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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many security staff are employed at each of the 35 main ports of entry to the United Kingdom.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 March 2005

Reference

432 c348W;432 c346W; 221092

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are employed by (a) the Driver Standards Agency, (b) Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority, (c) Vehicle Certification Authority and (d) Vehicle and Operator Service Agency; what the running costs of each body was in the last year for which figures...

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 December 2004

For answer on

9 March 2005

Answered on

9 March 2005

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people are employed by (a) the Driver Standards Agency, (b) Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority, (c) Vehicle Certification Authority and (d) Vehicle and Operator Service Agency; what the running costs of each body was in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the future of each body. [203826] Mr. Jamieson: The information is as follows. DVLA 1. At 1 April, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) employed 6,250 staff on a full-time equivalent basis. 2. The most recent published accounts for the DVLA are for the 2003-04 financial year, in which the operating costs of the agency were £381.2 million. 3. As part of its realisation of efficiency gains, the DVLA has plans to reduce the number of staff employed by at least 500 by 2007-08. DSA 1. At 1 April 2004, the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) employed 2,263 staff on a full-time equivalent basis. 2. The most recent published accounts for DSA are for the 2003-04 financial year, in which the running costs of the agency were £113.8 million. 3. Demand for driving tests has continued to increase significantly leading to a major recruitment and training exercise for driving examiners and supporting call centre, deployment and customer service staff. The DSA plans to increase staff by around 350 by 2005-06. Of these over 230 will be driving examiners. VCA 1. At 1 April 2004, the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) employed 110 staff on a full-time equivalent basis. 2. The most recent published accounts for VCA are for the 2003-04 financial year, in which the running costs of the agency were £7.5 million. 3. There are currently no plans to change the number of staff employed by the VCA. VOSA 1. At 1 April 2004, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) employed 2,650 staff on a full-time equivalent basis. 2. The most recent published accounts for VOSA are for the 2003-04 financial year, in which the operating costs of the agency were £127 million. 3. There are currently no plans to change the number of staff employed by VOSA. Ongoing review We keep all four agencies under review, in accordance with Government guidelines, to ensure that their function is still required and that they continue to provide the most effective means of carrying out those functions.

Date

9 March 2005

Reference

431 c1860-1W;431 c1853-4W; 203826

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Road Transport Working Time Directive on the profitability of (a) road haulage firms and (b) road haulage client businesses. - Includes figure.

Asked by

Nicholas Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 March 2005

Reference

431 c1338W;431 c1332W; 218920

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to widen the existing link between tonnage tax and seafarer employment to include a requirement to employ junior officers; if he will make a statement on the work being undertaken by the Shipping Task Force on...

Asked by

Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 January 2005

Reference

429 c675W;429 c673W; 207996;207997

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many persons were employed by Safety Camera Partnerships in England and Wales at the latest date for which figures are available; and how many were employed by Safety Camera Partnerships at their inception. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Greg Knight (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 November 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many persons were employed by safety camera partnerships in England and Wales at the latest date for which figures are available; and how many were employed by safety camera partnerships at their inception. [196957] Mr. Jamieson: [holding answer 10 November 2004]: Safety camera partnerships comprise area police authorities, local highway authorities and magistrates court authorities. Some staff only spend part of their time with the partnership and the rest on duties with their parent authorities--hence the figures are expressed in terms of `full time equivalents'. The Safety Camera Programme began in 2000, involving seven local partnerships in England and Wales, which had a total of 210 full-time equivalent posts at the end of the programme's trial year 2000-01. There are now 35 partnerships in England and Wales, covering the whole of Wales and virtually all of England, with 1,692 full-time equivalent posts, on the latest available data. Of these 1,692 full time equivalent posts: 1,160 are employed by police authorities, dealing with detecting offences, processing fixed penalty tickets and dealing with inquiries; 312 are employed by magistrates court authorities, dealing with collecting payments, dealing with inquiries and driving licence issues; 91 are employed by local authorities, dealing with communications, establishing and monitoring sites including signing issues; 129 are employed by either police or local authorities, dealing with running the partnerships and other project management issues. The independent review of the first three years of the programme's operation, 2000-02 to 2002-03, which the Government published on 15 June showed that cameras were saving over 100 road deaths and over 750 serious injuries a year for the 24 partnerships then in operation--a 40 per cent. reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured at camera sites over and above the general downward trend in UK road casualties, with a financial benefit to society of over four times the resource cost of the programme including staff. The annual number of avoided deaths and injuries will now be considerably more, with 35 partnerships now in operation. We have commissioned an update of the independent review of the programme's operation. This will be published in the spring. The partnerships will shortly submit their proposals for 2005-06 including staffing numbers, and the Department will scrutinise these in detail, to ensure that the programme is delivering its valuable benefits in reduced road deaths and casualties as efficiently as possible.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c1855-6W;426 c1859-60W; 196957

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were employed by (a) the Northern Lighthouse Board, (b) Trinity House and (c) the Commissioners of Irish Lights in each of the last 10 financial years; what the (i) role and (ii) terms of reference of each body are;...

Asked by

Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 November 2004

For answer on

17 November 2004

Answered on

17 November 2004

John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were employed by (a) the Northern Lighthouse Board, (b) Trinity House and (c) the Commissioners of Irish Lights in each of the last 10 financial years; what the (i) role and (ii) terms of reference of each body are; and what the expenditure of each body was in each year. [197346] Mr. Jamieson: The information requested is set out below: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Average employees (including part-time) Operating costs (£ millions) (a) Northern Lighthouse Board 1994-95 447 19.1 1995-96 430 18.7 1996-97 416 18.7 1997-98 405 18.4 1998-09 402 18.9 1999-2000 393 20.4 2000-01 379 21.9 2001-02 373 23.8 2002-03 355 19.9 2003-04 357 21.1 (b) Trinity House Lighthouse Service 1994-95 687 29.8 1995-96 643 28.9 1996-97 602 29.6 1997-98 555 27.7 1998-09 499 27.2 1999-2000 466 26.7 2000-01 450 28 2001-02 439 29.6 2002-03 438 26 2003-04 421 27.9 (c) Commissioners of Irish Lights 1994-95 646 15.5 1995-96 624 16.2 1996-97 573 16.0 1997-98 546 16.7 1998-09 501 15.4 1999-2000 511 15.7 2000-01 529 16.8 2001-02 515 16.4 2002-03 453 15.9 2003-04 419 17.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All the figures in the table are cash prices The role and terms of reference of the General Lighthouse Authorities is to provide and maintain aids to navigation around the coastline of the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar and to deliver a reliable, efficient and cost effective service for the benefit and safety of all mariners. The Trinity House Lighthouse Service provides the service for coastlines of England and Wales, the Northern Lighthouse Board for Scotland and the Isle of Man, and the Commissioners of Irish Lights for the whole of Ireland as an all Ireland body.

Date

17 November 2004

Reference

426 c1489-90W;426 c1493-4W; 197346

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff have been employed at each port of entry to inspect and search sea containers in each year since 2001. - No figures, we do not hold this information centrally.

Asked by

Patrick Mercer (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 November 2004

Reference

194700; 426 c15W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to make the Driving Standards Authority more accountable; and what continuing professional development is available to driving test examiners.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 October 2004

Reference

425 c436W; 191036

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to implement the recommendation of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch on the role of fatigue and minimum manning in ship groundings and collisions.

Asked by

Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 October 2004

Reference

425 c439-40W; 190636

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of employing persons to collect toll money on the Humber Bridge in each of the past four years for which figures are available. - Inc fact that Department does not hold such information centrally.

Asked by

Greg Knight (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 October 2004

Reference

425 c208W; 189784

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many persons were employed by the Humberside Safety Camera Partnership at its inception. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Greg Knight (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 October 2004

Reference

424 c1843W;424 c1841W; 188740

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are employed by the Humberside Safety Camera Partnership.

Asked by

Greg Knight (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 September 2004

Reference

424 c1248W;424 c1256W; 186205

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met representatives of NUMAST to discuss increasing the job opportunities for British Merchant Navy officers on UK flagged vessels.

Asked by

Ian Davidson (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

184137; 424 c659W;424 c660W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make a decision on whether to introduce an employment and training link for UK seafaring ratings and officers as part of the tonnage tax regime. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 July 2004

Reference

424 c130W; 184932

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to put in place measures to counter transport operator identity crime. (Holding answer 16 July 2004).

Asked by

Patrick Mercer (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 July 2004

Reference

184606; 424 c23W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of British Merchant Navy officers employed on British registered and flagged vessels.

Asked by

Ian Davidson (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 July 2004

Reference

184136; 423 c1383W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rescue co-ordination centres were understaffed at 1st July; and how many staff were (a) fully qualified and (b) watch assistants on that date. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 2004

Reference

182800; 423 c1194W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of new heavy goods vehicle drivers needed by the industry in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007; what assessment he has made of the effect on the supply of heavy goods vehicle drivers...

Asked by

Colin Pickthall (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 July 2004

Reference

423 c634W; 182179;182180

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accredited driving instructors there were in each year since 2000. - Inc table and figure.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 July 2004

Reference

181049; 423 c476W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the employment trends of British seafarers over the last seven years; what effect the tonnage tax scheme has had on employment levels amongst British seafarers; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 July 2004

Reference

423 c494-5W; 182272;182273

House

House of Commons

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