Written question asked by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 12 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 14 July 2006. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 July 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Transport Direct

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the value for money of the Transport Direct portal.

Answer: The original Business Case for Transport Direct recorded three key value for money measures:"Achieve one million user sessions in the first year of service.""Achieve 10 million user sessions by the end of 2006.""10 per cent. of users reassess their travel habits as a result of the information provided by Transport Direct."Of these measures:"The one millionth user session was achieved ten months after soft-launch of the service (soft-launched in July 2004, achieved in May 2005)""We are on course to achieve our ten millionth user session by the end of 2006.""Early results of user surveys have indicated that 64 per cent. of those who completed our surveys were considering a change of travel mode preference."

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