Equipment and Furniture (Hansard, 24 February 1997)

§ Mr. Ian McCartney
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture that(a) have been stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for from his Department and its agencies during the past 12 months, listing by name any such items valued at £5,000 or more, and showing information technology material separately. [17065]

§ Mr. Bowis
The equipment is as follows:

§ Mr. John Bowis
The emergency towing vessel based in the Dover strait covers an area which extends from Harwich in the north of the Thames estuary to the Greenwich meridian in the English channel.

§ Mr. Harvey
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the estimated time which the emergency towing vessel stationed at Falmouth is expected to take to travel to the north Devon coast. [17301]

§ Mr. Bowis
The emergency towing vessel is not stationed at Falmouth, but spends nearly all of its time at sea, patrolling as far west as the Portland bill and as far north as Pembroke.