§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of official vehicles used by his Department are run on(a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) liquid petroleum gas and (d) compressed natural gas. [172766]
§ Mr. RammellThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) runs two distinct fleets of vehicles. The first is the home fleet run by FCO Services and managed by the Supply Chain Service Delivery Group. Vehicles are situated in London (based at King Charles Street) and at Hanslope Park. London vehicles are used to run the London Messenger and London Car Service; the Hanslope fleet is a diplomatic freight/mail delivery service covering the UK and Europe. The required breakdown of this fleet of vehicles is:
Percentage Total number of vehicles (London and Hanslope combined) 36 Petrol 13 Diesel 67 LPG 20 Our vehicle replacement programme for the home fleet pays particular attention to the provision of LPG vehicles in London; this is part of our commitments under the FCO's environmental 'green issues' policy.
The second FCO vehicle fleet is that run by overseas missions in pursuit of diplomatic business, the details we have available on this fleet are as follows:
Percentage Total number of vehicles in the FCO Overseas Fleet 1,352 Petrol 45.8 Diesel 33.8 LPG/Hybrid 0.3 Unknown1 20.1 1Overseas Missions have the option to procure pool vehicles locally.