Road Tax Licences (Hansard, 18 December 1997)

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many motor vehicle owners have been charged and convicted of not holding a current road tax licence since 1 January. [21380]

§ Ms Glenda Jackson
The number of people successfully prosecuted for Vehicle Excise Duty evasion since 1 January is 208,950.
In addition a further 246,188 evaders paid an out of court settlement.

£ million

Latest estimate of total cost (£) Expenditure incurred to date (£) Expenditure planned for

1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

DETR (C) 2.2 0.2 0.5 1.5 0.2

Executive Agencies¹ 15.7 0.095 2.2 13.5

Other Public Bodies² n.a n/a n/a n/a n/a

¹ The figure includes £10.7 million estimated by the Highways Agency (HA) to upgrade traffic control systems and the like. This amount was not included in the statement made by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to the House of Commons on 27 November 1997 concerning how Government Departments and their Agencies are tackling the Year 2000 Date Change Problem. This covered only the cost of achieving compliance in HA's IT systems (estimated at £4.3 million). HA has not been able to break down expenditure planned between 1998–99 and 1999–2000.

² Information on Y2000 costs for other public bodies is not maintained centrally.

§ Mr. Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what additional financial support will be made available to local authorities to allow them to achieve millennium computer compliance; and if he will make a statement. [21577]

§ Mr. Raynsford
The LGA's views on the pressures faced by authorities, including the costs of millennium compliance, were taken into account in our proposals for local government revenue expenditure in 1998–99.

§ Mr. Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is his estimate of the total cost to local authorities of achieving millennium computer compliance by 31 December 1999; and if he will make a statement. [21545]

§ Mr. Raynsford
The Local Government Association (LGA) highlighted the possible level of pressures local authorities might face in the coming financial year in preparing for millennium computer compliance. Their
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£ million
	Latest estimate of total cost (£)	Expenditure incurred to date (£)	Expenditure planned for
			1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000
DETR (C)	2.2	0.2	0.5	1.5	0.2
Executive Agencies¹	15.7	0.095	2.2	13.5
Other Public Bodies²	n.a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
¹ The figure includes £10.7 million estimated by the Highways Agency (HA) to upgrade traffic control systems and the like. This amount was not included in the statement made by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to the House of Commons on 27 November 1997 concerning how Government Departments and their Agencies are tackling the Year 2000 Date Change Problem. This covered only the cost of achieving compliance in HA's IT systems (estimated at £4.3 million). HA has not been able to break down expenditure planned between 1998–99 and 1999–2000.
² Information on Y2000 costs for other public bodies is not maintained centrally.