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Written Answers to Questions
Wednesday 21 November 2007
Transport
Cycleways
Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate her Department has made of the length in kilometres of cycle lanes in England in each year since 1997. [164762]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
We have only received details of new cycle lanes and cycle tracks from local highway authorities since 2001-02 when the Local Transport Plan reports began. However, this information is not complete as more recently provision of this information is not mandatory from authorities rated "good" and "excellent".
Local authorities outside London have reported through their Local Transport Plans they have built the following number of new cycle lanes since 2001/02.
| | Cycle Lane (km) |
|
2001-02
|
405
|
|
2002-03
|
369
|
|
2003-04
|
386
|
|
2004-05
|
308
|
|
2005-06
|
234
|
|
2006-07
|
140
|
Similar figures are not available for London Boroughs but Transport for London report that around 550 km of the London Cycle Network+ were completed by April 2007 with a target of 900km due for completion by the end of 2010.
Departmental Internet
Mrs. Villiers:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) cost and (b) revenue raised has been of the www.dvlaregistrations.co.uk website. [163304]
Jim Fitzpatrick:
www.dvlaregistrations.co.uk was set up in 1998. The initial set-up cost was £30,000. Annual running costs for the latest two years are as follows:
| | £000 |
|
2005-06
|
83.7
|
|
2006-07
|
77.8
|
No revenue is raised from the website. It is not a commercial site but is used by the public to ascertain the registration marks available for sale.
Departmental Public Consultations
Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27 June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. [164946]
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Jim Fitzpatrick:
Opinion polls of the public and staff undertaken by the Department since 27 June 2007 are summarised in the tables. These include ongoing surveys (table A) with fieldwork running both before and after 27 June 2007, and ad-hoc surveys (table B) that were conducted after 27 June 2007.
A staff survey has been undertaken by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) (table C). There have been no other staff surveys conducted since 27 June 2007 in the Central Department or other agencies. However, this does not include smaller scale staff surveys (e.g. within specific directorates rather than across the whole Department) and to collect this information would be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.
| (A) Ongoing Surveys |
| Division/ Agency | Survey/opinion poll | (i) Firm | (ii) Purpose | (iii) Cost (per annum) (£) |
|
DfT-ST
|
British social attitudes survey
|
NatCen
|
Measure attitudes towards transport as well as other non-transport policy areas
|
80,000
|
|
DfT-ST
|
Bus passenger satisfaction survey
|
GfK NOP
|
Measure satisfaction with local bus services
|
250,000
|
|
DfT-ST
|
Public attitude towards road pricing
|
ONS
|
Measure attitudes towards road pricing
|
77,136
|
|
DfT-ST
|
Public attitude towards climate change
|
ONS
|
Measure attitudes towards climate change
|
51,284
|
|
DfT-CD
|
THINK! Tracking Research
|
BMRB
|
Measure attitudes towards THINK campaign
|
358,474
|
|
DfT-CD
|
THINK! Seatbelts
|
TRL
|
Measure attitudes towards THINK Seatbelts campaign
|
(1)179,581
|
|
DfT-CD
|
CC Post advertising tracking
|
BMRB
|
Measure attitudes towards climate change campaign
|
35,750
|
|
DfT -TLLS
|
Directgov motoring awareness and usage omnibus
|
BMRB
|
Measuring attitudes towards Directgov
|
14,000
|
|
DfT- TLLS
|
Consumer customers' channel choice
|
TNS
|
Measuring customer attitude towards channel choice
|
48,000
|
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|
HA
|
National road users satisfaction surveys
|
Faber Maunsell
|
Includes a number of surveys and qualitative research to measure satisfaction with HA services
|
(1)530,000
|
|
HA
|
Area road users satisfaction surveys
|
Faber Maunsell
|
Includes a number of surveys and qualitative research to measure satisfaction with HA services
|
(1)540,000
|
|
HA
|
Satisfaction with traffic officer service
|
Faber Maunsell
|
Measure satisfaction of the traffic officer service
|
20,000
|
|
HA
|
Measuring improvements in network and information services
|
Faber Maunsell
|
Measure satisfaction of network and information services
|
60,000
|
|
Total
| | | |
2,244,225
|
(1) Includes qualitative research.
|
| (B) Ad-hoc surveys |
| Division/ Agency | Survey/opinion poll | (i) Firm | (ii) Purpose | (iii) Cost (£) |
|
DfT-ST
|
Public attitude towards car sharing
|
NatCen
|
Measure attitudes towards car sharing
|
38,250
|
|
DfT-ST
|
Public attitude towards buses and concessionary fares
|
ONS
|
Measuring attitude towards buses and concessionary fares
|
43,164
|
|
DfT-CD
|
Post tracking Teen MTV Campaign
|
SMRC Childwise
|
Measure awareness of road safety MTV campaign
|
27,613
|
|
DfT-CD
|
Pre and post tracking Parents' Campaign
|
SMRC Childwise
|
Measure awareness of road safety Parents campaign
|
42,770
|
|
DfT-CD
|
THINK! Parents Campaign
|
Virtual surveys
|
Measure attitudes towards THINK Parents campaign
|
10,000
|
|
DfT- TLLS
|
Customers expectations of service standards
|
ORC
|
Measuring customer attitudes towards service standards
|
60,000
|
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|
HA
|
Satisfaction with traffic management trial at junctions 19 and 12 of M25
|
Faber Maunsell
|
Measures satisfaction with novell road layouts at these locations
|
47,000
|
|
HA
|
Evaluation of "Think ahead, Move ahead" booklet
|
Faber Maunsell
|
Measure attitude towards booklet
|
14,000
|
|
Total
| | | |
282,797
|
| (C) Staff surveys |
| Division/ Agency | Survey/opinion poll | (i ) Firm | (ii) Purpose | (iii) Cost (£) |
|
VOSA
|
Staff survey
|
ORC
|
Measure areas of organisational development
|
13,000
|
|
Total
| | | |
13,000
|
Driving Tests: Standards
Fiona Mactaggart:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of driving test applicants have been successful at their first attempt at (a) the driving theory test and (b) the practical test in each of the last three years. [166498]
Jim Fitzpatrick:
The most recent data are as follows. The data for all test categories are included.
| Practical driving test |
| | Number/percentage |
|
1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005
| |
|
Total number of applicants
|
1,094,395
|
|
Those passing on first attempt
|
434,480
|
|
Proportion (percentage)
|
39.7
|
| | |
|
1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006
| |
|
Total number of applicants
|
1,151,138
|
|
Those passing on first attempt
|
388,281
|
|
Proportion (percentage)
|
33.7
|
| | |
|
1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007
| |
|
Total number of applicants
|
1,129,140
|
|
Those passing on first attempt
|
383,285
|
|
Proportion (percentage)
|
33.9
|
| Theory driving test |
| | Number/percentage |
|
1 September 2004 to 31 March 2005
| |
|
Total number of applicants
|
583,827
|
|
Those passing on first attempt
|
406,774
|
|
Proportion (percentage)
|
69.7
|
| | |
|
1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006
| |
|
Total number of applicants
|
1,095,643
|
|
Those passing on first attempt
|
797,517
|
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|
Proportion (percentage)
|
72.8
|
| | |
|
1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007
| |
|
Total number of applicants
|
1,109,366
|
|
Those passing on first attempt
|
776,366
|
|
Proportion (percentage)
|
70.0
|
