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Treasury

Answer

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are employed working on the project to introduce lorry road user charging; and what their budget is. [190173] John Healey: The Chancellor of the Exchequer made clear in the 2004 Spending Review (Cm 6237), that the Government remain committed to ensuring that all hauliers, regardless of their nationality, pay an amount related to the distance they travel on UK roads. It will be revenue neutral overall to hauliers who already contribute through UK fuel duty. In 2003-04, the last complete year for which figures are available, around 70 people were employed by the Lorry Road-user charging (LRUC) programme. HM Customs and Excise's most recent resource allocations and accounts were published in their Annual Report and Accounts 2002-03 (HC 52) and Spring Report 2004 (Cm 6224) and updated in the 2004 Spending Review. The allocated budget for LRUC in 2004-05 is £30 million. It would be inappropriate to disclose estimates for future years: exemption 7 (Effective management and operations of the public service) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information applies.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

425 c243W; 190173

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Finance Fees and charges Large goods vehicles Staff Policy Roads Taxation Tolls

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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