§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the consultants used to conduct work for the Department related to Transport Direct, broken down by(a) value of work and (b) nature of the work. [170868]
§ Dr. HowellsThe following table provides this information.
£000 Nature of Work Value of Work Transport Direct Programme Management 210 Transport Direct Portal Project Management 342 Transport Direct Portal Technical Advice 716 Transport Direct Portal Contract Management 179 Research and Usability 196 Data Management 215 Management of Technical Standards 8 Development of an Evaluation Framework 15
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the Transport Direct information service to go online. [171945]
§ Dr. HowellsThe Transport Direct service will become available to the public in July 2004. The service itself came online—under password protection—in December 2003, since when extensive data testing has been undertaken.