Telephone Numbers: DfT Lord Tyler asked Her Majesty's Government: How many non-geographic telephone numbers are in use by the Department for Transport and its agencies; what services can be accessed by calling each of them; and what revenue has been received from them between September 2004 and September 2006. [HL3301] Lord Bassam of Brighton The non-geographic telephone numbers in use in the Department for Transport and its agencies are as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number of Non-geographic telephone numbers|Services accessed from each |Revenue received between Sept 2004 and Sept 2006 |Comments | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |DfT (Central)|2 |Contacting duty press officers out of hours |Non-revenue generating |DfTCentral does not hold records and is therefore aware only of these two| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |DVLA |17 |Public lines are to access information lines, automated self services, technical helpdesks and reporting unlicensed vehicles.|£3,733,000 |14 are for public access, 3 for non-public access | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |DSA |6 |All related to practical and theory driving test bookings |£1,819,000 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HA |3 |HA Information Line, Central Switchboard and Traffic England phone service. |All are non-revenue generating | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |MCA |1 |MCA Infoline |Non-revenue generating | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |VCA |nil | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |VOSA |3 |Public Hotline, Operator Licence Credit Card Payment Line and National Number |£122,000 from National Number. Other two are non-revenue generating| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GCDA |nil | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------