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Departmental Public Expenditure

Volume 504: debated on Thursday 28 January 2010

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years. (312522)

The information requested for the Department for Transport and its seven executive agencies is provided in the following table.

£

(a) New furnishings

(b) Art

(c) New vehicles

Organisational unit

2008-09

2007-08

2008-09

2007-08

2008-09

2007-08

Central Department

London Headquarters

287,683

504,646

1,162

0

0

0

Air Accident Investigation Branch

18,374

26,529

0

0

0

0

Rail Accident Investigation Branch

962

11,543

0

0

0

0

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

823

103,878

0

0

0

0

Driving Standards Agency

1

1

0

0

150,860

103,000

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

2

2

0

0

0

0

Government Car and Despatch Agency

1

1

0

0

1,315,000

1,004,000

Highways Agency

259,820

1,799,366

0

0

318,983.687

3624,832

43,117,871

42,382,303

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

1

1

0

0

837,619

1,197,629

Vehicle Certification Agency

8,599

6,329

0

0

0

13,915

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

98,920

164,179

0

0

1,273,850

676,490

1Data not recorded as a specific cost category within the accounting system in use and only available at disproportionate cost. 2During 2007 to 2009 DVLA was in the process of refurbishing its Morriston site under a PFI contract. DVLA are unable to accurately provide a breakdown of the furnishing costs. 3Purchased. 4Leased. Note: The Highways Agency: Data at (a) include furniture, office refurbishments and fit-out costs for offices and regional control centres. The increase in the 2008-09 vehicle purchase costs is due to the Highways Agency entering into a four-year framework contract on 2 January 2008 with two suppliers; Romaquip and Schmidt UK, for the purchase of over 430 salt spreaders and snow ploughs to replace its current fleet. The costs for 2008-09 relate to the first-year order comprising of a total of 159 salt spreaders, all equipped with snow ploughs, and a further 40 additional snow ploughs. The vehicles used by Highways Agency Traffic Officers are leased. The figures quoted are the total cost of the vehicle leasing contracts for each of the two years. Leasing payments cover the cost of the vehicles, servicing, maintenance, tyres and windscreens, etc. Most vehicles are leased for 18 months, or 150,000 miles. There are now 207 Traffic Officer Vehicles in the fleet.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent from (i) the Total Annual Managed Expenditure budget and (ii) the Departmental Expenditure Limit budget for 2008-09. (312553)

The information requested is set out in the following table:

2008-09

£ million

Budget

Outturn

Annual managed expenditure

3,988

3,729

Departmental expenditure limit

14,105

12,701

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent from (i) the Annually Managed Expenditure budget and (ii) the Departmental Expenditure Limit budget for 2009-10. (312555)

The information requested is set out in the following table:

2009-10

£ million

Budget

Spend to date (end December 2009)

Annually managed expenditure

4,092

2,778

Departmental expenditure limit

15,422

11,121

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent from the Annually Managed Expenditure budget on (i) Departmental Strategic Objective (DSO) 1, (ii) DSO 2, (iii) DSO 3, (iv) DSO 4 and (v) DSO 5 for 2008-09. (312556)

The in year budget for 2008-09 was not set against departmental strategic objectives. The outturn is set out in the following table:

Annually managed expenditure, 2008-09

Outturn (£ million)

DSO 1

1,892

DSO 2

110

DSO 3

1,655

DSO 4

72

DSO 5

0

Total

3,729

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent from the Departmental Expenditure Limit budget on (i) Departmental Strategic Objective (DSO) 1, (ii) DSO 2, (iii) DSO 3, (iv) DSO 4 and (v) DSO 5 for 2008-09. (312557)

The in year budget for 2008-09 is not set against departmental strategic objectives. The spend to date is set out in the following table:

Departmental expenditure limit, 2008-09

Outturn (£ million)

DSO 1

7,366

DSO 2

966

DSO 3

2,187

DSO 4

2,067

DSO 5

115

Total

12,701

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent to date from the Annually Managed Expenditure Budget on (i) Departmental Strategic Objective (DSO) 1, (ii) DSO 2, (iii) DSO 3, (iv) DSO 4 and (v) DSO 5 for 2009-10. (312558)

The in year budget is not set against Departmental Strategic Objectives. The spend to date is set out as follows:

Annually managed expenditure 2009-10

Spend to date1 (£ million)

DSO 1

1,423

DSO 2

85

DSO 3

1,274

DSO 4

-4

DSO 5

Total

2,778

1 End December 2009.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) has spent to date from the Departmental Expenditure Limit Budget on (i) Departmental Strategic Objective (DSO) 1, (ii) DSO 2, (iii) DSO 3, (iv) DSO 4 and (v) DSO 5 for 2009-10. (312559)

The in year budget is not set against Departmental Strategic Objectives. The spend to date is set out as follows:

Departmental expenditure limit 2009-10

Spend to date1 (£ million)

DSO l

6,373

DSO 2

762

DSO 3

2,445

DSO 4

1,518

DSO 5

23

Total

11,121

1 End December 2009.