Written question asked by Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 30 April 2002. It was answered by Stephen Byers (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 April 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what infrastructure charging research work his Department is funding. - Inc list. (Holding answer 23 April 2002).

Answer: Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what infrastructure charging research work his Department is funding. [52090] Mr. Byers: [holding answer 23 April 2002]: No such work has been commissioned by my Department. The former Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions, commissioned the following work which is ongoing: Demonstration of Interoperable charging and telematics Systems (jointly with Leeds City Council and Highways Agency); Dynamic Freight Analysis; Economic geography of congestion charging; Trade-off between practical and optimal cordon congestion charging; Charging Appraisal Frameworks; Scheme Design and User Acceptance; Measuring social--spatial inclusion and exclusion in charging infrastructures.

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