§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give a list of current research contracts concerning any aspects of transport and the environment, giving costs and the names of consultants employed.
§ Mr. AtkinsThere are 19 current research contracts which link aspects of transport with the environment. The total cost is £9.2 million.110W
Contract Title Contractor United Kingdom urban air quality research: policy support and programme management University of Birmingham United Kingdom atmospheric emissions inventory Warren Spring Laboratory Diffusion tube survey of NO2, SO2, NH3 and hydrocarbons in urban and rural areas Warren Spring Laboratory Diffusion tube surveys and statutory monitoring of smoke, SO2 and lead Warren Spring Laboratory Statutory and urban long-term monitoring of NO2, O3, CO and SO2 Warren Spring Laboratory Air pollution forecasting Warren Spring Laboratory A catalogue of urban hydrocarbons University of Leeds United Kingdom atmospheric emissions from vehicles and fuels Warren Spring Laboratory The chemistry of NOx in urban air University of Birmingham The United Kingdom enhanced urban air quality monitoring network TBV Science Central management and co-ordination unit for the monitoring of gaseous hydrocarbons AEA Technology Urban air assessment box model Meteorological Office The quality of urban air review group—QUARG—secretariat University of Birmingham To define the possible economic effects of draft planning policy guidance note 13 on transport Land Use Consultants Viability and vitality of town centres URBED International experience of implementing planning policies for sustainable development UK CEED Intensification of development within existing urban areas Shankland Cox Ltd. Survey of public attitudes to the environment NOP Consumer Public Research—Mai Research Ltd. A study of the cost of complying with the petrol vapour recovery directive CHEM Systems