§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the overseas consultancies undertaken by the Transport Research Laboratory during the last five years, the value of each contract and the country it was dealing with.
§ Mr. KeyAs the information requested by the hon. Member relates to operational matters of the Transport Research Laboratory I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from J. Wotton to Mr. Michael Meacher, dated 29 April 1994:
PQ2035/93/94The Minister for Roads and Traffic has asked me to reply to your Question about the overseas consultancies undertaken by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL).I enclose a list of consultancies undertaken over the last five years. The list gives details of the nature of each consultancy, the total value of each contract and the country in which the consultancy work was carried out.
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Consultancy Topic Total of project £ 1989–90 Sweden—Training 1,400 Tanzania—Highway Maintenance 2,000 Cyprus—Project Appraisal 2,000 Botswana—Road Materials 3,000 Zimbabwe—Pavement Design 11,000 Jamaica—Environmental Assessment 12,500 Botswana—Materials 8,200 1990–91 Zimbabwe—Pavement Design 55,000 Sri Lanka—Institution Strengthening 333,000 Indonesia—Institution Strengthening 846,000 Thailand—Urban Transport Planning 8,000 Zimbabwe—Road Safety 12,000 Lesotho—Road Safety 4,000 Laos—Road failure Study 22,000 Oman—Pavement Engineering 129,000 Singapore—Pavement Evaluation 37,000 1991–92 Cyprus—Training 12,000 Sri Lanka—Road Safety 18,000 Nigeria—Urban Transport 7,000 Tanzania—Pavement Evaluation 15,000 Botswana—Materials Study 11,000 Laos—Road Failure Study 69,000 Sudan—Economic Appraisal 5,000 Cyprus—Training 4,000 Nepal—Road Rehabilitation 28,000 1992–93 Kenya—Road Maintenance 4,000 Zambia—Road Maintenance 4,000 Cyprus—Training 3,000 Botswana—Materials Study 8,000 Namibia—Materials Study 7,000 Nepal—Road Rehabilitation 53,000 Mauritius—Pavement Evaluation 13,000 Jordan—Pavement Evaluation 169,000 Tanzania—Pavement Evaluation 4,000 Korea—Training 4,000 Bangladesh—Appraisal 34,000 China—Urban Transport 54,000
£ Zimbabwe—Urban Transport 30,000 Malaysia—Road Safety 8,000 Seychelles—Road Safety 24,000 Malta—Pavement Evaluation 22,000 Malta—Pavement Evaluation 15,000 Holland—Traffic Study 28,000 Central Europe—Road Safety 21,000 Europe—DRIVE Raporteur 36,000 1993–94 Mauritius—Traffic and Transport Study 20,000 Bahrain—Pavement Evaluation 32,000 China—Urban Transport 10,000 Mauritius—Pavement Evaluation 7,000 Yemen—Pavement Evaluation 6,000 Cyprus—Training 5,000 Zimbabwe—Feeder Road Study 123,000 Fiji—Road Safety 38,000 Malawi—Road Safety 7,000 China—Urban Transport 12,000 Vietnam—Appraisal 10,000 Argentina—Urban Transport 15,000 Zimbabwe—Feeder Road Study 110,000 Hong Kong—Airport Vibrations 5,000 Botswana—Pavement Evaluation 40,000 Europe—Tyre Noise Study 11,000 Europe—HGV Taxation 12,000