George Eustice corrected a written answer on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Motor Vehicles

23 April 2018 · Commons written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mary Creagh (Labour, Wakefield) asked written question 131713 on 8 March 2018. George Eustice answered on 27 March 2018 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and George Eustice corrected the answer on 23 April 2018. The correction replaced 2 figures (136, 4644) with 2 figures (180, 4640). Altogether 106 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles (a) his Department and (b) Defra Group (i) own and (ii) lease.

Original and corrected answer

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
The following table shows the vehicle leasing and ownership across the Defra Group of the Environment agency (EA), Natural England (NE), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the Rural Payments agency (RPA). \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| Type \| EA \| NE \| APHA \| Defra \| MMO \| RPA Cars: Leased \| 3304 \| 3 \| 20 \| ~~136~~ \| 31 \| 203 Cars: Owned \| 4 \| 0 \| 0 \| 40 \| 0 \| 0 Commercial Vehicles under 3.5t - Owned \| 1293 \| 118 \| 51 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 Commercial Vehicles under 3.5t - Leased \| 0 \| 1 \| 6 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t - Owned \| 43 \| 1 \| 3 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t - Leased \| 0 \| 0 \| 1 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 Total Number of Vehicles \| ~~4644~~ \| 123 \| 81 \| ~~176~~ \| 31 \| 203	The following table shows the vehicle leasing and ownership across the Defra Group of the Environment agency (EA), Natural England (NE), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the Rural Payments agency (RPA). Type \| EA \| NE \| APHA \| Defra \| MMO \| RPA Cars: Leased \| 3304 \| 3 \| 20 \| 176 \| 31 \| 203 Cars: Owned \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 4 \| 0 \| 0 Commercial Vehicles under 3.5t - Owned \| 1293 \| 118 \| 51 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 Commercial Vehicles under 3.5t - Leased \| 0 \| 1 \| 6 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t - Owned \| 43 \| 1 \| 3 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t - Leased \| 0 \| 0 \| 1 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 Total Number of Vehicles \| 4640 \| 123 \| 81 \| 180 \| 31 \| 203 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|

Original

Corrected

The following table shows the vehicle leasing and ownership across the Defra Group of the Environment agency (EA), Natural England (NE), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the Rural Payments agency (RPA).
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Type
| EA
| NE
| APHA
| Defra
| MMO
| RPA
Cars: Leased
| 3304
| 3
| 20
| ~~136~~
| 31
| 203
Cars: Owned
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 0
| 0
Commercial Vehicles under 3.5t - Owned
| 1293
| 118
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
Commercial Vehicles under 3.5t - Leased
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t - Owned
| 43
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t - Leased
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
Total Number of Vehicles
| ~~4644~~
| 123
| 81
| ~~176~~
| 31
| 203

The following table shows the vehicle leasing and ownership across the Defra Group of the Environment agency (EA), Natural England (NE), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the Rural Payments agency (RPA).
Type
| EA
| NE
| APHA
| Defra
| MMO
| RPA
Cars: Leased
| 3304
| 3
| 20
| 176
| 31
| 203
Cars: Owned
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
Commercial Vehicles under 3.5t - Owned
| 1293
| 118
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
Commercial Vehicles under 3.5t - Leased
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t - Owned
| 43
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t - Leased
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
Total Number of Vehicles
| 4640
| 123
| 81
| 180
| 31
| 203
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