Written question asked by Anthony Steen (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 January 2004. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 January 2004 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost is of each additional traffic manager as proposed in the Traffic Management Bill. - Includes no figures.

Answer: Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the estimated cost is of each additional traffic manager as proposed in the Traffic Management Bill. [145824] Mr. Jamieson: While the Traffic Management Bill proposes that each local traffic authority will be required to appoint a traffic manager, it is for each authority to decide who should carry out the role and precisely what duties they should have. The traffic manager could be an existing member of staff and/or could have other duties as well, so there could be no increase in costs. Taking the Bill measures as a whole, the Government consider that, on average, there should be no net cost to authorities.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 416 c358W; 145824
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Costs Enforcement Local government Powers Road traffic control Traffic officers
Legislation: Traffic Management Bill 2003/04
Contains statistics: Yes
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