To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) cost and (b) purpose is of the pump-priming support to which he refers on page 21 of his Department’s 2006 annual report. (115699)

£18 million has been earmarked for Transport Innovation Fund pump-priming during the period 2005-06 to 2007-08. The purpose is to support initial scheme development by local transport authorities who are actively considering innovative ways to tackle congestion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the source is of the income provided by the Government Car and Despatch Agency referred to in figure 2b of his Department's 2006 annual report. (115841)

The Government Car and Despatch Agency (GCDA) is an executive agency of the Department for Transport and provides two main services, Government cars and Government mail, to Government and the wider public sector. Its framework document requires the agency to recover all its costs through charges to its customers. The income referred to in the Department for Transport's annual report 2006 represents the value of those charges.