HC Deb 09 December 2002 vol 396 cc34-5W
Mrs Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the pilot schemes testing lane rental charges in Middlesbrough and the London Borough of Camden will end; and when the conclusions will be published. [85489]

Mr. Jamieson

The pilots are scheduled to continue until March 2004. My Department has appointed consultants, Halcrow, to carry out a study monitoring the effect of the pilot schemes. I expect to receive their first report shortly and copies will be placed in the House Libraries in due course.