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Departmental Cleaning Services

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which contractors her Department uses to undertake cleaning duties; and what the hourly rates of pay are for cleaners working in the Department. [223278]

Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 10 September 2008]: The requested information is provided in the following table:

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	Contractor	Hourly rate
DfT Central—London HQ	Operon	⁽¹⁾—

DfT Central—Air Accident Investigation Branch	Network Cleaning Services	⁽²⁾—

DfT Central—Marine Accident Investigation Branch	Alistair Donaldson & Co	⁽²⁾—

DfT Central—Rail Accident Investigation Branch	Clean Slate (UK) Ltd.	⁽²⁾—
	ClientCare Cleaning Ltd.	⁽²⁾—

Driving Standards Agency—Axis Building, Nottingham	Sodexo	£7.50 (supervisor)
		£5.85 (cleaner)

Driving Standards Agency—Cardington Centre, Bedford	Sodexo	£8.97 (supervisor)
		£6.40 (cleaner)

Driving Standards Agency—Eastgate House, Newcastle	Consultant Cleaners	£8.11 (supervisor)
		£5.73 (cleaner)

Driving Standards Agency—Regional Test Centres	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)	DVLA entered into a private finance initiative contract with Land Securities Trillium (LST) in 2005 for the provision of cleaning and a wide range of facilities managed services. LST work with three cleaning service partners across the DVLA portfolio and these are: OCS—One Complete Solution; MITIE Managed Services; and ISS	⁽¹⁾—

Government Car and Despatch Agency	Lancaster Office Cleaning	£6.00
Highways Agency	Strand Cleaning	⁽¹⁾—
	OCS
	ICM
	Shield Service Group
	Wrightway Office Cleaners
	Associated Cleaning Contractors
	Initial

Maritime and Coastguard Agency	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—

Vehicle Certification Agency	ISS/Medicare Ltd.	⁽²⁾—
⁽¹⁾ The information requested is commercially confidential. ⁽²⁾ Service is contracted out. ⁽³⁾ The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Motor Vehicles

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) cost and (b) quantity of fuel used by her Department’s road vehicles was in the last 12 months. [223450]

Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 10 September 2008]: The requested information where available is as follows:

	Cost (£)	Quantity (litres)
DfT Central—London HQ⁽¹⁾	—	—
DfT Central—Air Accidents Investigation Branch⁽²⁾	11,450	9,954
DfT Central—Marine Accident Investigation Branch⁽³⁾	1,530	1,321
DfT Central—Rail Accident Investigation Branch⁽³⁾	1,511	1,461
Driving Standards Agency⁽⁴⁾	274,286	⁽⁵⁾272,000
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Government Car and Despatch Agency⁽³⁾	957,633	812,063
Highways Agency—Traffic Officer Fleet	2,585,308	2,273,599
Highways Agency—Winter Service Vehicles	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁵⁾918,000
Maritime and Coastguard Agency	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency⁽³⁾	401,636	⁽⁶⁾—
Vehicle Certification Agency	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
⁽¹⁾ Included within Government Car and Despatch Agency. ⁽²⁾ Includes fuel purchased for hire cars, used when all Air Accidents Investigation Branch vehicles are committed. Hire cars were used heavily during late January and February this year during the major Heathrow accident. ⁽³⁾ Data relate to financial year 2007-08. ⁽⁴⁾ This includes fuel purchased using company fuel cards and hire car refills. Fuel purchased through employees’ travel and subsistence claims cannot be identified separately. The Driving Standards Agency fleet of vehicles is comprised of cars, motorcycles, PCVs and LGVs. ⁽⁵⁾ Per annum estimate. ⁽⁶⁾ The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Heavy Goods Vehicles

Dr. Ladyman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many offences of vehicle overloading by (a) overseas and (b) UK hauliers have been detected by weigh in motion sensors each quarter since their initial deployment. [223387]

Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 10 September 2008]: The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) does not record the total number of overloading offences by overseas or UK hauliers detected by Weigh In Motion Sensors (WIMS). A new system is being investigated to enable VOSA to record this information nationally in future.

However, the following prohibition figures are from sites since WIMS has been installed and while they have been manned by enforcement officers:

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Location: Dartford tunnel approach A282 Dartford Kent
Financial year	Nationality	Weighed	Weighing prohibitions	Prohibition rate (percentage)
Q1 2008-09	Non UK	0	0	0.00
	UK	2	2	100.00
Q2 2008-09	Non UK	9	6	66.67
	UK	56	42	75.00

Grand total		67	50	74.63

Location: Portsmouth docks dynamic WB M275/A3 Portsmouth Hampshire
Financial year	Nationality	Weighed	Weighting prohibitions	Prohibition rate (percentage)
2006-07	Non UK	271	253	93.36
	UK	90	87	96.67

2007-08	Non UK	193	190	98.45
	UK	47	44	93.62

2008-09 to date	Non UK	63	63	100.00
	UK	10	9	90.00

Grand total		674	646	95.85

Location: J9 M25 Leatherhead Weighbridge A243 Leatherhead Surrey
Financial year	Nationality	Weighed	Weighing prohibitions	Prohibition rate (percentage)
2007-08	Non UK	1,003	623	62.11
	UK	487	311	63.86

2008-09 to date	Non UK	1,778	323	18,17
	UK	333	134	40.24

Grand total		3,601	1,391	38.63

Location: Perry Barr Weighbridge M6 Birmingham West Midlands
Financial year	Nationality	Weighed	Weighing prohibitions	Prohibition rate (percentage)
2006-07	Non UK	181	127	70.17
	UK	413	260	62.95

2007-08	Non UK	526	324	61.60
	UK	1,201	757	63.03

2008-09 to date	Non UK	192	69	35.94
	UK	308	144	46.75

Grand total		2,821	1,681	59.59

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