§ John BarrettTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what percentage of official vehicles used by his Office are run on(a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) liquid petroleum gas and (d) compressed natural gas. [172778]
§ Yvette CooperThe Government as a whole have signed up to various targets for improving the performance of their own vehicle fleet, details of which, together with reports on each Department's progress towards these targets, are available at: www.sustainable-development.gov.uk
Ministerial group vehicles in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister are provided by the Government Car Service. Detailed information on the breakdown of the GCS vehicle fleet is being provided separately.
The following table provides a breakdown of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's vehicle fleet (apart from those referred to in the previous paragraph) as of May 2004 by vehicle category and fuel type. Although the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has overall responsibility for the buildings occupied by Government offices, they carry out functions on behalf of 10 Departments.
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May 2004 Number Percentage ODPM(C) Cars Petrol — — Diesel 5 83 LPG — —
May 2004 Number Percentage Natural gas — — Electric 1 17 Total 6 100 Vans (< 3.5t) Petrol — — Diesel — — LPG/natural gas — — Electric 1 100 Total 1 100 Government offices Cars Petrol 18 32 Diesel 25 44 LPG 13 22 Natural gas 0 — Electric 1 2 Total 57 100 In addition, there is the fleet of Green Goddesses and fire training vehicles used by the Fire Service College, all of which run on diesel.