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Written question asked by David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 18 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 January 2010. It was answered by Chris Mole (Labour) on Thursday, 28 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.
Answer

The information requested for the Department for Transport and its seven executive agencies is provided in the following table.

£
(a) New furnishings (b) Art (c) New vehicles
Organisational unit 2008-09 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08
Central Department
London Headquarters 287,683 504,646 1,162 0 0 0
Air Accident Investigation Branch 18,374 26,529 0 0 0 0
Rail Accident Investigation Branch 962 11,543 0 0 0 0
Marine Accident Investigation Branch 823 103,878 0 0 0 0
Driving Standards Agency ¹— ¹— 0 0 150,860 103,000
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency ²— ²— 0 0 0 0
Government Car and Despatch Agency ¹— ¹— 0 0 1,315,000 1,004,000
Highways Agency 259,820 1,799,366 0 0 ³18,983.687 ³624,832
43,117,871 42,382,303
Maritime and Coastguard Agency ¹— ¹— 0 0 837,619 1,197,629
Vehicle Certification Agency 8,599 6,329 0 0 0 13,915
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency 98,920 164,179 0 0 1,273,850 676,490
¹ Data not recorded as a specific cost category within the accounting system in use and only available at disproportionate cost. ² During 2007 to 2009 DVLA was in the process of refurbishing its Morriston site under a PFI contract. DVLA are unable to accurately provide a breakdown of the furnishing costs. ³ Purchased. 4 Leased. Note: The Highways Agency: Data at (a) include furniture, office refurbishments and fit-out costs for offices and regional control centres. The increase in the 2008-09 vehicle purchase costs is due to the Highways Agency entering into a four-year framework contract on 2 January 2008 with two suppliers; Romaquip and Schmidt UK, for the purchase of over 430 salt spreaders and snow ploughs to replace its current fleet. The costs for 2008-09 relate to the first-year order comprising of a total of 159 salt spreaders, all equipped with snow ploughs, and a further 40 additional snow ploughs. The vehicles used by Highways Agency Traffic Officers are leased. The figures quoted are the total cost of the vehicle leasing contracts for each of the two years. Leasing payments cover the cost of the vehicles, servicing, maintenance, tyres and windscreens, etc. Most vehicles are leased for 18 months, or 150,000 miles. There are now 207 Traffic Officer Vehicles in the fleet.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c994W; 312522
Session
2009-10
Related items
Departmental Art Works
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Department for Transport Public expenditure
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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