§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 8 January 2002,Official Report, column 583W, on departmental consultants, when Oscar Faber are due to conclude their work on the development of a national rail model. [27334]
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§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 15 January 2002]The original project specification issued in February 2001 set a completion date of 14 September 2001 for the initial version of the national rail model. The contract with Oscar Faber has since been extended to incorporate further development work and is likely to be extended further either with Oscar Faber or through competitive tender. The original project specification envisaged the further development phase would continue up to September 2002.