§ Mr. PearsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for his Department and its agencies the approved list of manufacturers of(a) cars and (b) commercial vehicles; and if he will make a statement on his Department's leasing and purchasing policy. [128990]
§ Mr. StrawThe Home Department does not maintain a list of approved vehicle manufacturers. The Home Department accesses Ministry of Defence contracts to acquire its vehicles. The following list includes all mainstream British vehicle manufacturers.
Ministry of Defence contractors, cars and commercial vehicles, accessed by the Home Office:
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- Rover
- Land Rover
- Ford Motor Company
- Vauxhall Motors
- Peugeot Motor Co.
- Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd.
- Honda (UK) Ltd.
- Volkswagen AG
- Citroen UK Ltd.
- Fiat
- Renault Cars
- Volvo Car UK Ltd.
- Diahatsu UK
- LDV Ltd.
- Leyland DAF Trucks Ltd.
- International Motors (ERF Trucks).
Departmental policy for the selection of vehicles has three main roots:
to select the vehicles most suited to the task bearing in mind our responsibility for the disbursement of public funds;to uphold the policies of the European Communities supplies directive 93/36/EC Purchase of Goods; andto reduce the environmental impact of the fleet by ensuring that 70 per cent. of the vehicles purchased this year will incorporate either high pressure injection diesel engines with particulate filters, or dual fuel petrol liquid petroleum gas engines.