§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. [52690]
119W
§ Ms Glenda JacksonA summary of the spaces available for parking cycles is as follows:
Department/Agency Number of spaces DETR (Central) 553 DETR Agencies 270 Government Offices for the Regions 281 A breakdown of the summarised information is as follows: (1) DETR (Central) Headquarters (Eland House)—(secure storage/racks) 258 Headquarters (Ashdown House)—(secure storage/racks) 106 Headquarters (Great Minster House)—(secure storage/racks) 60 ASD (Hemel Hempstead)—(no facilities, chain in covered car park) 9 Highwood Pavilions (Bristol)—(cycle racks share with HMC&E) 8 Traffic Area Network (various)—(spaces allocated to TANU) 55 Rent Assessment Panels (various) 13 Air Accident Investigation Branch—(no racks but space in hangars) 44 (2) Agencies Marine and Coastguard Agency—(10 cycle racks) 61 Driving Standards Agency—(rack at Stanley House, others shared) 6+ Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency—(covered sheds/dedicated spaces) 159 Highways Agency—(secure compounds/racks) 137 Planning Inspectorate Executive Agency—(secure compound) 45 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 0 Vehicle Certification Agency—(secure spaces) 6 Vehicle Inspectorate—(secure spaces (12 Bristol, 25 Swansea) 37 (3) Government Offices for the Regions [The Secretaries of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Trade and Industry, and Education and Employment share responsibility for Government Offices in England] GO-North East 15 GO-North West 28 GO-Merseyside 5 GO-Yorkshire and Humber 20 GO-West Midlands 5 GO-East Midlands 10 GO-Eastern (approximately) 130 GO-South East 12+ GO-South West 20 GO-London 36 Note:
The figures do not include DETR NDPBs
1. The above information is in respect of DETR (Central), DETR Agencies, and Government Offices for the Regions. It does not include DETR NDPBs
2. The data in several instances are only indicative and variously include the number of spaces which could be occupied by bicycles (i.e. no attempt has been made to identify the number of cycles generally stored) and offices where the facilities are shared with other (non DETR) users and exclude sites where no obvious facilities exist but (e.g) where some staff park cycles in their office
§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. [52691]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonComprehensive and reliable figures are not held centrally. Measures to increase the proportion of employees cycling to work are being considered as part of the development of green transport plans for buildings occupied by the Department and its Agencies.