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Invalid Vehicles: Accidents

Jeff Ennis: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many mobility scooter accidents involving (a) children and (b) adults have been recorded in each of the last five years. [292835]

Paul Clark: The information requested cannot be identified separately. Accidents involving mobility scooters are recorded in the 'other' category alongside other types of vehicle. To separately provide mobility scooter statistics could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Railways: Electrification

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport by what date he expects a contract to have been signed to deliver each rail electrification scheme he has announced to date. [293276]

Chris Mole: On 23 July the Government announced a major £1.1 billion programme of rail electrification. The routes to be electrified are: (i) the Great Western Main Line between London and Swansea; and (ii) the line between Liverpool and Manchester via Newton-le-Willows.

As with other rail investments, both schemes will be delivered by Network Rail. Details of contracts with suppliers are a matter for Network Rail and the schemes will be completed by (i) 2017 and (ii) 2013 respectively.


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Railways: Netherlands

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what barriers to the introduction of a through high-speed service between London and Amsterdam have been identified by his Department; and what steps his Department is taking to overcome them. [293277]

Chris Mole: Government policy is to encourage competition on High Speed One from 2010 and to expand the number of European destinations available by rail from the UK. Discussions have been held with rail operators in a number of other European Union countries on providing such services, including from London to Amsterdam. The Government will require security and immigration requirements to be met by any new services. It will be for the future operator of High Speed One to market the railway and to agree terms of access with international train operators.

Roads: Accidents

Mr. Burns: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road traffic accidents involving (a) cars and (b) motorcycles in which at least one driver was found to be at fault have occurred in Essex in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the age of the driver at fault. [292183]

Paul Clark: The information requested is not collected. The reported road accident statistics do not assign fault to any of the parties involved in personal injury road accidents. The information collected by the police officer at the scene of the accident is limited to probable contributory factors which may have contributed to the accident.

Northern Ireland

Departmental Advertising

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on which initiatives of his Department and its agencies expenditure on advertising has been incurred in each of the last five years; how much was spent on each such initiative; and which such initiatives were advertised through the Central Office of Information. [290149]

Paul Goggins: Advertising is an important form of communication which is used by the Northern Ireland Office to inform and encourage the public to contribute to the debate around proposed changes to legislation and deliver important public safety messages to as wide an audience as possible.

The following table shows how much the Northern Ireland Office, including the Public Prosecution Service Northern Ireland and its agencies, but excluding its NDPBs, has spent on advertising initiatives in each of the last five years.


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£

NIO core Forensic science NI Youth Justice Agency

2004-05

151,998.70

-

-

2005-06

213,119.67

-

-

2006-07

174,941.56

-

-

2007-08

357,956.92

-

1,318.76

2008-09

416,799.12

1,272.74

-


The Northern Ireland Prison Service and the Compensation Agency had no such expenditure.

The following details each initiative, the amount spent and whether or not the Central Office of Information (COI) was used to advertise the initiative.


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Initiative Amount (£) COI used

NIO core

2004-05

Advertising Draft ASBO Order

2,732.23

Yes

Advertising Consultation on ASBO Order

1,187.93

Yes

Advertising Draft Criminal Justice Order

1,544.30

Yes

Advertising Criminal Justice Commencement Order

1,847.72

Yes

Advertising Public Consultation on Road Traffic

2,200.61

Yes

Advertising for Criminal Justice Consultation

1,906.32

Yes

Advertising Public Consultation on Review Sentencing Framework

1,482.19

Yes

Public Consultation on Draft Proposal for a Criminal Justice (NI) Order 2005

2,167.69

Yes

Unknown Callers TV Ad

45,810.75

No

Theft from Vehicles

91,118.96

No

2005-06

Public Consultation on Corporate Manslaughter

2,047.27

Yes

Public Consultation on Corruption

1,565.57

Yes

Unknown Callers TV Ad

114,797.00

No

Theft from Vehicles

94,709.83

No

2006-07

Advertising Criminal Justice Awards

5,192.77

Yes

Advertising Criminal Justice Awards

1,999.80

Yes

Rehabilitation of Offenders

2,169.29

Yes

Law on Knives

1,866.22

Yes

Sexual Offences Consultation

1,866.22

Yes

Test for Quashing Convictions

2,239.46

Yes

Make Sure Crime Doesn't Pay Consultation

2,363.88

Yes

Consultation on Road Traffic

1,886.22

Yes

Unknown Callers TV Ad

950.00

No

Theft from Vehicles

34,688.45

No

Domestic Violence Media Campaign

50,000.00

No

Recording Incidents of Hate Project

5,889.25

No

Knife Crime Media Campaign

63,830.00

No

2007-08

Firework Campaign

38,000.00

No

Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007

1,437.63

Yes

Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007

1,437.63

Yes

Public Consultation on Draft Proposal for a Criminal Justice (NI) Order 2007

2,643.73

Yes

Advertising Proposed Draft Sexual Offences

2,907.47

Yes

Public Consultation Possession of Non Photographic Images

2,346.70

Yes

Unknown Callers TV Ad

50,199.50

No

Theft from Vehicles

63,492.46

No

Domestic Violence Media Campaign

175,491.80

No

Fireworks Public Safety Campaign

20,000.00

No

2008-09

Consultation on proposals for reform of law on murder/manslaughter and infanticide

2,126.77

Yes

Consultation on Fine Default

1,987.74

Yes

Changes to the Law on Sexual Offences

135.70

Yes

Changes to the Law on Sexual Offences

1,104.00

Yes

Changes to the Law on Sexual Offences

6,601.69

Yes

Blue Cube Interactive Adverts in Cinema on Sexual Offences

3,057.28

Yes

Blue Cube cost on Line Management

1,427.15

Yes

Advert for Implementing Electronic Monitoring

344.05

Yes

Advert for Implementing Electronic Monitoring

128.64

Yes

Changes to the Law on Sexual Offences

18,748.63

No

Unknown Callers TV Ad

102,030.42

No

Theft from Vehicles

78,682.05

No

Close it, Lock it, Check it Campaign

169,425.00

No

Campus Watch

11,000.00

No

Fireworks Public Safety Campaign

20,000.00

No

Youth Justice Agency 2007-08

TAG Rugby Initiative

1,318.76

No

Forensic Science Northern Ireland 2008-09

Pens, mugs, badge reels

1,272.74

No


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