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Written Question
Immobilisation of Vehicles: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Friday 19th June 2015

Asked by: Roger Godsiff (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles the DVLA clamped in each month of the most recent year for which figures are available.

Answered by Andrew Jones

The table below provides a monthly breakdown of the number of vehicles that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has clamped for the financial year 2014-15. The DVLA may also authorise others, such as, the police or local authority to take enforcement action against vehicles that are unlicensed.

Month

Number of vehicles clamped by the DVLA

Number of vehicles clamped by other authorities

April 2014

4,362

852

May

4,748

801

June

4,686

844

July

4,766

868

August

4,556

828

September

4,751

779

October

5,008

798

November

5,025

731

December

5,920

820

January 2015

7,104

1,786

February

7,019

1,722

March

6,921

1,709

Written Question
Procurement
Thursday 26th February 2015

Asked by: Roger Godsiff (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total value of contracts his Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.

Answered by Claire Perry

Since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of procurement opportunities, tender documents and contracts worth over £10,000 are published online on Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder). The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) also publishes details of its contracts on its web site (http://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2013
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

"Is there a figure above which the Opposition Front-Bench team would not support this project, if the incompetence to which she refers is played out by the Government? Is there a figure at which the Labour party would pull out?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2013
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

"I spoke and voted against the Bill on Second Reading, and I regret to say that nothing I have heard subsequently has convinced me that I should not vote against it again today. After Second Reading, the argument put forward by the Government began to unravel and people came out …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2013
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

"My hon. Friend is surely aware of the National Audit Office report on this subject, which referred to

“fragile numbers, out-of-date data and assumptions that do not reflect real life.”

What does she say to that?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2013
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

"Two acts of monumental folly have been imposed on the railway industry over the past 50 years. The first, back in 1963, was the Beeching report, which led to the butchering of lines linking communities across the UK. Indeed, one consequence of Beeching is highly relevant to today’s debate, because …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2013
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

"I have. As my hon. Friend said earlier, there is a report that makes just that point—that such projects do not spread wealth, but quite the contrary...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2013
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

"We are where we are. I do not wish to have an argument about whether the building of the M1 and M6 was folly. What is folly is the privatised section of the M6, which is uneconomic and will soon go bust. It was supported by the Conservatives—“Let’s bring private …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2013
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

"I hear what the hon. Gentleman says, but I do not understand the point that he is trying to make.

As I said, we need to look at the economic case. The National Audit Office report and other reports have said that the project is already spiralling out of control. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2013
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

"I say again that not one business man has come to me to make the argument.

The project is absolutely desperate. Secretaries of State always like to leave a legacy, and I understand that. However, I believe that High Speed 2 will not be a legacy. It is a vanity …..."
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