Written question asked by Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Earl Attlee (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 March 2011.

Transport: Appraisals

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the New Approach To Appraisal (NATA) cost to develop and run in 2009 and 2010; which consultants were paid to do so; and how much each independent contractor was paid.

Answer: It is difficult to separately identify costs of NATA development because some of the work jointly feeds into the development of strategy, policy and general transport planning best practice. It is estimated that in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 financial years approximately £1,038,000 and £266,000 respectively was spent on projects that made a direct or indirect contribution to the development and maintenance of NATA guidance and software. These cost estimates exclude the costs of applying NATA by scheme promoters and their consultants. The cost of applying NATA across all transport proposals could be estimated only at disproportionate cost. The following consultancies were paid to do work on the aforementioned projects: AECOM/ Faber Maunsell; Atkins; David Simmonds Consultancy; Denvil Coombe Practice; Geospatial; Hartley McMaster; Hyder Consulting; Imperial College; ITS Leeds; John Bates Services; Katalysis; Lionbridge; Mott MacDonald; Peter Davidson Consultancy; TRL; University of Leeds Consulting; Urban and Regional Policy; and WSP. Information is not held centrally on how much each independent contractor was paid for individual work streams.

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