03. Our road safety challenge grant scheme, which has been running since 2002-03, has funded a number of projects that are wholly or partly to improve cycle safety and may also include the promotion of helmet wearing. Figures for spending on cycle safety projects under previous grant schemes are not available.

DfT spending on grants for cycle safety schemes and on cycle safety publicity
Amount (£ million)

2002-03

0.06

2003-04

0.18

200-05

0.07

200-06

0.27

200-07

0.02


Departmental Projects

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which projects valued at more than £100 million are under consideration by his Department. [104404]

Gillian Merron: Schemes that have received an initial approval to proceed to the preferred option stage, which is equivalent to the Office of Government Commerce’s Gateway Review 1, are listed as follows, apart from the local authority schemes stated that are being assessed for this approval. Schemes that have passed the approvals stage equivalent to Gateway Review 3, which gives approval for contracts to be signed and construction to begin, are also omitted, as they are no longer under consideration.

The following projects have received initial funding approval, but have yet to start construction, and cost in excess of £100 million. They are in development or procurement, but are not all under active consideration by the Department at this stage. The first four are referred to in the 6 July 2006 letter from the Secretary of State to the relevant Regional Assembly and Regional Development Agency on regional funding allocations.

The Department is currently assessing the following local authority schemes for an initial Government approval to proceed to the preferred option stage.


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All six of the schemes listed above are referred to in the 6 July 2006 letter from the Secretary of State to the relevant Regional Assembly and Regional Development Agency on regional funding allocations.

The Department is currently preparing the high level output specification for the safety, reliability and capacity it expects on the rail network for the years 2009-10 to 2013-14. This document will be published in July 2007, and is likely to contain many rail projects that cost in excess of £100 million. In particular, the Department continues to take forward the Thameslink programme, and has stated that it is considering when and how to proceed with it in conjunction with the high level output specification and the Spending Review. The Department is also continuing to take forward Crossrail, a Bill for which is currently being considered by a Select Committee of the House of Commons. In addition, the Department has given initial funding approval to proceed to the preferred option stage of the Intercity Express programme.

The following projects appear in the Highways Agency's programme, and have yet to start construction. All of these are referred to in the Highways Agency’s Business Plan 2007-08.

In addition to these, the Highways Agency’s programme includes the A30 Garland Cross to Chiverton Cross scheme, which is not currently expected to be funded in the next ten years, following advice received from the South West region. The A303 Stonehenge scheme is under review.

A further project is being led by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, which issued a press release in May on the Search and Rescue Helicopters scheme being undertaken jointly with the Ministry of Defence.

Departments: Advertising

Mr. Heath: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much revenue his Department received from advertisements on its (a) public information leaflets and (b) public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [142338]


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Gillian Merron: We have not generated any revenue from third parties as the Department does not sell advertising space on its websites or public information leaflets.

Department for Transport’s Executive Agencies do receive income for the services they provide, such as booking a driving test, selling vehicle registration numbers or promoting the UK ship register, and there are websites and literature that explain these services, but again, third party advertising is not permitted.

Departments: Institute for Public Policy Research

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding his Department and its predecessors provided to (a) the IPPR and (b) IPPR Trading Ltd in each year since 1997; and for what purposes. [142392]

Gillian Merron: The Department was formed in May 2002. A search of the Department's accounting systems has identified five payments made to the IPPR since this date.

£

2003-04

November 2003

399.50

2003-04

December 2003

399.50

2005-06

October 2005

176.25 and 176.25

2005-06

November 2005

176.25


All these payments were for conferences/seminars.

No payments have been made to IPPR Trading Ltd during this period.

Departments: Marketing

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which advertising and marketing campaigns were run by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; which external agencies were involved; and what the cost was of each campaign. [144620]

Gillian Merron: I refer the right hon. Member to my answers of 13 June 2007, Official Report, column 1023W and 7 June 2007, Official Report, column 699W.

Departments: Recruitment

Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. [140043]

Gillian Merron: The Department for Transport and its agencies have spent the following amount on recruitment consultancies.

£

2002-03

1,198,693

2003-04

4,021,132

2004-05

4,220,768

2005-06

8,272,596

2006-07

4,791,412


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Departments: Remploy

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. [143787]

Gillian Merron: During the period 1 June 2006 to 31 May 2007 the Department has purchased the following services from Remploy:

£

Disability training for staff

1,249.03

Access audit of the main DVLA site

14,100.00

Printing and Distribution for Search and Rescue

17,322.63


The Department has not purchased any products from Remploy during this period.


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