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Following departmental reorganisations, total publicity and marketing expenditure figures for prior to 2002-03 fiscal year would involve disproportionate costs.
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. [237499]
Mr. Hoon: Two civil servants support the special advisers. Both provide support of a non-political nature in accordance with the code of conduct for special advisers.
Individual civil servants' salary details are not disclosed in order to protect the privacy of the individuals concerned.
Departmental NDPBs
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; and what budget each has been set for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. [236933]
Mr. Hoon: The Department publishes details of all its NDPBs in its Annual Report; I therefore refer the hon. Gentleman to chapter 12 of my Department's 2008 Annual Report.
In regard to the budgets for the Department's NDPBs I refer the hon. Gentleman to my answers given on the 22 October 2008, Official Report, column 417W, and on 29 October 2008, Official Report , column 1035W.
Departmental Press Releases
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. [238992]
Mr. Hoon: Total number of national press releases issued by Department for Transport ‘central’ and its executive agencies is as follows. Information prior to 2003 is not held centrally and can be obtained only through disproportionate cost.
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ( 1) 2008 | |
| (1) To 20 November 2008. (2) This information is available only at disproportionate cost. | ||||||
Departmental Public Opinion
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on (a) focus groups and (b) opinion polls in each year since 1997-98; how much he estimates will be spent on each category in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. [239051]
Mr. Hoon: The information requested could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Departmental Travel
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s departmental travel plan. [237617]
Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport (DfT) travel plan was published on its website on 28 November 2006, and is available at:
This DfT-wide plan requires all DfT offices with more than 50 staff to produce their own site-specific travel plans. MCA, DVLA, VCA have already completed and published their plans and the remainder are under development. DVLA’s plan is currently undergoing review.
The DfT travel plan is available in the Libraries of the House. Copies of the other three published plans have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
Departmental Written Questions
Mr. Gibb:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Questions for written answer were tabled to his Department in Session (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04,
(c) 2004-05, (d) 2005-06, (e) 2006-07 and (f) 2007-08 to date; and how many were (i) answered substantively and (ii) not answered on grounds of disproportionate cost. [235382]
Mr. Hoon: The figures requested by the hon. Member are contained in the following table:
| Parliamentary Session | Number of written questions tabled | Number of questions not answered substantively, either wholly or partially, on the grounds of disproportionate cost |
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will instruct the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to offer a British-made car in its prize draw encouraging use of their online facilities. [239169]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency invited all 17 manufacturers who produce cars with CO2 emissions of 120 g/km or less to take part in the incentive scheme. SEAT were the only company to fully respond to the invitation. If DVLA is granted permission to run this scheme for a second year, all manufacturers who meet the criteria will again be invited to bid for the contract.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Data Protection
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many requests the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has received for motorists' information in each of the last 10 years; and how many such requests the DVLA has refused. [237930]
Jim Fitzpatrick: DVLA holds two separate registers of information on motorists. The vehicle register contains the particulars of vehicles and their keepers.
The driver register contains details of individuals, including name address and date of birth, along with details of their entitlement to drive, any driving convictions or endorsements, and any medical conditions affecting their driving ability.
The following table shows the total number of vehicle record requests rejected along with the number of requests made. These figures include requests made by both public and private sector organisations including, local authorities and police, as well as individuals for information on their own vehicles.
| Electronic inquiries | Manual enquiries | Rejects( 1) | |
| (1) Rejects: DVLA does not hold information on the number of requests rejected prior to the 2003 - 2004 financial year. | |||
The following table shows the number or requests made for information held on the driver record for the last 10 years and the number of requests rejected. Statistics from the driver register do not differentiate between manual and electronic requests. They include subject access requests from individuals wanting their own information.
| Inquiries | Rejects | |
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