Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 1 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 July 2008. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Monday, 7 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Transport: Fuels

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department has tested future transport policy against each of the oil price scenarios provided by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; and if she will make a statement.

Answer: The Department for Transport is currently producing road transport forecasts using the recently updated Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) oil price projections. This work is not yet complete.While we have focused on BERR's central oil price projections in previous Department analyses, we have also considered the impacts of each of the alternative price scenarios they provide as sensitivity analyses. We would anticipate this would be undertaken for future road, rail and air forecasts used in policy analysis.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 478 c1195-6W; 216765
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Transport: Fuels
Monday, 21 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Fuels Transport
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