8 May 2008 : Column 1064W—continued
| (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
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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)
|
| (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
|
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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.
| 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
|
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|
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
|
