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The figures exclude expenditure relating to fares for travel to and from the UK, and include expenditure by same day transit visitors.
Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of (a) overseas and (b) UK tourists who visited London in the last five years. [179279]
Margaret Hodge: The tables show (i) the number of overseas visits and (ii) the number of overnight trips by UK residents to London for the latest years for which data are available.
| Overseas visits | |
| London ( m illion) | |
| Source: International Passenger Survey (ONS). | |
| Domestic overnight trips by UK residents( 1) | |
| London ( m illion) | |
| (1) The methodology for the UKTS changed in 2005 meaning that comparisons with previous years should be treated with caution. This change occurred as a result of concerns with the quality of 2004 data, which are thought to be an under-representation of the true position. Source: UK Tourism Survey (National Tourist Boards). | |
It is not possible to provide a time series for the number of day visits by UK residents to London as the survey is run intermittently.
Transport
Bicycles: Accidents
Robert Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) cyclists and (b) motorcyclists have suffered (i) non-fatal casualties and (ii) death on (A) urban and (B) rural roads in Great Britain in each year since 1997. [180935]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The information requested is given in the table:
| Number of fatal and non-fatal casualties in reported personal injury road accidents by urban/rural roads and road user type GB: 1997-2006 | ||||||||
| Number of casualties | ||||||||
| Urban | Rural | |||||||
| Pedal cyclist | Motorcyclists | Pedal cyclist | Motorcyclists | |||||
| Fatal | Non fatal | Fatal | Non fatal | Fatal | Non fatal | Fatal | Non fatal | |
| Number of casualties | ||||
| All( 1) | ||||
| Pedal Cyclist | Motorcyclists | |||
| Fatal | Non fatal | Fatal | Non fatal | |
| (1 )Includes roads with unallocated urban/rural marker | ||||
Bull Bars: Regulation
Dr. Tony Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will seek to amend EU regulations on the fixing of metal bull bars to new vehicles to cover vehicles which had such bars fitted when the present regulations entered into force. [181555]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The Government have no plan for retrospective regulation in this area.
Departmental Pay
Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officials in her Department and its agencies received bonuses in each year since 2002. [178962]
Jim Fitzpatrick: All civil service Departments are encouraged to develop non-consolidated bonus payments to recognise performance, in accordance with the civil service reward principles agreed by the Cabinet Office.
The information requested for the years prior to 2005-06 are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Detailed records for the number of civil servants who received staff bonuses during the period stated only exist for the following years:
| Number | |
The 2006-07 figures do not include figures from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) as they have yet to complete payments to staff.
Departmental Recycling
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what her Department’s policy is on recycling. [174398]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Due to the dispersed nature of the Department for Transport estate an overarching recycling policy approach has not been adopted. Instead, the Department looks to utilise the available schemes in each of the areas in which it has sites. The Department, including its agencies, has embedded recycling and waste reduction into sustainable development action plans and environmental management systems, where applicable, with the aim of achieving the recognised sustainability on the government estate waste targets.
For the scale of the recycling schemes currently utilised by the Department for Transport I refer the hon. Member to my response on 15 January 2008, Official Report, columns 1086-88W. Additionally, I refer the hon. Member to my earlier answer given on 17 December 2007, Official Report, column 1172W, which showed the volumes and percentage of recycling undertaken by the Department for Transport.
Driving Standards Agency: Rural Areas
Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department carried out impact assessments before the introduction of multi-purpose test centres in rural areas; and if she will make a statement. [180499]
Jim Fitzpatrick: A draft Regulatory Impact Assessment was published as part of the consultation entitled “Delivering the new motorcycle test” in December 2002. This was revised in the light of responses to that consultation. The amended Impact Assessment was published in the Response to Consultation report in March 2004.
Driving Standards Agency: Training
Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons the Driving Standards Agency’s professional development training will be outsourced; and if she will make a statement. [180501]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The Driving Standards Agency is currently working with representative bodies and other stakeholders on the development of a Continuing Professional Development initiative for approved driving instructors which would inform a future consultation paper. No decisions have been made as to the development of the delivery.
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