HC Deb 17 May 2000 vol 350 c179W
Mr. Pearson

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many(a) cars and (b) commercial vehicles operated by the Lord Chancellor's Department were manufactured (i) in the UK, (ii) in the EU and (iii) elsewhere. [122248]

Mr. Lock

The Lord Chancellor's Department operates a total of 636 cars of which (i) 251 were manufactured in the UK, (ii) 373 in the EU, and (iii) elsewhere.

Eleven commercial vehicles are operated by the Department. Of these 10 were manufactured within the UK. The place of manufacture of the other commercial vehicle, in use by the Northern Ireland Court Service, is unknown and does not therefore appear in the table.

The breakdown of vehicles operated by the Lord Chancellor's Department is shown in the table.

Department UK EU Elsewhere
Cars
Lords Chancellors Department 14 0 0
Court Service 232 341 11
Public Trustee Office 0 0 0
Northern Ireland Court Service 0 0 0
Commercial
Lords Chancellors Department 0 0 0
Court Service 1 0 0
Public Trustee Office 0 0 0
Land Registry 9 0 0
Public Records Office 0 0 0