Vehicle Operator Services Agency

HC Deb 24 June 2004 vol 422 cc1534-5W

Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made in relation to the monitoring mechanisms for pay harmonisation and pay equalisation referred to in the business case submitted prior to the merger of the former Vehicle Inspectorate and the Traffic Area Network into the new Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA); and if he will make a statement on the decision not to fund centrally the cost of pay equalisation and pay harmonisation during the creation of VOSA. [180388]

Mr. Jamieson

Pay harmonisation is being achieved over a three year period 2003–06. As a Trading Fund, VOSA will be required to meet its costs from its fees and charges.