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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) associated bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (1) fuel types and (2) engine cubic capacities; how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (A) his Department and (B) associated bodies listed in the National Asset Register will be replaced in (x) 1999-2000, (y) 2000-1 and (z) 2001-2 by vehicles using (a1) petrol, (b2) diesel, (c3) natural gas, (d4) electric batteries and (e5) other; and how much his Department plans to spend in each year on vehicle replacements. [90689] Mr. Mudie: [holding answer 19 July 1999]: The information provided in the following table is in respect of vehicles owned and leased by the DfEE, its non departmental public bodies (NDPBs), the Employment Service Agency (ES) and the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED). Currently 977 vehicles owned and 536 leased; 1,005 of which are petrol, 506 diesel and 2 LPG. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Engine cc Petrol Diesel Petrol/Gas Owned Leased Up to 1600 344 42 -- 359 27 1600-1799 192 222 -- 328 86 1800-2000 418 151 2 197 374 2001-2200 39 22 -- 14 47 Over 2200 12 69 -- 79 2 Total 1,005 506 2 977 536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. DfEE does not use a replacement cycle as the basis for replacing vehicles. Vehicles are replaced only when a new business case from a user is approved. The DfEE and the Employment Service continue to be "on target" to reduce their fleet size. In ES, there are now 284 vehicles less than in 1998 with the number continuing to fall. In DfEE, only 1 (one) replacement vehicle has been applied for under the Private User Scheme following the tightening of these rules.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

90689; 336 c161-2W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Expenditure Government departments Fuels Motor vehicles Procurement Non-departmental public bodies Department for Education and Employment Official cars

Contains statistics

Yes