§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many kilometres have been travelled on departmental business in each of the last three years broken down by(a) foot, (b) bike, (c) bus, (d) train, (e) tram, (f) light-rail, (g) plane, (h) motorbike, (i) car, (j) taxi, (k) river-taxi and (l) other modes of transport; what plans and targets his Department has to reduce the kilometres travelled by private transport by departmental employees; and if he will make a statement. [91015]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe information on business travel is not collected in the form requested and therefore cannot be provided. As published in the Integrated Transport White Paper in July 1998, the Government have set a target that all Government Department headquarters buildings and main buildings occupied by Executive Agencies and Government Offices for the Regions should have green transport plans by March 1999 and all other key buildings by March 2000.
We have completed green transport plans covering all our headquarters and main buildings and we are developing plans for all other key buildings in line with the targets set out in the White Paper. These plans include a range of measures intended to reduce the environmental and transport impact of DETR operations, including future reductions in business mileage. The plan for our headquarters buildings includes a target to achieve a reduction of 10 per cent. of business travel miles by car over three years, i.e. by March 2000.