§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what final estimate he has made of the(a) average daily and (b) total gross cost to all the Departments and agencies involved in the national cone hotline; and if he will make a statement. [8313]
§ Mr. WattsI refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave him on 26 March 1996,Official Report, column 547, 257W and on 10 July 1995, Official Report, column 403, and to the letter the chief executive of the Highways Agency wrote to the hon. Member for Gordon (Mr. Bruce) on 6 November 1995, Official Report, columns 759–60.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many calls to the national cone hotline(a) were made and (b) required remedial action to be taken; and if he will make a statement. [8314]
§ Mr. WattsI refer the hon. Member to the letter the chief executive of the Highways Agency wrote to the hon. Member for Gordon (Mr. Bruce) on 6 November 1995,Official Report, columns 759–60.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport which other countries in the(a) EU and (b) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Department have begun operating a system similar to the national cone hotline (i) prior to, (ii) during and (iii) after the British initiative; and if he will make a statement. [8315]
§ Mr. WattsIn France, the Centre National d'Information Routiere operates an information line service, providing motorists with information on road conditions and the opportunity to make complaints relating to the road network. We do not have readily available details of the systems operating in other EU and OECD countries, or of the dates on which other countries' systems started.