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Members: Correspondence

Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Minister for Veterans will reply to the letter of 21 August 2007, Departmental reference
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MC04605/2007, from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire. [157432]

Derek Twigg: I replied to the hon. Member on 30 September.

Military Exercises

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what involvement the UK has in Exercise Vigilant Shield 08; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the UK of the exercise. [157799]

Des Browne: The UK is not engaged in Exercise Vigilant Shield 08 but is participating in Exercise Global Lightning 08, a related exercise under the aegis of the US Department of Homeland Security's overarching exercise "Top Officials 4". The costs to the UK are estimated at around £5,000 and have been met from existing travel and subsistence budgets.

Military Fighting Vehicles

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any units of the British Army have declined to take (a) Snatch Landrovers and (b) other vehicles to operational theatre. [157079]

Des Browne: The Permanent Joint Headquarters determines which vehicles are deployed, based on advice from operational commanders. Units deploy vehicles to meet this requirement. No unit has declined to take vehicles required for use in theatre.

Written Questions

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons Questions (a) 154393, (b) 154394 and (c) 154397 on the Royal Navy, tabled by the hon. Member for New Forest East on 26 July 2007 for named day answer on 8 October 2007, have not yet received substantive answers; and if he will make a statement. [157434]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The answers were delayed as my weekend ministerial box was not delivered to the office until 9 October as a result of the postal strike. I replied to the hon. Member on 9 October 2007, Official Report, columns 501 and 510-11W.

Transport

Cars: Hampshire

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the car-free day initiative in Hampshire in September 2007; and if she will make a statement. [157257]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department for Transport sponsors a national coordinator to promote the car free initiative (‘In Town, Without My Car’) and to collate information about local authorities who wish to register. This event takes place annually on 22 September as part of European Mobility Week. We
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also provide a good practice guide—Making ‘In Town, Without My Car’ Work—which is available free of charge to the public. Records of participating towns and cities throughout the UK are kept on the Mobility Week website. This year there were 58 participating towns although none of them were in Hampshire. The link is at:

The event is voluntary and it is for local authorities to decide whether they take part and how they wish to participate. Each year European Mobility Week has a theme aimed at promoting sustainable travel initiatives. This year's theme was ‘Streets for People’.

Local authorities are aware that the Government see most merit in initiatives that reduce the need for car use and encourage better facilities for cyclists and walkers and we have stressed that it is essential that sufficient good quality public transport is provided to meet the needs of those who wish to travel on the day.

Departments: Public Bodies

Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will list her Department's (a) executive agencies, (b) executive non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), (c) advisory NDPBs, (d) tribunal NDPBs, (e) trading funds and (f) public corporations in each financial year since 2005-06. [156647]

Jim Fitzpatrick: Details of the Department for Transport's executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies, trading funds and public corporations for 2005-06 and 2006-07 are set out in the Department's annual reports for 2006 and 2007.

The Cabinet Office provided a central list of all non-departmental public bodies for 2005-06 in its publication ‘Public Bodies 2006’. The Cabinet Office also publishes the List of Ministerial Responsibilities, which is updated on a regular basis and lists all executive agencies.

Home Zones

Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the location is of each (a) completed Home Zone and (b) Home Zone under construction. [157958]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Government do not hold information on the location of all Home Zone schemes, as local authorities are able to implement them independently and are not required to provide details. Locations of completed schemes funded from the Government's Home Zones Challenge programme, and the pilot Home Zone schemes which preceded it, are listed in the following table.


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Government office region Authority Scheme location

Eastern

Luton

Haymarket Green

Norfolk

Cavell Road, Norwich

Peterborough

New England(1)

Suffolk

Cambridge Road, Lowestoft

North East

Darlington

Pateley Moor Crescent

Gateshead

Tyne Park

Middlesbrough

Gresham Area

North Tyneside

The Triangle

Northumberland

Cowpen Quay, Blyth

South Tyneside

Cleadon Park

North West

Blackpool

Talbot and Brunswick

Bolton

Oldham's Estate

Bury

Aston Estate

Cheshire

Egerton Street Area, Chester

Lancashire

Poulton Area, Morecambe

South West Area, Burnley

Liverpool

Grafton Street

Manchester

Northmoor Phase 1(1)

Northmoor Phase 2

Rochdale

Wardleworth

St. Helens

Bidston Avenue

Tameside

Ashton West End

Trafford

Addiston Crescent

Warrington

Whitecross

Wigan

Browning Street

Wirral

Dundonald and Methuen Streets

South East

East Sussex

Town Farm Estate, Hailsham

Hampshire

Castle Grove, Porchester

Kent

Cavell Way, Sittingbourne(1)

Northcourt Estate, Denton

Oxfordshire

Saxton Road, Abingdon

Reading

Kingsbridge Road

Southampton

Radcliffe Road

Surrey

Nutley Lane, Reigate

West Sussex

North West Bognor Regis

South West

Bath and North East Somerset

Albert Avenue, Peasedown St. John

Bristol

Southville

Cornwall

North Close Estate, Redruth

Devon

Wonford Estate, Exeter

Plymouth

Morice Town(1)

Wiltshire

College Community Area, Trowbridge

Westleigh Area, Warminster

West Midlands

Birmingham

Pitts Farm, Erdington

Staffordshire

Silkmore, Stafford

Wilmot Drive, Newcastle under Lyme

Telford and Wrekin

West Woodside

Wolverhampton

Fordhouses

Worcestershire

Duke of Edinburgh Way, Malvern

East Midlands

Derby

Normanton

Nottingham

Nobel Road(1)

Kennington Road Area

Yorkshire and Humberside

Kingston upon Hull

Albany Street

Kirklees

Moorside Estate

Leeds

The Methleys(1) Littlemoor

North Lincolnshire

Crosby/Frodingham, Scunthorpe

London

Bromley

Rookery Gardens, St. Mary’s Cray

Camden

Lupton Street

Ealing

Five Roads(1)

Greenwich

Deptford Green

Haringey

Linden Road

Kingston upon Thames

Cavendish Road

Lambeth

Holmewood(1) (completion uncertain )

Newham

Cranberry Estate

Southwark

Sutherland Square

Wales

Monmouthshire

Magor Village(1)

(1 )Pilot project.

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