HC Deb 25 November 2002 vol 395 cc76-7W
Dr. Naysmith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Trinity House Lighthouse Service has been successful in obtaining further maintenance work under contract from other bodies; and if he will list contracts(a) entered into and (b) pending and their financial value. [80811]

Mr. Jamieson

Trinity House Lighthouse Service (THLS) has obtained contract work to the value of £834,688 from the organisations listed in the table.

Customer Scope of services
Sedgemoor District Council Navigation Light Maintenance Agreement— commenced September 2000
Sovereign Harbour Marina Ltd. Launch Services
States of Guernsey Ship Services
States of Jersey Ship Services
Tendring District Council Sale of Scrap Buoy and Chain
Wells Harbour Commissioners Buoy Servicing Agreement— commencing March 2002
Yorkshire Water Services Buoy Maintenance Agreement— commenced January 2001
The following contracts are commercial in confidence:
Commercial in Confidence Charter of THV Patricia 10 August 2001 to 15 August 01
Commercial in Confidence Data Collection Services— commencing December 2002

The contracts have utilised spare capacity in the THLS fleet and include both maintenance contracts and one-off project based contracts. THLS are working on a number of positive leads for additional work but are unable to identify at this stage if any are likely to become firm orders.