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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average unit cost is to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland of processing an application for (a) a driver's licence, (b) a vehicle licence, (c) a taxi licence and (d) a road freight licence; what the comparable figures were for the last four financial years; and if he will make a statement. [208581] Angela Smith: The information requested is as follows. My reply to question 208583 given today, sets out the plans to review current fee levels. Average unit cost (£) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 Driver licensing 15.89 15.69 14.38 16.20 Vehicle relicensing1 3.26 3.07 2.95 2.58 Taxi driver and vehicle 39.15 47.87 42.94 2-- licensing Road freight and road 46.10 48.25 48.44 2-- service licensing _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 This unit cost excludes first licence costs which are included as part of the cost of the first registration transaction. 2 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland took over financial responsibility for taxi, road freight and road service licensing in April 2001. All of the above are calculated on full costs with the exception of vehicle relicensing which is on a cash basis only.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

208581; 429 c881-2W;429 c885-6W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Costs Freight Motor vehicles Northern Ireland Taxis Driving licences

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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