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Thursday 10th May 2012

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Elfyn Llwyd Portrait Mr Llwyd
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost to the public purse was of spending by MOD Bicester on third party logistics organisations in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011; and what proportion of such spending in each such year was allocated to (i) Palletings, (ii) Hacklings, (iii) Metcalfe Farms Haulage, (iv) Kenyons, (v) Reason Transport, (vi) Andover Transport, (vii) Pertemps agency drivers, (viii) City Sprint, (ix) other private hauliers and (x) other couriers.

[Official Report, 30 April 2012, Vol. 543, c. 1143-1144W.]

Letter of correction from Peter Luff:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Mr Llwyd) on 30 April 2012.

The answer given was as follows:

Peter Luff Portrait Peter Luff
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[holding answer 26 April 2012]: The freight and courier contracts used by Logistic Commodities and Services Bicester to transport defence equipment are managed by Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) and are available for use by all Ministry of Defence (MOD) units. The cost of these contracts cannot be attributed to individual sites.

The total expenditure incurred in financial years (FY) 2010-11 and 2011-12 against each enabling contract is shown in the following table:

£ million

Contract

FY 2010-11

FY 201142

Freight contractors

DSV

1.96

1.17

Plantspeed

1.24

0.77

DB Schenker

5.16

5.37

Parcelforce

1.50

1.44

Palletways

1.99

2.86

Sheldon and Clayton

0.06

0.30

Charles Gee

0.68

0.43

Severn Vale

0.46

0,60

Wincanton

1.26

1.10

NYK Logistics

0.44

0.22

DHL

12.39

15.14

Eddie Stobart

0.32

0.25

GA Newsome

0.15

0.29

CTS

1.32

1.11

CitySprint (London)

0.02

0.02

Ridgeway International

0.95

1.45

Courier contractors

CitySprint

2.53

1.82

Total

32.43

34.34



The total expenditure incurred for the use of Pertemps agency drivers by MOD Bicester in FYs 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 is shown in the following table:

£ million

Contract

FY 2009-10

FY 2010-11

FY 2011-12

Pertemps

1.24

1.63

0.91



For those elements of this question for which we have not provided information, it has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

The answer should have been:

Peter Luff Portrait Peter Luff
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[holding answer 26 April 2012]: The freight and courier contracts used by Logistic Commodities and Services Bicester to transport defence equipment are managed by Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) and are available for use by all Ministry of Defence (MOD) units. The cost of these contracts cannot be attributed to individual sites.

The total expenditure incurred in financial years (FY) 2010-11 and 2011-12 against each enabling contract is shown in the following table:

£ million

Contract

FY 2010-11

FY 201142

Freight contractors

DSV

1.96

1.17

Plantspeed

1.24

0.77

DB Schenker

5.16

5.37

Parcelforce

1.50

1.44

Palletways

1.99

2.86

Sheldon and Clayton

0.06

0.30

Charles Gee

0.68

0.43

Severn Vale

0.46

0.60

Wincanton

1.26

1.10

NYK Logistics

0.44

0.22

DHL

12.39

15.14

Eddie Stobart

0.32

0.25

GA Newsome

0.15

0.29

CTS

1.32

1.11

CitySprint (London)

0.02

0.02

Ridgeway International

0.95

1.45

Courier contractors

CitySprint

2.53

1.82

Total

32.43

34.34



The total expenditure incurred for the use of Pertemps agency drivers at the LCS Bicester site in FYs 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 is shown in the following table:

£ million

Contract

FY 2009-10

FY 2010-11

FY 2011-12

Pertemps

0.63

0.65

0.57



For those elements of this question for which we have not provided information, it has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.