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Carbon Management Energy Efficiency Report;
Installation of Savawatt controllers;
Improved lighting control systems;
Installation of double glazing;
Reducing the operating temperatures of heating and cooling systems;
“Switch off” campaigns;
Installation of thermal blinds;
Smart metering and sub-metering programmes;
Upgrades to Building management Systems to reduce energy consumption;
Replacement of boilers with improved energy efficiency ratings;
Improvements to air handling units to improve efficiency;
Automatic PC shutdown at designated time.
The Department reports its energy figures annually as part of the Sustainable Development in Government report and monitors its sustainability data quarterly. As part of the Carbon Management Energy Efficiency report mentioned above the Department reports periodically to the Carbon Trust the savings, in terms of emissions and cost that have been achieved as a result of the measures implemented from the report.
Energy efficiency measures for the future include:
Benchmarking of some sites to determine where efficiencies are required and to allow assessment of the effectiveness of energy efficiency installations;
Further installation of Smart meters and sub-metering;
Installation of new more energy efficient lifts;
Implementation of a “thin client” IT solution;
Participation in the Carbon reduction Commitment;
Achievement of the Carbon Trust Standard;
Adoption of BREEAM Excellent or Very Good ratings for all new build and major refurbishments;
Working towards achievement of an accredited EMS in all departmental organisations;
Full utilisation of a second CHP plant at our Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency site at Morrison.
Gregory Barker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which official is responsible for the energy efficiency of his Department's estate. [280557]
Chris Mole: The Department for Transport has, in addition to the central Department, seven executive agencies that report performance under the Sustainable Operation on the Government Estate targets. Those agencies account for in excess of 85 per cent. of the entire departmental estate. The chief executive of each agency is therefore responsible for the energy efficiency of their estate, while Richard Hatfield, Director General of International Networks and Environment, is the Board level champion whose role includes the promotion of sustainability across the entire Department for Transport family.
Mr. Paice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. [280964]
Chris Mole: The Department for Transport reports its energy consumption figures through the annual Sustainable Development in Government (SDiG) report. The figures for 2006-07 and 2007-08 are as follows:
| Energy usage | ||
| kWh | ||
| Total | Per FTE( 1) | |
| (1) FTE stands for ‘full time equivalent’ (member of staff). | ||
Departmental Public Consultation
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what consultations have been carried out by his Department since July 2007; and at what cost. [279344]
Chris Mole: Details of the Department for Transport's consultations carried out since July 2007 have been placed in the Libraries of the House. Information about the cost of each consultation is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Waste
Mr. Paice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. [281010]
Chris Mole: The Department for Transport reports its waste arisings figures through the annual Sustainable Development in Government (SDiG) report. The figures for 2006-07 and 2007-08 are as follows:
| Waste arisings | ||
| Tonnes | ||
| Total | Per FTE( 1) | |
| (1) FTE stands for ‘full time equivalent’ (member of staff). | ||
Departmental Water
Mr. Paice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the water consumption on his Department's estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. [280962]
Chris Mole: The Department for Transport reports its water consumption figures through the annual Sustainable Development in Government (SDiG) report. The scope for water consumption changed from offices only in 2005-06 to the entire estate in 2006-07. As a result of this change in scope, the Department reset its baseline for water consumption. Therefore the water consumption figures for 2005-06 and 2006-07 are now as follows:
| Water consumption | ||
| Total m( 3) | m( 3) per FTE( 1) | |
| (1) Full-time equivalent (member of staff). | ||
The above figures represent the whole estate. To break these figures down to office and non-office data would incur disproportionate costs.
M25
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs which would be created by (a) widening and (b) applying hard shoulder running on (i) section 2 and (ii) section 5 of the M25. [279579]
Chris Mole: The number of jobs which would be created for these two projects has not been assessed because the schemes have yet to be designed in enough detail to determine the resources required.
Motor Vehicles: Foreigners
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to his answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 959W, on motor vehicles: foreigners, what steps his Department takes to enforce compliance with the requirement to re-register foreign-registered cars after six months of using UK roads. [281398]
Paul Clark [holding answer 19 June 2009]: The Department for Transport operates a strategy of education, warning and direct enforcement to help compliance with the requirement to re-register foreign vehicles after six months using UK roads. Education activities have involved presentations to community leaders, articles in the media, the issue of information leaflets and warning notices placed on vehicle windscreens. At the point a warning is delivered the vehicle details will be recorded. This allows the length of time a vehicle is likely to have been circulating in the UK to be calculated. If a foreign registered vehicle is believed to have been in the UK for more than six months, the police or local authorities with devolved authority or NSL Ltd. have the power to wheel clamp and impound unlicensed vehicles.
Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department and its agencies have spent on preparatory work on uncompleted projects for conventional widening of the (a) M1, (b) M6 and (c) M62. [279601]
Chris Mole: The cost of preparatory work for uncompleted conventional widening projects on (a) the M1 is £47 million (b) the M6 is £10 million, and (c) M62 is £1.6 million.
This includes consultant costs for preliminary design, traffic modelling, aerial surveys, hard shoulder surveys, environmental assessment, air quality measurements and production of model, public exhibitions and consultation with key stakeholders.
Information gathered from a number of these activities remains pertinent to the project irrespective of its mode of delivery and will be utilised wherever possible.
In relation to the M1 this covers three schemes of approximately 104 miles length in total, dating back to July 2003.
Parking: Disabled
John Barrett: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what guidance his Department issues on the percentage of parking spaces in public car parks to be made available for disabled drivers. [281395]
Mr. Khan [holding answer 19 June 2009]: The Department for Transport's "Inclusive Mobility" document provides guidance on established best practice on access for disabled people to the pedestrian and transport environment. Section 5 covers car parking and recommends the following spaces for disabled motorists:
(i)For car parks associated with existing employment premises: 2 per cent. of the total car park capacity, with a minimum of one space.
Spaces for disabled employees must be additional to those recommended above; reservations could be ensured, for example, by marking a space with a registration number.
(ii) For car parks associated with new employment premises: 5 per cent. of the total parking capacity should be designated (to include both employees and visitors).
(iii) For car parks associated with shopping areas, leisure or recreational facilities, and places open to the general public: A minimum of one space for each employee who is a disabled motorist, plus 6 per cent. of the total capacity for visiting disabled motorists.
The numbers of designated spaces may need to be greater at hotels and sports stadiums that specialize in accommodating groups of disabled people.
Railways
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether his Department has targets for the proportion of domestic freight and passenger transport made by rail. [281427]
Chris Mole: The Department for Transport does not set such targets, but it is Government policy to encourage the development of sustainable passenger and freight transport.
The Department is taking full account of the potential for freight modal shift from road to rail in its ongoing work to consider future investment and other priorities for key national network corridors. It is also an important consideration in the development of the Department's Carbon Reduction Strategy.
Railways: Electrification
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will assess the likely effect on levels of carbon dioxide emissions of electrifying the entire rail network. [280730]
Chris Mole: Rail currently emits about 1.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide directly from diesel consumption and is indirectly responsible for about 1.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide produced by the electricity generating sector. Electrifying the rail network would remove carbon emissions associated with diesel consumption, but increase emissions from power stations. The net effect would be a reduction in rail related emissions of about 0.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Railways: Finance
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much funding the Government provided to each train operating company franchise per passenger mile in 2008-09. [281234]
Chris Mole: Government spending on the railway for the year ending 31 March 2009 is currently being audited. Subsidy paid along with premiums received from Train Operating Companies for the year 2007-08 is published in National Rail Trends (NRT) which also sets out the amount of subsidy per passenger kilometre. The next National Rail Trends yearbook will be published by the Office of Rail Regulation later in the year and will include the data requested. Copies of the latest version are available in the Libraries of the House.
Railways: Franchises
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many franchise agreements with train operating companies in force in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 contained revenue support clauses. [280075]
Chris Mole: All franchise agreements let from 2003 onwards have revenue support/revenue share clauses in Schedule 8 of the National Rail Franchise Terms. The Train Operating Companies with these provisions are:
Cross Country
East Midland Trains
First Capital Connect
First Great Western
London Midland
London Southeastern Railway
National Express East Anglia
National Express East Coast
Northern Rail
Virgin West Coast.
This list will include the new Southern Franchise when it begins on 20 September 2009.
Full details of revenue support/revenue share can be found on the Department for Transport's website's Public Register of Franchise Agreements:
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