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Archive for 'transport'

Transport's web design spending

12 April 2010 5

A PQ from Lib Dem MP Jennifer Willott: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department spent on external website design consultants in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. To which Parliamentary Under-Secretary Chris Mole responded on 30 March 2010: Tables have been [...] read on »

Government gets into games business

23 November 2009 0 , ,

The Department for Transport launched an online multiplayer fantasy roleplaying game last week, with the apparent aim of teaching kids to look left and right before crossing the road. Or at least, having played Code of Everand for a little while today, that's about the only road safety message I've been able to find in [...] read on »

Irony of rail rover Adonis's ministerial blog

30 April 2009 0 , , ,

I'd completely missed the fact that transport minister Lord Adonis, on his recent fact-finding trip round the UK rail network, had written a 'blog' of sorts for The Times's website. Helpfully, the Department for Transport has reproduced the articles in full, albeit shoe-horned into the Speeches section. It's well-written, down to earth... everything a blog [...] read on »

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