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There is no data available on average CO2 emissions of all cars in the UK since data on CO2 emissions of new vehicles was not routinely collected before 1997. Therefore, in order to estimate the average CO2 emissions of all cars, we would need to make assumptions about the CO2 emissions of cars sold before 1997 and how many of these vehicles are still on the road.

Our estimates suggest that average CO2 emissions from all cars, in the UK have fallen from around 190g/km in 2000 to around 180g/km in 2006.

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For similar reasons to those aforementioned, no data are available on average CO2 emissions of all cars in other EU member states.

Departmental ICT

Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on upgrading its IT in each of the last three financial years. [228416]

Mr. Hoon: The total spend for the Department for Transport and its agencies on upgrading its IT in each of the last three years is as follows:

	£000
2005-06	28,351
2006-07	29,718
2007-08	43,861

VOSA is unable to identify separately the IT upgrade costs from the monthly charge that they make to Atos Origin, which manages its IT service.

Due to limitations in GCDA’s the Government Car and Despatch Agency accountancy system, it cannot provide the complete breakdown within their costs. The costs do however include hardware and software upgrading costs.

The Driving Standards Agency DSA changed its accounting system in April 2007 and this has resulted in changes to the coding system. This may lead to inconsistencies between the information reported for 2007-08 compared to previous years, however the costs of confirming this is disproportionate.

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what IT projects (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies is undertaking; and what the most recent estimate of (i) the cost and (ii) the completion date of each is. [229168]

Mr. Hoon: The following tables show IT projects taking place within the Department and its agencies.

DFT Central is undertaking the following IT projects:

Project	Most recent estimate of cost (£)	Most recent estimate of completion date
Shared Services Programme	128,300,000	2012
ETHOS office system upgrade	2,700,000	November 2008
TRANSEC Website project	261,000	May 2009
National database for SCANNER (Surface Condition Assessment for the National Network of Roads) data	150,000	September 2009
Passenger Counts Database	2-3,000,000	June 2010
CRASH (Collision Reporting and Sharing)	(1)—	2010
National Travel Survey database redevelopment	(2)—	2010
(1) Out to tender (2) Not yet tendered

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is undertaking the following IT projects:

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Project	Most recent estimate of cost (£)	Most recent estimate of completion date
Driver Licence Upgrade Project	15,224,000	November 2008
Drivers Reengineering Project	107,670,000	March 2009
Ten Year Renewal 2	16,397,000	March 2010

Vehicle Operating Standards Agency (VOSA) is undertaking the following IT projects:

Project	Most recent estimate of cost (£)	Most recent estimate of completion date
Automatic Number Plate Recognition and Weigh In Motion Sensors	5,800,000	March 2009
MOT Enforcement Transformation	3,600,000	March 2009
Transport Office Portal	14,700,000	March 2009
3D Secure and PCI DSS	1,300,000	March 2009
Electronic Test Bookings	16,500,000	March 2009
Customer Information Services Project	1,100,000	March 2009

The Highways Agency (HA) is undertaking the following IT projects:

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Project	Most recent estimate of cost (£)	Most recent estimate of completion date (financial year)
Integrated Asset Management System Programme	39,850,000	2017-18
Business Intelligence Service Delivery	1,900,301	2008-09
Major Projects Business Intelligence Enabling Project	1,077,000	2009-10
Network Performance—BI Project	2,008,509	2009-10
Oracle Enhancement Project	1,230,000	2008-09
Sharing HA Records Electronically	4,978,000	2009-10
HA Pavement Management System	9,945,443	2010-11
HA Traffic Information System	4,669,460	2008-09
Traffic Information 2011+	4,000,000	2011-12
Better Traffic Data—Incremental Improvements	550,000	2009-10
Computer Aided Facilities Management System upgrade	15,000	2008-09
Environmental Information System	1,894,433	2009-10
Evaluate the purchase of AM broadcast licences for Traffic Radio	15,000	2008-09
FOI/EIR web disclosure log	15,000	2008-09
HA Data and Information services Policy Project	14,000	2008-09
Highways Agency Information Points	1,031,000	2010-11
Laptop Encryption	90,000	2008-09
SHARE Legacy File Management	88,000	2009-10
Structures Management Information System	85,400	2009-10
TAME (Traffic Appraisal, Modelling and Economics) Traffic Counter Granularity and Telemetry Upgrade	1,650,000	2009-10
Way We Work—RedDot—SHARE Integration Project	82,000	2009-10
Video Information Highway Policy Implementation	115,000	2009-10

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is undertaking the following IT projects:

Project	Most recent estimate of cost (£)	Most recent estimate of completion date
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence project (includes IT elements)	£36,000,000	September 2009
New Practical Test Booking System—DTCS-T	£3,500,000	December 2008
Enterprise Scanning Solution	£900,000	November 2008
Intranet Project	800,000-1,000,000	March 2009
ISO9001 (includes IT elements)	300,000	October 2008
Central Servers Refresh	266,000	March 2009
Central Backup (Servers)	100,000	December 2008
Area Office IT Refresh	817,000	March 2009
IT Enhancements to Driving Test Centres	863,500	December 2008
Laptop Remote Access	214,400	December 2008

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is undertaking the following IT projects:

Project	Most recent estimate of cost (£)	Most recent estimate of completion date (quarter, year)
Consolidated European Reporting System/Single Vessel Database	5,000,000	Q1 2010
Radio Equipment Replacement Project	5,000,000	Q3 2010
Automatic Identification System Service Provision Project	500,000	Q1 2009

The Government Car and Despatch Agency (GCDA) is undertaking the following IT project:

Project	Most recent estimate of cost (£)	Most recent estimate of completion date
Booking and Despatch—to implement a new operational system to support the Agency’s Government Mail and Government Cars businesses	255,000	December 2008

The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is not undertaking any IT projects.

The Department for Transport does not hold centrally collected records on IT projects, which are managed locally. The aforementioned tables therefore show available information on major projects under way within DFT Central and each of its agencies.

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Departmental Marketing

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the cost effectiveness of Government-commissioned advertising in the last 12 months relating to matters falling within the remit of his Department. [226510]

Mr. Hoon: The Department regularly assesses the cost effectiveness of our advertising through analysis by independent media auditors, quantitative research and progress against real world indicators, such as, in the case of our THINK! road safety campaign, the number of people killed or seriously injured.

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