§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the annual expenditure of the former Vehicle Inspectorate was in each of the past 10 years up to 2003; what the expenditure of the vehicle inspectorate unit within the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency was in 2003; and what this unit's projected expenditure is in 2004. [163837]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) merged with the Traffic Area Network to become the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency on 1 April 2003. As a result, separate expenditure figures cannot be supplied for the VI Division in 2003–04, or its projected expenditure in 2004–05. The annual expenditure for the Vehicle Inspectorate prior to the merger is shown as follows: 1171W
Annual expenditure: April 1993–March 2003 £ 2002–03 100,803 2001–02 89,046 2000–01 74,614 1999–00 64,924 1998–99 58,474 1997–98 53,870 1996–97 50,718 1995–96 49,348 1994–95 52,493 1993–94 49,422