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(B) Ad-hoc surveys 2007-08
Division/agency Survey/opinion poll (i) Firm

DFT

Public attitude towards car sharing

NatCen

DFT

Public attitude towards buses and concessionary fares

ONS

DFT

Public attitudes towards Aviation

ONS

DFT

Post tracking Teen MTV Campaign

SMRC Childwise

DFT

Pre and post tracking Parents’ Campaign

SMRC Childwise

DFT

THINK! Parents Campaign

Virtual surveys

DFT

Drink Drive

Davies McKerr

DFT

Driving for Work

Firefish/AMV

DFT

THINK! Seatbelts

TRL

DFT

Customers Expectations of Service Standards

ORC

DFT

Consumer customers’ channel choice

TNS

DFT

Commercial customers’ channel choice

Simpson Carpenter

DFT

Survey of the UK element of EU provision of drink drive rehabilitations schemes

TRL

DFT

Neighbourhood Road Safety initiatives project—surveys

University College London (lead supplier) University of Surrey University of the West of England, University of Wales Swansea, Child Accident Prevention Trust

DFT

Demand for cars and their attributes

BMRB—conducted the survey element

DFT

Use of Advanced Cabin Baggage X-ray equipment.

QinetiQ

DFT

Analysis for Heathrow Consultation

Ipsos-MORI and Detica

DFT

Survey of Blue Badge Holders

Faber Maunsell

DFT

Survey of Blue Badge Holders attitudes and behaviours

BMRB

DFT

Wider public’s view of Blue Badge scheme

Faber Maunsell

HA

Satisfaction with traffic management trial at junctions 19 and 12 of M25

Faber Maunsell

HA

Highways Agency Travel Information Services Omnibus

GfK NOP

DSA

Driver CPC research

Ipsos MORI

VOSA

Drivers and fitters annual Customer satisfactions survey

Ipsos-MORI

VOSA

2 Stations test trial

Beaufort Research

DVLA

Local Office Customer Survey

MORI

DVLA

Electronic Delivery Channel Research

Beaufort Research

DVLA

Theft Resistant Number Plate

Beaufort Research

DVLA

EVL Postcard Research

Beaufort Research

DVLA

3D Verification by VISA

MRUK

DVLA

Ten Year Renewal Phase 2 Post Office Research

Beaufort Research

DVLA

Motoring Brand Awareness Omnibus Research

TNS (via COI)



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(C) Qualitative research 2007-08
Division/agency Projects (i) Firm

DFT

Attitudes and motivations of teleworkers

NatCen

DFT

Travel needs behaviours and aspirations of Disabled People

NatCen

DFT

Directgov Motoring Usability research

Virtual Surveys

DFT

Transport Office/Business Link Usability research

Virtual Surveys

DFT

Public acceptability of Road Pricing

BMRB

DFT

Public Acceptability of New Technologies

Accent

DFT

The Role of the Car

NatCen

DFT

Qualitative depth interviews with Blue Badge Holders

Faber Maunsell

DFT

Exploring Public attitudes to personal carbon dioxide emission information

BMRB

DFT

Understanding travel needs, behaviour and aspirations of people in later life

NatCen

DFT

Understanding travel aspirations, needs and behaviour of young adults

NatCen

DFT

Accessibility Planning Evaluation scoping study

Atkins and CRSP

DFT

Attitudes to Climate change and Barriers/motivations to behavioural change

People, science and Policy

DVLA

Ten Year Renewal Focus Group Research

Beaufort Research

DVLA

EVL Creative Advertising Focus Group Research

Beaufort Research

DVLA

EVL Web Design Focus Group Research

Beaufort Research

HA

Mystery Shopping of HA Information Services

Faber Maunsell

HA

Evaluation of Think Ahead Move Ahead booklet

Faber Maunsell

HA

Evaluation of Think Ahead Move Ahead booklet (Part 2)

Faber Maunsell

HA

VMS Accuracy

Faber Maunsell

VOSA

Service agents Qualitative Research

Simpson Carter


Driving Tests

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what criteria she uses to determine whether driving centres should be approved for closure. [202361]

Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 29 April 2008]: Decisions regarding the location of individual driving test centres are taken by the Driving Standards Agency.

The agency is a trading fund. As such, it is generally obliged to ensure that its operating costs are met from fee income. It seeks, therefore, to strike a reasonable balance between providing readily accessible driver testing services and the resultant costs that must be passed on to its customers.

In reaching decisions about car practical test centre location, the DSA must take account of the following ministerially agreed guidance on distance criteria at each level of population density:

Population density Distance criteria

>=1,250/km(2)

No more than 7 miles

101-1,249/km(2)

No more than 20 miles

0-100/km(2)

No more than 30 miles


In respect of motorcycle practical test centre location, the DSA requires that most customers should be able to reach a motorcycle testing facility within 45 minutes, travelling no more than 20 miles.

When considering the closure of a driving test centre, DSA follows the “Code of Practice on Written Consultations—Driving Test Centres” which is available on the DSA's website and was agreed by Ministers.

First Great Western: Standards

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will publish the rail improvement plan for First Great Western. [201431]

Mr. Tom Harris: A Remedial Agreement has been contractualised with First Great Western, the details of which will be on the Department's website in due course.

M20: Noise

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 21 April 2008, Official Report, column 1445W, on M20: Noise, how many sites have been designated as high priority for resurfacing. [203885]

Mr. Tom Harris: A total of 26 stretches of concrete carriageway were identified in April 2003 in England as high priority for resurfacing with quieter materials.

M25: Cost-Effectiveness

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will place in the Library a copy of the cost-benefit analysis which informed her decision on whether to include the M25 widening projects in the national feasibility study into rolling out active traffic management. [181875]

Mr. Tom Harris: I have placed the documents and subsequent analysis on this matter in the Library of the House and on the Department’s website.

Roads: Accidents

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) men and (b) women died in car accidents in each year since 2000 where the driver was (i) male and (ii) female and aged 21 or under. [204492]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The number of (a) male and (b) female car occupant fatalities in reported road accidents in 2000 to 2006 where the driver was (i) male and (ii) female and aged 21 years or under are shown in the table.


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Number of fatalities
0 to 21-year-old male car driver 0 to 21-year-old female car driver
Male fatality Female fatality Male fatality Female fatality

2000

312

63

18

42

2001

354

64

24

50

2002

332

64

18

52

2003

373

59

17

41

2004

349

64

21

48

2005

365

71

19

63

2006

375

61

21

61


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