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Dept for Transport

Answer

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (a) the number of people employed, (b) the role and terms of reference and (c) the annual budget of (i) the Northern Lighthouse Board and (ii) the Commission for Integrated Transport for each year since 1997-98. [76524] Mr. Jamieson: The information is as follows: (i) The Northern Lighthouse Board (a) Number of people employed _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Average number of 395 359 365 369 358 1 343 employees (inc. part-time) Part-time 151 142 146 160 157 1 135 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Average for the year to 30 September 2002 (b) The role of the Northern Lighthouse Board is to provide and maintain aids to navigation around the coastline of Scotland and the Isle of Man and to deliver a reliable and economical service that enables all classes of mariner to navigate safely within its area of responsibility. (c) Annual budget _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1997-98 23,461 1998-99 22,057 1999-2000 28,185 2000-01 22,930 2001-02 24,210 2002-03 22,140 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (ii) The Commission for Integrated Transport The Commission for Integrated Transport was established in July 1999. (a) Number of people employed _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Board members 17 17 17 Secretariat 6 7 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (b) The role of the Commission for Integrated Transport is to provide independent advice to Government on the implementation of integrated transport policy, to monitor developments across transport, environment, health and other sectors and to review progress towards meeting the Government's objectives. Its remit includes: reviewing and monitoring progress towards objectives and targets set out in the Integrated Transport White Paper; continuing and refreshing the transport policy debate; fostering consensus among practical providers; identifying and disseminating examples of best practice from home and abroad; advising on developments in Europe, including relevant EU initiatives; advising on the role of existing and emerging technologies; reporting regularly on progress against the objectives and outcomes in the 10 Year Plan. (c) Annual budget _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 1999-2000 387 2000-01 695 2001-02 2,239 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

76524; 391 c592W;391 c588W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Finance Expenditure Staff Lighthouses Transport Integrated Transport Commission Northern Lighthouse Board

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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