§ Mr. Watsonasked the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he will take to prevent the potential conflict of interest with the Automobile Association's insurance agency work when the association becomes authorised to issue vehicle excise licences, in view of the fact that it will then be required to check the applicants' insurance documents.
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§ Mrs. ChalkerThe information is as follows.
Taxation revenue and public road costs for 1984–85 are shown in table 1. Taxation revenue, attributed costs, revenue to costs ratios and numbers of vehicles in selected vehicle categories are shown in table 2.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe contract drawn up for the pilot vehicle relicensing scheme to be run by the Automobile Association contains a specific clause prohibiting the use for any purpose of any information disclosed as part of the vehicle relicensing procedures. The pilot scheme will be carefully monitored by my Department.