HC Deb 19 July 2004 vol 424 cc19-21W
John Thurso

To ask the Secretary of state for Transport which organizations provided(a) legal,(b) financial and (c) auditing services valued at over

Expenditure on legal services
£(approved invoices paid)
Organisation 2000–011 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–052 Total
Allen and Overy — — 254,889.87 2,813,023.34 642,062.61 3,709,975.83
Bond Pearce — — — 25,531.91 17,084.75 42,616.66
Brodies Solicitors — 3,607.00 119,813.39 494,094.57 130,993.56 748,508.52
C. Hoare and Co. — — 400,000.00 — — 400,000.00
Clifford Chance — 5,947.58 227,937.19 689,106.64 201,937.34 1,124,928.75
CMS Cameron McKenna — — — 16,117.60 21,612.55 37,730.15
Cobbetts — — 81,499.90 11,131.45 — 92,631.35
DLA — — 24,877.44 19,198.66 13,723.81 57,799.92
Evans Harding — — — 764,578.16 — 764,578.16
Eversheds 308,160.40 1,133,044.33 2,135,651.04 3,344,576.60 349,041.47 7,270,473.85
Field Fisher Waterhouse — — 74,400.04 22,689.18 9,922.15 107,011.38
Freshfields — — 7,600.00 1,559,720.78 217,193.36 1,784,514.14

Number of TWMV1 passengers2 killed or seriously injured: 1994 to 2003
Casualties
East Sussex Eastbourne UK
Killed Serious Killed Serious Killed Serious
1994 1 5 0 0 45 449
1995 0 9 0 1 30 505
1996 0 8 0 0 26 474
1997 1 9 0 0 33 465
1998 0 10 0 0 33 411
1999 0 2 0 1 24 449
2000 1 9 0 0 32 468
2001 0 5 0 0 29 403
2002 1 3 0 0 29 454
2003 3 4 0 0 30 428
1Two wheeled motor vehicles, mopeds, motor scooters and motorcycles.
2 Includes casualties in motorcycle sidecars.

Mr. Flook

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents involving motorcycles and mopeds resulting in(a) death and (b) hospitalisation of (i) riders and (ii) pillion passengers there have been in (A) England, (B) Somerset, (C) Taunton Deane and (D) West Somerset in each of the last seven years. [184651]

Mr. Jamieson

The numbers of accidents involving a fatal of serious injury to a motorcycle/moped rider or passenger in the areas requested are given in the following table. "Serious" injuries are defined within the Departments road accident reporting system (STATS 19) as injuries for which a person is detained in hospital as an in-patient, plus injuries that may not lead to hospitalisation such as concussion, severe shock and severe cuts and lacerations.

£25,000 to the Strategic Rail Authority in each year since 2001; and what the value of these services was in each case.

Mr. McNulty

The information is shown in the following tables.

Expenditure on legal services
£(approved invoices paid)
Organisation 2000–011 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–052 Total
HM Paymaster General Lord
Chancellor's Department — — 198,065.00 323.40 — 198,388.40
Holden and Co. — — 39,337.49 — — 39,337.49
Hollingworth Bissell — — 5,135.00 82,524.29 61,085.00 103,266.09 12,626.71 264,637.08
Kennedy's Solicitors — — 101,135.74 13,061.59 1,378.72 115,576.05
K Legal Solicitors — 105,133.31 12,340.79 — — 117,474.10
Linklaters and Paines 253,362.39 3,019,692.08 8,000,840.23 164,555.06 751,698.89 12,190,148.65
Mills and Reeve Solicitors — — 106,611.28 — — 106,611.28
Osborne Clarke — — 30,000.00 — — 30,000.00
Rees and Freres — — 87,459.30 — — 87.459.30
Thomas Eggar Church Adams — 5,009.70 192,944.20 — — 197,953.90
Vizards Solicitors — — 334,693.67 — — 334,693.67
Total 566,657.79 4,354,958.29 12,491,181.57 10,040,975.05 2,369,275.94 29,823,048.63

Expenditure on financial services
£(approved invoices paid)
Organisation 2000–013 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–054 Total
Babcock and Brown — — — 303,920.99 — 303,920.99
Capital Value Brokers Ltd. — — — 24,679.00 5,585.00 30,264.01
HSBC Rail (UK) Ltd. — — 40,000.00 — — 42,000.00
KPMG 438,648.52 6,181,816.35 8,809,144.19 6,822,884.65 682,923.84 22,935,417.55
L E K — — 610,521.29 2,497,441.36 387,374.02 3,495,336.67
Lazard Brothers and Co. Ltd. — 2,832,562.82 7,064,667.22 1,738,431.57 450,372.57 12,086,034.18
Moody's Investors Services — — — 48,081.79 — 48,081.79
Mott Macdonald — — 196,632.26 78,671.30 — 275,303.56
PKF — — 572,029.76 266,668.95 11,179.99 849,878.70
PricewaterhouseCoopers — 67,520.00 361,159.96 764,694.51 44,250.00 1,237,624.47
Standard and Poores — 30,000.00 20,000.00 40,000.00 — 90,000.00
Total 438,648.52 9,111,899.17 17,676,154.68 12,585,474.12 1,581,685.42 41,393,61.91

Expenditure on auditing services
£(approved invoices paid)
Organisation 2000–013 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–054 Total
National Audit Office — 96,100.00 117,775.00 247,000.00 — 460,875.00
PricewaterhouseCoopers 40.000.00 85,535.00 52,100.00 112,334.99 28,175.00 318,144.99
Total 40,000.00 181,635.00 169,875.00 359,334.99 28,175.00 779,019.99
1 Figures in this column show expenditure for the two months February 2001 (when the SRA was established) and March 2001.
2 Figures in this column show expenditure for the three months April-June 2004.
3 Figures in this column show expenditure for the two months February 2001 (when the SRA was established) and March 2001.
4 Figures in this column show expenditure for the three months April-June 2004.