HC Deb 11 May 2004 vol 421 c260W
John Thurso

To 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. Howells

The 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 Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the Transport Direct information service to go online. [171945]

Dr. Howells

The 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.

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