§ Mr. PearsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) cars and (b) commercial vehicles operated by his Department were manufactured (i) in the UK, (ii) in the EU and (iii) elsewhere. [122261]
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§ Mr. Wicks[holding answer 17 May 2000]: The DfEE, including the Employment Service, operates 543 cars and 22 commercial vehicles. All vehicles are manufactured in the EU. No record is kept of which EU country the vehicle is manufactured in. The Department occasionally uses cars provided by the Government Car and Despatch Agency (GCDA). These are not included in the above figures. For information on cars provided by the GCDA, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 17 May 2000, Official Report, column 141W, by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State, Cabinet Office.