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Department for Transport Annual Report 2006 CM 6817 Annual Report 2006 This document is part of a series of Departmental Reports (Cm 6811 to Cm 6838) which, along with the Main Estimates 2006-07, the document Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2006 and the Supplementary Budgetary Information 2006-07, present the government's expenditure plans for 2005 to 2008. Department for Transport Annual Report 2006 Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Transport, and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Command of Her Majesty May 2006 Cm 6817 £44.00 © Crown Copyright 2006 The textThe intext this in document this document (excluding (excluding the Royal the Royal Arms Armsand departmental and departmental logos logos)may be may reproduced be free of charge in any format or mediumreproduced providing that it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. 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Fax: 01603 723000 or e-mail: [email protected] CONTENTS Page Introduction and structure 5 Index to information about PSA targets and other objectives for the period 2005-06 8 Chapter 1 The year in brief: our key achievements 2005-06 11 Chapter 2 The responsibilities and organisation of the Department 19 Chapter 3 Effectiveness and efficiency 43 Chapter 4 Roads 61 Chapter 5 Rail 83 Chapter 6 Buses 103 Chapter 7 Making choices locally and regionally 117 Chapter 8 Aviation and shipping 139 Chapter 9 Freight 161 Chapter 10 Protecting the environment 173 3 Department for Transport – Annual Report 2005-06 Chapter 11 Safety and security 191 Chapter 12 Electronic services for customers 215 Appendices Appendix A Public expenditure core tables 223 Appendix B Recruitment and public appointment tables 241 Appendix C Press, publicity, advertising and sponsorship 245 Appendix D Public Service Agreement targets 251 Appendix E Public Accounts Committee recommendations 275 Appendix F Better regulation 305 Appendix G European Union 309 Appendix H Ministers and the Board 313 Bibliography 316 Index 326 4 INTRODUCTION AND STRUCTURE This report tells Parliament how the Department for Transport has spent its money and what it plans to do in the future. It describes our policies and programmes and outlines what we propose to fund in 2005-06. The figures contained within this report are unaudited and subject to change. CHAPTER 1: THE YEAR IN BRIEF This chapter lists the Department’s key activities and achievements over the past 12 months. CHAPTER 2: THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ORGANISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT This chapter describes the structure and functions of the Department and the role of executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies. CHAPTERS 3-12: THE DEPARTMENT’S MAIN ACTIVITIES These chapters set out the Department’s programmes for each of the main spending areas following the structure of the White Paper The Future of Transport: a network for 2030, with an outline of current activities and future plans. APPENDICES Appendix A: Public expenditure core tables. There is a direct read-across between these tables and the Main Estimates 2005-06 published by HM Treasury. Appendix B: Recruitment and public appointment tables. Public appointments and recruitment information. Numbers of senior civil service staff by pay band. Strategic annual public appointments. Appendix C: Press, publicity, advertising and sponsorship Appendix D: Public Service Agreement targets Appendix E: Public Accounts Committee recommendations Appendix F: Better Regulation Appendix G: European Union Appendix H: Ministers, the Board and committees 5 Department for Transport – Annual Report 2005-06 OTHER KEY POLICY DOCUMENTS The documents listed in this section set out the Department’s commitments to delivering results and achieving best value for money. They are a complement to this report. The Spending Review 2004 The Government’s Spending Review 2004 New Public Spending Plans 2005-2008 (Cm 6237) was published in July 2004. It takes forward the Government’s objective of a strong economy and a fair society with stability, security and opportunity for all. It sets out spending plans for the next three years and the further improvements in public services that are planned. The Public Service Agreement As part of the comprehensive spending review in 1998, each department entered into a Public Service Agreement (PSA). This identified its aims and objectives and the targets it was committed to achieve with the resources available to it during the three financial years from April 1999. Revised PSAs were agreed in subsequent Spending Reviews in 2000, 2002 and 2004. A new PSA for the period 2005-08 arising from the Spending Review 2004 came into effect from April 2005. This report describes the Department’s performance against the targets in both PSAs. See Appendix D for more details. The Future of Transport: a network for 2030 This White Paper (Cm 6234) looks at the factors that will shape travel and our transport networks over the next 30 years. It sets out how the Government will respond to those pressures, safeguarding our economic and social well-being and our environment. The White Paper builds on the progress that has already been made since the implementation of the 10 Year Plan for transport. The Departmental Investment Strategy This is a summary of the Department’s Investment Strategy published in May 2005. It sets out investment plans for the period covered by the Spending Review 2004 (2005 to 2008). 6 10 Year Plan The Department published the 10 Year Plan, Transport 2010: The 10 Year Plan, in 2000. In December 2002 the Department published a report on progress towards delivery of the plan, Delivering Better Transport: Progress Report. This set out what was achieved in the first 18 months from April 2001 when the Plan came into effect and identified the key improvements expected over the next few years. Rail White Paper The White Paper The Future of Rail (Cm 6233), published in July 2004, sets out a blueprint for a new streamlined structure for Britain’s railways. This will provide a single point of accountability for the network’s performance, allow closer working between track and train, and provide for greater devolved decision making. Together the changes will ensure that the structure of the railways is fit to deliver the improvements that the public expect. Air Transport White Paper The White Paper The Future of Air Transport (Cm 6046), published in December 2003, sets out a strategic framework for the development of airport capacity in the United Kingdom over the next 30 years, against the wider context of the air transport sector. 7 Department for Transport – Annual Report 2005-06 Index to information about PSA targets and other objectives for the period 2005-06 PSA targets Chapter By 2007-08, make journeys Chapter 4 – Roads more reliable on the strategic road network By 2010-11, the 10 largest Chapter 4 – Roads urban areas will meet the congestion targets set in their Local Transport Plan relating to movement on main roads into city centres Improve punctuality and reliability Chapter 5 – Rail of rail services to at least 85 per cent by 2006, with further improvements by 2008 By 2010, increase the use of Chapter 6 – Buses public transport (bus and light rail) by more than 12 per cent Chapter 7 – Making choices in England compared with locally and regionally 2000 levels, with growth in every region Reduce the number of people Chapter 11 – Safety and security killed or seriously injured in Great Britain in road accidents by 40 per cent, and the number of children killed or seriously injured by 50 per cent by 2010 compared with the average for 1994-98, tackling the significantly higher incidence in disadvantaged communities 8 Index to information about PSA targets and other objectives for the period 2005-06 (continued) PSA targets Chapter Improve air quality by meeting Chapter 10 – Protecting the the Air Quality Strategy targets environment for carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide particles, sulphur dioxide, benzene and 1,3 butadiene. (Joint target with Defra) Reduce greenhouse gas Chapter 10 – Protecting the emissions to 12.5 per cent below environment 1990 levels in line with our Kyoto commitment and move towards a 20 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions below 1990 levels by 2010, through measures including energy efficiency and renewables. (Joint target with Defra and DTI) Financial information split by Appendix A PSA objective Progress and performance Appendix D reports PSA targets 9 Chapter 1 The year in brief: our key achievements 2005-06 1.1 This chapter covers major events in transport and the Department’s activities and achievements during the year ended March 2006. There are more details in later chapters. Sustained investment ● On 14 December 2005, the 2006-07 Local Transport Plan settlement was announced. The £1.4 billion packages will help local authorities to continue to invest in the transport schemes needed to support their growing economies. Local authorities have completed eight major local road schemes in the last 12 months. A further 22 schemes are currently under construction. ● Work is underway on the Transport Innovation Fund which will become available from 2008-09. The Fund is forecast to grow from £290 million in 2008-09 to over £2 billion by 2014-15.
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