HC Deb 04 May 2004 vol 420 cc1393-4W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 19 April 2004,Official Report, column 62-63W, on the Transport Energy Best Practice Programme what proportion of (a) freight vehicle kilometres and (b) freight tonne kilometres these companies account for, (i) in total and (ii) broken down by vehicle type. [169908]

Mr. Jamieson

The Department does not currently hold the detailed data necessary to answer this question. However the 5 per cent. of freight transport companies mentioned in the answer of 19 April 2004,Official Report, column 62-63W, on the Transport Energy Best Practice Programme, referred to a representative cross-section of the industry.

Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding has been given to the Transport Energy Best Practice programme, broken down by year. [170017]

Mr. Jamieson

The following funding has been provided to the Transport Energy Best Practice programme:

£ million
2002–03 1.57
2003–04 2.67
2004–05 (forecast) 2.48