Consultation letter
Zone 2/07 Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
LONDON SW1P 4DR
10 January 2008
Dear Consultee
Consultation on Contracting Out Orders for Highway Functions
I am writing to inform you that the Department for Transport is issuing a consultation on the contracting out of highway functions. The package comprises of the consultation paper, two draft contracting out orders and a consultation response pro-forma and is published on the Departments website:
Purpose of the consultation
The Government proposes to consolidate the existing orders and include new and modified functions into two new orders. This will enable Street Authorities and Highway Authorities to effectively contract out highway functions.
Intended audience
This consultation will be of most interest to Highway and Street Authorities, but will also concern statutory undertakers, those parts of the construction industry involved in highway maintenance and possibly other more general outsourcing firms.
A list of organisations/stakeholders that we have sent this consultation to is included in Annex A. If you have any suggestions of others who may wish to be involved in the consultation process please let us know.
How to respond
The Government would appreciate your views on these proposals. A full list of questions can be found in the consultation paper and individual questions are highlighted at the relevant points. You are encouraged to read all the documents before completing your response. Consultation responses should reach the Department no later than 22 February 2008. A response pro-forma is provided at Annex B; please email your responses to streetworks-contractingout@dft.gsi.gov.uk.
This consultation has been produced in accordance with the principles of the Government’s "Code of Practice on Consultation" which are included at Annex C. Ministers have approved a shorter consultation period of six weeks.
An Impact Assessment has not been produced because we do not think that these changes will have any impact on Business or the Public sector. Please let us know if you think there is an impact that we haven't considered.
A summary of responses to this consultation will be published on our website: www.dft.gov.uk after the consultation period has closed.
According to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (2000), all information contained in your response to this consultation may be subject to publication or disclosure. This may include personal information such as your name and address. If you want your response or your name and address to remain confidential, you should explain why confidentiality is necessary. Your request will be granted only if it is consistent with Freedom of Information obligations. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your e-mail system will not be regarded as binding on the Department.
Contact for further enquiries
If you have any further questions on this consultation please contact Elizabeth Godden at the above address or at streetworks-contractingout@dft.gsi.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Buckley
Head of Traffic Management Division
