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Departmental Computers

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many laptop computers have been provided to (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005; and at what cost. [268276]

Mr. Hoon: The information requested on laptop computers for the Department for Transport and its agencies is contained in the following table:

DfT(c)( 1) DVLA( 2) HA( 3) DSA MCA VOSA( 4) VCA GCDA

 Total Cost £000 Total Cost £000 Total Cost £000 Total Cost £000 Total Cost £000 Total Total Cost £000 Total Cost £000

2005-06

349

405

58

45

120

—

74

50

13

15

n/a

28

34

0

—

2006-07

195

216

105

86

423

—

33

22

25

24

n/a

12

15

12

6

2007-08

210

229

83

83

31

—

33

22

540

662

n/a

30

36

4

3

2008-09

301

320

406

278

0

—

301

203

200

82

n/a

26

31

5

3

(1) Totals include two in 2005-06 and one in 2007-08 for Ministers and one in 2005-06 and one in 2008-09 for special advisers.
(2) 2008-09 figure high due to Tech Refresh project.
(3) Separate costs for laptops can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
(4) The agency made use of a total of approximately 1,050 laptops across the period, but these were provided as part of a wider IT contract and were not purchased or owned by VOSA. Separate costs not available.

Departmental Energy

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps have been taken by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies to improve the thermal efficiency of their buildings in the last 12 months. [266762]

Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport is committed to improving the thermal efficiency of its buildings, subject to the development of business cases addressing the value for money, affordability and carbon implications.

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent progress his Department has made towards the target of increasing its energy efficiency per square metre of its estate by 15 per cent. by 2010, relative to 1999-2000 levels; and if he will make a statement. [266875]


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Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport including its agencies reports performance data on energy efficiency per m(2) of its estate annually as part of the Sustainable Development in Government (SDiG) reporting process. The Department for Transport was formed in 2002-03 and therefore has this year as its baseline for energy targets under SDiG.

In the last published SDiG Report for 2006-07 the Department for Transport recorded an energy efficiency figure of 293 kWh per m(2) compared to a baseline of 277 kWh per m(2). The figure for 2007-08 is due to be published in the next SDiG report on 27 April. The Department expects to see an improvement on the 2006-07 figure, with further work to do to achieve the 15 per cent. reduction by 2010.

Departmental Lost Property

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether officials in his Department who have lost laptops that were the property of his
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Department in the last 12 months have been charged the full value of replacement. [266231]

Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport includes seven agencies, a shared service centre and the central Department, with a total staff of over 19,000. We do not therefore have comprehensive records. Records held centrally however show that no members of staff have been charged for the replacement value of laptops lost in the last 12 months.

Departmental Mobile Phones

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on (a) the purchase of and (b) bills for (i) BlackBerrys and (ii) other mobile telephones for (A) Ministers, (B) special advisers and (C) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. [268243]

Mr. Hoon: The information requested on BlackBerrys and mobile telephones for the Department for Transport and its agencies is contained in the following table:

 Df T(c)( 1) DVLA( 2) HA( 3) DSA( 4) MCA( 5) VOSA( 6) VCA( 7) GCDA( 8)

2005-06

Bills—£37,000 (all mobiles as no BlackBerrys purchased in 2005-06)

Not available

£195,000

£43,000

No BlackBerry purchases. Bills—£129,000

£1,000 spent on mobiles. Bills—£379,000

£10,000

£17,000

2006-07

£63,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—96

Not available

£255,000

£41,000

£4,000 on BlackBerry purchases. Bills —£117,000

Bills—£310,000

£17,000

£30,000

2007-08

£18,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—£157,000

Not available

£387,000

£48,000

£208,000 on BlackBerry purchases for 2007-08 and 2008-09. Bills—£117,000

£3,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—£287,000

£25,000

£33,000

2008-09 (to date)

£11,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—£255,000

Mobile purchase—£15,000. Bills—£52,000

Figures not yet available

£52,000

BlackBerry purchases for 2008-09 included in 2007-08 Bills—£102,000

£2,000 spent on mobiles. £1,000 on purchase of BlackBerrys. Bills—£258,000

£27,000

£33,000

(1) Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all. Details for Ministers and special advisers not recorded separately.
(2) No BlackBerrys purchased by DVLA.
(3) Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs of BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.
(4) Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.
(5) Figures for purchase of mobiles not available, cannot split between BlackBerrys and mobiles on running costs.
(6) Separation of running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.
(7) Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.
(8) Separation of costs between purchase and rental of mobiles, or rental and running costs for BlackBerrys and mobiles can be provided only at disproportionate cost, therefore Bills figures include all.

Departmental Rail Travel

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in each year since 1997. [261252]

Mr. Hoon: The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Training

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and who provided such training. [268311]

Mr. Hoon [holding answer 1 April 2009]: Training is provided to Ministers as necessary in order to carry out their duties effectively under the Ministerial Code.


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Driving Offences: Fines

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many speeding tickets have been issued on the basis of evidence from the average speed check cameras on the A13 between Basildon and Southend since their inception. [269802]

Jim Fitzpatrick: This information is not held by the Department for Transport. Since 1 April 2007 the deployment of safety cameras has been the responsibility of individual local partnerships. The average speed cameras on the A13 were deployed in 2008. The number of speeding tickets issued will therefore be a matter for the Essex road safety partnership.

Driving: Licensing

Mr. Leech: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to driving licence holders of applying for renewal of a photo driving licence every 10 years. [268744]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The current fee for renewing a photocard licence is £20 with predicted volumes for 2009-10 of 1.9 million. The annualised cost of the licence would therefore be £2.

Freight

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much freight has been carried by (a) road, (b) rail, (c) water and (d) air in each region in each year since 1997. [269059]

Jim Fitzpatrick: Published regional freight data are available from the following sources.

(a) Table 7.1 of Regional Transport Statistics 2008 shows goods lifted by region of origin. Table 7.3 of Regional Transport Statistics 2008 shows goods moved by region of origin.

The publication is available on the Department for Transport website at:

(b) Rail freight data by region are not available.

(c) Table 7.5 of Regional Transport Statistics 2008 gives a regional breakdown of foreign and domestic sea freight traffic at UK ports for the years 2004 to 2007. Data for earlier years back to 1999 are available from earlier editions.

Regional Transport Statistics editions are available on the Department for Transport website at:

These tables do not include inland waterways traffic, which is not available by region. Table 5.10 in Transport Statistics Great Britain shows goods lifted on the inland major waterway routes. Copies of Transport Statistics Great Britain have been placed in the House Library and are also available on the Department for Transport website at:


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(d) Table 8.3 in Regional Transport Statistics shows freight lifted at UK airports by region for 1997-2007. Freight lifted includes both picked up and set down.

2008 data for each airport are available on the CAA website in table 13.2 at:

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