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Government Car and Despatch Agency: Pay

Mr. Leech: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many full-time staff employed at the Government Car and Despatch Agency in London earn less than £15,944 per annum. [274699]

Mr. Hoon: The Government Car and Despatch Agency has no full-time employees earning £15,944 per annum or less.

Motor Vehicles: Insurance

Mr. Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Windsor of 3 November 2008, Official Report, columns 49-50W, what progress has been made on the introduction of electronic motor insurance certificates; and if he will make a statement. [274957]

Jim Fitzpatrick: A first draft of regulations has been prepared and is being discussed internally and with the motor insurance industry.

We aim to lay regulations before the end of the year, if the proposed approach proves to be practicable.

Railways: Franchises

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with National Express on its East Coast Main Line franchise; and if he will make a statement. [273989]


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Paul Clark [holding answer 8 May 2009]: Under the Franchise Agreement, a Franchise Performance Meeting between Department for Transport officials and National Express East Coast is held every four weeks to discuss the delivery of its franchise agreement and obligations. The last such meeting took place on 23 April 2009.

Railways: Tickets

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which train operating companies are required under the terms of their franchise agreements to introduce smart ticketing. [273833]

Paul Clark: The following franchises have a requirement within the terms of their franchise to introduce or accept ITSO based smartcard ticketing:

The new South Central franchise will also include similar provisions.

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what requirements regarding smart ticketing he will place on the operating company awarded the South Central franchise currently under tender. [273834]

Paul Clark: In line with all recent franchise competitions, the operator of the new South Central Franchise will be required to introduce an ITSO based smartcard ticketing system across the franchise, with the scheme introduced by January 2012.

With regard to the introduction of Oyster Pay As You Go within the London area the operator will be required to work with Transport for London and the Department for Transport to secure its implementation.

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress his Department has made on delivering the commitments made in the 2007 White Paper, Delivering a Sustainable Railway on smart ticketing; and if he will make a statement. [273835]

Paul Clark: The introduction of ITSO smartcards has been mandated in all recently let rail franchises and will be included in the South Central franchise.

The Department for Transport, Transport for London and train operators are working together on the acceptance of Oyster Pay As You Go at London train stations and the acceptance of ITSO Smartcards on Oyster equipment.

Rushenden Link Road

Derek Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding stakeholders have committed to the Rushenden Link Road project. [274799]

Paul Clark: The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) jointly committed a total of £12 million for
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the Rushenden Link Road scheme in June 2006. The HCA (formerly Communities and Local Government) made £9 million available through their Thames Gateway programme fund, with the remaining £3 million coming from SEEDA.

Derek Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport who the funding stakeholders for the Rushenden Link Road project are. [274800]

Paul Clark: The South East England Development Agency and the Homes and Communities Agency (formerly with the Communities and Local Government) are the key funding stakeholders for the Rushenden Link Road project and jointly committed £12 million to fund the scheme in June 2006.

Shipping: Pollution

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will hold discussions at EU level to seek to establish a low emission shipping zone in European coastal waters. [272522]

Jim Fitzpatrick: A Sulphur Oxides (SOx) Emission Control Area has been in force in the North Sea area (including the English Channel) since 2007. Since then, the UK has played a significant role in the development of the revised MARPOL Annex VI which the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted last year and which will result in a further significant reduction of emissions from ships of sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides, and improved air quality in our coastal regions. We consistently seek to develop measures to reduce ship emissions in forums such as the IMO and the European Union.

Trade Unions

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 366W, on trade unions, which trade unions his Department's agencies recognise. [271924]

Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport's agencies recognise the following trade unions:

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 366W, on trades unions, what office facilities his Department provides for the exclusive use of each recognised trade union; and what the notional annual value of such provision is. [271925]


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Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, the Driving Standards Agency and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency provide trade unions with office facilities for exclusive use.

The notional annual value of such provision is £81,231,

Energy and Climate Change

Carbon Emissions: Housing

Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what funding is in place to encourage the construction of zero-carbon homes. [249774]

Joan Ruddock [holding answer 20 January 2009]: The following initiatives currently provide financial support to encourage the construction of zero carbon homes:

Departmental Air Conditioning

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how many of his Department’s buildings are equipped with air conditioning systems with greater than 250kW of output; how many of these systems have been inspected under the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each inspection report; [272145]

(2) how much has been spent by his Department on carrying out inspections of air conditioning systems within departmental buildings in accordance with the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007. [272146]

Joan Ruddock: The Department occupies one building which falls within the requirements of the Energy Performance of Buildings (certificates and inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007. The cost of carrying out the inspection of the air-conditioning system was £1,437.50. A copy of the inspection report will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Fuel Poverty

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) people and (b) households were in fuel poverty in each local authority area in each year since 2000; and what the Government's target for fuel poverty reduction was in each such year. [274049]


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Joan Ruddock: Since 2000, fuel poverty data at a sub-regional level are only available for 2003, for England. The data for fuel poverty levels for 2003 come from the Fuel Poverty Indicator dataset available online at:

The following table shows estimated fuel poverty levels for each local authority in England in 2003:


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Number

Allerdale

2,700

Barrow in Furness

2,200

Blackburn with Darwen

3,900

Blackpool

4,400

Bolton

7,100

Burnley

2,700

Bury

4,700

Carlisle

2,900

Chester

3,100

Chorley

2,600

Congleton

2,200

Copeland

2,100

Crewe and Nantwich

3,000

Eden

1,500

Ellesmere Port and Neston

2,100

Fylde

2,000

Halton

3,200

Hyndburn

2,400

Knowsley

4,200

Lancaster

3,700

Liverpool

14,200

Macclesfield

3,700

Manchester

11,900

Oldham

5,700

Pendle

2,600

Preston

3,600

Ribble Valley

1,400

Rochdale

5,500

Rossendale

1,800

Salford

6,400

Sefton

8,000

South Lakeland

2,800

South Ribble

2,500

St Helens

4,900

Stockport

7,300

Tameside

5,800

Trafford

5,500

Vale Royal

3,100

Warrington

4,800

West Lancashire

2,800

Wigan

8,300

Wirral

9,200

Wyre

2,900

North West Total

187,400

Adur

1,400

Arun

3,500

Ashford

2,500

Aylesbury Vale

3,600

Basingstoke and Deane

3,400

Bracknell Forest

2,200

Brighton and Hove

6,500

Canterbury

3,300

Cherwell

2,900

Chichester

2,600

Chiltern

1,900

Crawley

2,100

Dartford

2,000

Dover

2,900

East Hampshire

2,400

Eastbourne

2,400

Eastleigh

2,500

Elmbridge

2,700

Epsom and Ewell

1,400

Fareham

2,400

Gosport

1,900

Gravesham

2,300

Guildford

2,800

Hart

1,800

Hastings

2,500

Havant

2,800

Horsham

2,700

Isle of Wight

3,800

Lewes

2,200

Maidstone

3,300

Medway

6,200

Mid Sussex

2,800

Milton Keynes

4,700

Mole Valley

1,800

New Forest

4,000

Oxford

2,900

Portsmouth

5,200

Reading

3,200

Reigate and Banstead

2,700

Rother

2,300

Runnymede

1,700

Rushmoor

1,900

Sevenoaks

2,500

Shepway

2,600

Slough

2,300

South Bucks

1,300

South Oxfordshire

2,900

Southampton

5,600

Spelthorne

2,000

Surrey Heath

1,700

Swale

3,100

Tandridge

1,700

Test Valley

2,500

Thanet

3,700

Tonbridge and Mailing

2,400

Tunbridge Wells

2,500

Vale of White Horse

2,500

Waverley

2,600

Wealden

3,300

West Berkshire

3,100

West Oxfordshire

2,100

Winchester

2,400

Windsor and Maidenhead

2,900

Woking

1,900

Wokingham

3,000

Worthing

2,500

Wycombe

3,400

South East Total

186,500

Bath and North East Somerset

4,100

Bournemouth

4,400

Bristol City of

10,200

Caradon

2,200

Carrick

2,500

Cheltenham

2,800

Christchurch

1,100

Cotswold

2,100

East Devon

3,300

East Dorset

1,900

Exeter

2,900

Forest of Dean

2,200

Gloucester

2,900

Isles of Stilly

100

Kennet

1,800

Kerrier

2,700

Mendip

2,700

Mid Devon

1,900

North Cornwall

2,300

North Devon

2,400

North Dorset

1,500

North Somerset

4,700

North Wiltshire

3,000

Penwith

1,900

Plymouth

6,700

Poole

3,300

Purbeck

1,100

Restormel

2,700

Salisbury

2,800

Sedgemoor

2,900

South Gloucestershire

5,700

South Hams

2,100

South Somerset

4,000

Stroud

2,700

Swindon

4,400

Taunton Deane

2,700

Teignbridge

3,200

Tewkesbury

1,900

Torbay

3,700

Torridge

1,700

West Devon

1,400

West Dorset

2,500

West Somerset

1,000

West Wiltshire

3,000

Weymouth and Portland

1,700

South West Total

128,900

Birmingham

26,500

Bridgnorth

1,400

Bromsgrove

2,100

Cannock Chase

2,300

Coventry

7,800

Dudley

7,900

East Staffordshire

2,900

Herefordshire County of

5,000

Lichfield

2,300

Malvern Hills

1,900

Newcastle under Lyme

3,300

North Shropshire

1,600

North Warwickshire

1,600

Nuneaton and Bedworth

3,100

Oswestry

1,100

Redditch

1,900

Rugby

2,200

Sandwell

7,900

Shrewsbury and Atcham

2,500

Solihull

4,600

South Shropshire

1,200

South Staffordshire

2,500

Stafford

3,100

Staffordshire Moorlands

2,500

Stoke on Trent

7,100

Stratford on Avon

2,800

Tamworth

1,800

Telford and Wrekin

4,100

Walsall

6,700

Warwick

3,000

Wolverhampton

6,600

Worcester

2,400

Wychavon

2,800

Wyre Forest

2,500

West Midlands Total

138,900

Barnsley

6,300

Bradford

12,400

Calderdale

5,400

Craven

1,500

Doncaster

8,000

East Riding of Yorkshire

8,500

Hambleton

2,200

Harrogate

3,800

Kingston upon Hull City of

7,300

Kirklees

10,700

Leeds

19,300

North East Lincolnshire

4,600

North Lincolnshire

4,300

Richmondshire

1,200

Rotherham

6,700

Ryedale

1,500

Scarborough

3,100

Selby

1,900

Sheffield

13,900

Wakefield

8,700

York

4,600

Yorks and Humber Total

13,600

Amber Valley

3,300

Ashfield

3,200

Bassetlaw

3,000

Blaby

2,100

Bolsover

2,100

Boston

1,600

Broxtowe

2,900

Charnwood

3,800

Chesterfield

2,800

Corby

1,400

Daventry

1,700

Derby

6,100

Derbyshire Dales

1,900

East Lindsey

3,900

East Northamptonshire

2,000

Erewash

3,000

Gedling

2,900

Harborough

1,800

High Peak

2,300

Hinckley and Bosworth

2,500

Kettering

2,200

Leicester

7,500

Lincoln

2,400

Mansfield

2,800

Melton

1,300

Newark and Sherwood

2,900

North East Derbyshire

2,500

North Kesteven

2,500

North West Leicestershire

2,300

Northampton

5,000

Nottingham

7,800

Oadby and Wigston

1,300

Rushcliffe

2,600

Rutland

900

South Derbyshire

2,100

South Holland

2,200

South Kesteven

3,300

South Northamptonshire

1,900

Wellingborough

1,900

West Lindsey

2,300

East Midlands Total

111,900

Babergh

2,200

Basildon

4,000

Bedford

3,600

Braintree

3,200

Breckland

3,300

Brentwood

1,600

Broadland

3,000

Broxbourne

1,800

Cambridge

2,400

Castle Point

2,000

Chelmsford

3,600

Colchester

3,800

Dacorum

3,000

East Cambridgeshire

1,800

East Hertfordshire

2,800

Epping Forest

2,700

Fenland

2,300

Forest Heath

1,500

Great Yarmouth

2,700

Harlow

1,800

Hertsmere

1,900

Huntingdonshire

3,700

Ipswich

3,300

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk

3,900

Luton

4,400

Maldon

1,400

Mid Bedfordshire

2,800

Mid Suffolk

2,300

North Hertfordshire

2,700

North Norfolk

2,900

Norwich

3,500

Peterborough

4,100

Rochford

1,800

South Bedfordshire

2,500

South Cambridgeshire

2,900

South Norfolk

2,900

Southend on Sea

4,400

St Albans

2,700

St Edmundsbury

2,500

Stevenage

1,900

Suffolk Coastal

3,100

Tendring

3,900

Three Rivers

1,700

Thurrock

3,400

Uttlesford

1,600

Watford

1,600

Waveney

3,300

Welwyn Hatfield

2,100

East England Total

131,9000

Barking and Dagenham

3,900

Barnet

6,700

Bexley

5,000

Brent

5,300

Bromley

6,700

Camden

4,800

City of London

200

Croydon

7,700

Ealing

6,100

Enfield

6,000

Greenwich

5,300

Hackney

4,600

Hammersmith and Fulham

3,800

Haringey

5,200

Harrow

4,000

Havering

5,000

Hillingdon

4,800

Hounslow

4,300

Islington

4,200

Kensington and Chelsea

4,100

Kingston upon Thames

3,200

Lambeth

6,100

Lewisham

5,900

Merton

4,200

Newham

5,800

Redbridge

5,200

Richmond upon Thames

4,100

Southwark

5,400

Sutton

3,900

Tower Hamlets

3,800

Waltham Forest

5,300

Wandsworth

5,900

Westminster

5,600

London Total

162,200

Alnwick

900

Berwick upon Tweed

800

Blyth Valley

2,200

Castle Morpeth

1,200

Chester le Street

1,500

Darlington

2,800

Derwentside

2,500

Durham

2,200

Easington

2,700

Gateshead

5,600

Hartlepool

2,600

Middlesbrough

3,800

Newcastle upon Tyne

7,300

North Tyneside

5,400

Redcar and Cleveland

3,800

Sedgefield

2,500

South Tyneside

4,300

Stockton on Tees

4,700

Sunderland

7,700

Teesdale

800

Tynedale

1,600

Wansbeck

1,800

Wear Valley

1,900

North East Total

70,400


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