Green Transport Plans

HC Deb 21 June 1999 vol 333 cc301-2W

21. Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his Department's green transport plans. [86551]

Mr. Spellar

The turbulence associated with the refurbishment of the Ministry of Defence's Main Building in Whitehall has made it impracticable to introduce green transport plans for MOD buildings in London. Work involved in their production would inevitably be largely nugatory.

Outside London, a draft green transport action plan has been prepared for MOD's Abbey Wood site at Bristol. Work on green transport plans for other MOD sites is due to start once analysis has been completed of recent pilot surveys on commuting and duty travel conducted at three representative MOD sites.

In the meantime, the Department is concentrating on more efficient fleet management, an approach which is consistent with our intention to handle green transport plans, as part of wider Environmental Management Systems.