Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Chief Scientific Adviser in his Department in the last three months.
Answered by John Hayes
No such meetings have taken place in the last three months.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buildings owned by his Department and its agencies are currently empty in (a) Norfolk and (b) North Norfolk; if he will provide a list of those buildings; and what plans he has for the future use of those buildings.
Answered by John Hayes
The Department for Transport reviews land and property holdings on an ongoing basis. As and when appropriate any land or property holdings deemed surplus are promptly identified and disposed of in accordance with business needs.
As part of the Government’s Transparency Agenda information about Department for Transport properties is published on the data.gov.uk website.
Information on the buildings owned by the Department in Norfolk and North Norfolk is available following web link:
https://data.gov.uk/dataset/epimstransparency
The specific information requested on buildings that are currently empty and the future plans for those sites can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many working days were lost due to mental illness in his Department in each of the last three years.
Answered by John Hayes
Stress is the biggest contributor to the category of ‘mental health’ illness. Whilst it affects relatively few members of staff compared to other categories for sickness absence, by its nature a significant number of working days can be lost by those with mental health illness.
The Department for Transport and its agencies have lost the following number of working days due to mental health illness in the last three financial years:
2013/14 – 27908
2014/15 – 32946
2015/16 – 28895
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles of which type were used by the Government Car Service for each year from 2011-12; how many vehicles of which type were allocated for the use of each (a) Minister and (b) Department for each year from 2006-07; for those Departments which have their own car pool, for how long that arrangement has been in place; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by John Hayes
The table at (A) shows the vehicles and type operated by the Government Car Service from 2011-12 to date. This confirms that the number of vehicles has fallen from 149 in April 2011 to 85 as at April 2016.
The table at (B) shows the allocated vehicle to each department and ministerial office at the beginning of April in each year since 2006 -07 to date.
The Ministry of Defence and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office both have their own car pools. The FCO pool started supporting their own Ministers following the 2010 general election.
The Department for Work & Pensions made their own car arrangement in 2012 and the Ministry of Justice did the same in 2013.