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Transport
Bourbon Dolphin
Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the report of the capsize of the tug, Bourbon Dolphin. [277758]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The Bourbon Dolphin was a Norwegian anchor-handling vessel operating outside UK territorial waters. Consequently, no investigation of the incident was undertaken by the United Kingdom. However, I understand that a report has been produced by the Norwegian authorities.
c2c
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions his Department has had with c2c on the timetable for negotiations on its train operator franchise; and if he will make a statement. [276819]
Paul Clark: The current c2c franchise expires in May 2011. No recent discussions have taken place with c2c on the timetable for re-letting the franchise.
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the (a) punctuality and (b) adequacy of the capacity of the c2c Fenchurch Street service; and if he will make a statement. [276820]
Paul Clark: Punctuality on the network as a whole has risen by 10 per cent. in the last five years to 90.6 per cent. 95.4 per cent of c2c trains, which serve Fenchurch Street station, were punctual in the last year (within five minutes).
The Department for Transport measures c2c's capacity for peak arrivals into Fenchurch Street (7 am to 9.59 am) and peak departures from Fenchurch Street (4 pm to 6.59 pm) against their approved train plan.
Departmental Air Travel
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on (a) economy, (b) business and (c) first class flights in each financial year since 2001. [276489]
Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport could provide this information only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Conditions of Employment
Mr. Leech: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether costs arising from systems modifications in his Department's Shared Service Centre to accommodate the workings of the flexible benefits project will be met from the flexible benefit projects budget. [277706]
Mr. Hoon: These costs will be met from the flexible benefit projects budget.
Departmental Dismissal
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. [274311]
Mr. Hoon: The Department of Transport was formed in 2002. A total of 522 members of staff have been dismissed. Of these 81 can be identified as dismissed for under-performance. A breakdown is provided in the following table but it does not include the Government Car and Despatch Agency, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency or the Highways Agency; figures which can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| Dismissed for under-performance | Total dismissed | |
Departmental Hotels
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) Ministers and (b) staff (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad in each of the last five years. [276490]
Mr. Hoon: Most hotel costs across the Department for Transport are not recorded separately from subsistence expenses. The information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Marketing
Ann Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years. [277149]
Mr. Hoon: The information requested is not held centrally, or recorded in a way to readily identify these categories of advertising expenditure, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Official Gifts
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many members of staff in his Department have received gifts valued at £100 or higher in the course of their duties in each of the last three years; what these gifts were; and from whom they were received. [277336]
Mr. Hoon: I refer the right hon. Member to my answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 606-7W.
Departmental Pay
Mr. Leech: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what timetable he has set for the provision of total reward statements to (a) staff in his central Department and (b) other departmental staff. [277705]
Mr. Hoon: Total reward statements are planned for release from 23 September 2009 onwards, for both the central Department and its agencies.
Departmental Research
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on research and development in each of the last 10 years; and what the 10 projects on which the highest expenditure was incurred were. [276492]
Mr. Hoon: Information about Departments’ annual spend on research and development is published by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) in Table 3.2 of Science Engineering and Technology (SET) Statistics. This is available on the DIUS website.
The project information requested is not readily available. For example, some projects are collaboratively funded; some are interdependent with others; and projects can take a number of years to complete. However, from the information readily available, the 10 requested projects since the Department for Transport was formed in May 2002 are:
1. Co-operative Crash Injury Study—Phases 5-8 (£12,900,000)
2. On-the-Spot Accident Investigation—Phases 1-3 (£8,018,000)
3. The Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation Environment (£4,084,000)
4. Compatibility of Cars in Crashes (£2,979,000)
5. European New Car Secondary Safety Assessment Testing Programme (£2,700,000)
6. Compatibility and Frontal and Side Impact Test Procedures (£2,272,000)
7. Intelligent Speed Adaptation (£2,015,000)
8. Protective helmets for motor and pedal cyclists (£1,720,000)
9. Mobile Environmental Sensing System (£1,716,000)
10. New Car Primary Safety Assessment Programme—Phase 2 (£1,501,000)
These figures represent the total departmental value of the contracts let, some of which are still open.
Departmental Travel
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on car hire in each year since 2001. [276453]
Mr. Hoon: The information requested is as follows:
| £ | |||||||
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
It is not possible to provide costs for the Department for Transport or for the Driver Standards Agency in 2002-03 because the information is not available in a comparable format.
Economic and Monetary Union
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what activities have been undertaken by his Department’s Euro Minister in that capacity. [277177]
Mr. Hoon: Euro Ministers are responsible for the preparation of materials relating to their Departments and attend Euro Ministers Steering Group meetings. Meetings are held only when necessary to discuss practical preparations to ensure a smooth changeover.
Justice
Antisocial Behaviour: Fixed Penalties
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of penalty notices for disorder remained unpaid (a) six and (b) 12 months after issue in each of the last five years. [276120]
Mr. Straw: We are not able to identify how many and the percentage of those penalty notices which remain unpaid after (a) six and (b) 12 months, as it is not possible to provide separate enforcement rates for unpaid PNDs once they have been registered as fines by the courts.
Information held by the Ministry of Justice for the number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) issued to persons in England and Wales aged 16 and over, by offence type, and the number paid within the suspended enforcement period, for the years 2004 to 2007 (latest available) are shown in the following tables 1 to 4.
Under the PND Scheme, recipients have 21 days (the suspended enforcement period) in which either to pay the penalty or opt to have their case heard in court. If no action is taken a fine of one and half times the penalty amount is registered against the recipient.
PND data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
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