Strategy and Work Programme

HC Deb 22 October 2002 vol 391 cc161-2W

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps have been taken to implement the DVO Blueprint Strategy and Work Programme; and what assessment has been made of its implementation. [76488]

Mr. Jamieson

We have begun a programme of work to take forward the DVO Blueprint Strategy. This programme includes around 40 IT projects which will help to meet the government's e-business targets for 2005 by providing drivers and operators with new electronic services such as, for example, the opportunity to re-license their vehicles using the phone or the internet. Progress on this programme of work is monitored and reported regularly. We will also be conducting extensive research with our customers to ensure that these new services continue to meet their requirements.