§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the Driving Standards Agency's annual income from(a) fees, (b) charges and (c) fines; what was the total number of staff employed (i) part-time and (ii) full-time; and what contribution his Department has made towards the annual running costs in each of the past three years in respect of (1) the Driving Standards Agency, (2) the Civil Aviation Authority, (3) the Vehicle Inspectorate, (4) the Vehicle Certification Agency, (5) the Traffic Commissioners office and (6) the Surveyor Generals Organisation. [2744]
§ Mr. NorrisIn 1992–93, 1993–94 and 1994–95 the Driving Standards Agency's income from fees and charges was £47.2 million. £50.2 million, and £54.8 million respectively. This income is treated as extra 549W receipts payable to the Consolidated Fund. DSA does not receive income from fines. In the same years the agency employed 1,867, 1,783, and 1,728 full-time staff; 267,285 and 289 part-time staff; and, in 1994–95, 31 driving examiners on a contract basis.
The size of the running costs contributions made by the Department depends on the nature of the financial regime under which the organisations operate. VI, DSA and VCA cover most of their expenditure through fees collected from services provided. My Department's contributions in 1992–93, 1993–94 and 1994–95 were nil in the case of VCA and VI, although the Department did purchase enforcement and other services from VI and VCA at a cost of £16.1 million, £15.3 million, and £15.1 million respectively. My Department made contributions of £1.6
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Agency Total gross cost of overseas travel in 1994–95 £ Countries visited Grade of staff involved Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 31,632 Sweden Grade 3 Latvia Grade 5 USA Grade 6 Holland Grade 7 Germany SEO France HEO Belgium Spain Finland Driving Standards Agency Nil None n/a Highways Agency 142,386 EC countries Various but usually Senior Professional and Technical Officer level or above Austria Sweden Hungary Poland Finland Iceland Australia USA Marine Safety Agency 295,546 Various Various but generally all staff except clerical grades Transport Research Laboratory 564,395 Bangladesh Various, from G3 to Scientific Officer Belgium Botswana China Colombia Ghana Hong Kong India Indonesia Kenya Malawi Malaysia Austria Czechoslovakia Norway Japan Italy Luxembourg Sweden France Germany Denmark Singapore Iceland Switzerland Australia Mauritius million, £1.5 million, and £1.5 million to DSA; £11.9 million, £12.0 million and £11.4 million to the Traffic Commissioners' offices; and £14.1 million, £14.9 million and £14.9 million to the Surveyor General's Organisation which became an executive agency on 1 April 1994 under the new title of the Marine Safety Agency.
The Civil Aviation Authority is a nationalised industry and my Department makes no contribution towards its running costs.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each of his executive agencies for the last financial year in respect of overseas travel by staff of the agency(a) the cost, (b) the countries visited and (c) the posts held by the staff involved. [2359]
§ Mr. NorrisThe information requested is in the table.
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Agency Total gross cost of overseas travel in 1994–95 £ Countries visited Grade of staff involved Nepal Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines South Africa Tanzania Thailand Turkey USA Vietnam Zambia Holland Spain Portugal Finland Greece Jordan Jordan Dubai Jamaica St. Lucia Egypt New Zealand Vehicle Certification Agency 103,183 Belgium Various but mostly Senior Professional and Technical Officer and Higher Professional and Technical Officer Sweden France Italy Spain Switzerland Holland Greece Poland Hungary Portugal Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Korea China USA Canada Japan The Coastguard Agency 33,709 France Grade 4 Denmark Grade 5 Sweden Grade 6 USA Grade 7 Canada SEO Uruguay HEO Germany EO Belgium AO Norway Holland Portugal Spain Iceland The Vehicle Inspectorate records of travel expenditure are not separated between United Kingdom and overseas travel and so the answer to this question for VI could be provided only at disproportionate cost.