§ Sir Irvine PatnickTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many official(a) Government and (b) ministerial cars are operating on bi-fuel; and if he will make a statement. [12022]
§ Mr. FreemanResponsibility for the cars provided by the Government car service has been delegated under the terms of its framework document to the Security Facilities Executive under its chief Executive, Mr. John King. The agency is therefore responding to the question. No record is kept centrally of cars which other Departments and Government agencies may operate.
Letter from John King to Sir Irvine Patnick, dated 22 January 1997:
I have been asked by Mr Freeman, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (who has Ministerial responsibility for the Government Car Service (GCS)), to provide you with a response to your Parliamentary Question concerning the number of cars, both for Official and Ministerial use, that are operating on bi-fuel. I am the Chief Executive of the Agency with operational responsibility for the GCS and am able to answer your question with regard only to those cars used by the Government Car Service.I can confirm that the Government Car Service currently has two cars that can operate on both Petrol and Natural Gas. One is a Rover 827 which operates within the Ministerial fleet and the other is a Rover Sterling which operates within the pool fleet.