Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of his Department's online services are only available in the Welsh language on request.

The Government is committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met in accordance with the requirements of the Welsh Language Schemes.

The information requested is as follows:

DfT (c) – The Department for Transport’s online service for the Blue Badge Scheme is provided in Welsh on request.

MCA - In line with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Welsh Language Scheme, MCA do not provide any online services in the Welsh language.

VCA – The Vehicle Certification Agency has two publically available services online. These are:

• the import of vehicles previously registered in Europe into the UK through the Mutual Recognition scheme; and
• the provision of Fuel Consumption and CO2 information for cars and light vans.

Import of vehicles into the UK though the Mutual recognition scheme

Individuals wishing to import a vehicle are directed to the GOV UK website. The requisite forms are available in English; a version in Welsh would only be available on request.

Fuel Consumption and CO2 information

VCA manages a live online database containing information on new and used cars available for sale in the UK. However, VCA also provides an annual CDROM containing all of this information along with supportive text. The text and search options are available in both English and Welsh.

Lastly, VCA also manage a van fuel database, again containing fuel consumption and other emissions data. This is largely data driven information so is available in English but outputs could be provided in Welsh on request.

DVSA – The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has no online services that are only available in the Welsh language on request.

DVLA - All but one of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s online services are available in the Welsh language. The only exception is the ‘Fitness to Drive’ service which is currently undergoing beta testing. There are plans to deliver this service in the Welsh language when it completes its testing and is delivered as a live facility.