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