Hansard

Departmental Vehicles

Volume 472: debated on Tuesday 26 February 2008

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Mr. Jeremy Browne

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2008, Official Report, column 1008W, on departmental vehicles, how many vehicles were leased by (a) the Highways Agency’s Traffic Officer Service and (b) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what the cost to the public purse was in each of those years. (187896)

Jim Fitzpatrick

The requested information, where available, is as follows:

Financial year

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency total leased vehicles

Highways Agency total leased vehicles

Highways Agency leased vehicle cost (£)

1998-99

1—

1—

1—

1999-2000

1—

1—

1—

2000-01

1—

1—

1—

2001-02

14

1—

1—

2002-03

18

1—

1—

2003-04

47

11

140,632

2004-05

38

23

635,251

2005-06

48

166

1,639,178

2006-07

39

171

1,865,175

2007-08

41

267

1,171,038

1 No data.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is unable to provide detailed information on costs as vehicle lease information is not recorded separately within their records.

Highways Agency data for 2007-08 is a year to date actual as of end of January 2008, not a full year forecast value.