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LHWP – Systems ReviewTable 9.3Ratio of vehicles to LHSs, by year, by province/regionPunjab + ICT Sindh NWFP + FATA Balochistan AJKK+ FANA2002 0.83 0.61 0.79 1.20 0.662003 0.83 0.53 0.69 0.83 0.832004 0.78 0.56 0.76 0.70 1.082005 0.59 0.68 0.70 0.92 0.762006 0.72 0.93 0.98 1.05 0.942007 0.81 0.99 0.87 1.00 0.872008 1.08 0.98 1.03 1.06 0.97Source: PSP database January 2009, LHWP, MoH.Table 9.4LHS access to Programme vehicles, and POL receivedMeasure 2000 (%) 2008 (%)Supervisor’s usual access to a Programme vehicleUsually or always available 64 72Sometimes available 11 5Never 25 23Total 100 100Access to vehicle in month preceding the surveyFull-time 37 60.Part-time 26 17None 37 23Total 100 100Percentage of supervisors having a monthly POL budget 71 77Percentage of (all) supervisors receiving any POL allowance in previous month 35 58Percentage of the supervisors who used public transport during last month 48 20Source: OPM LHWP 4th Independent Evaluation, Quantitative Survey data, 2008.LHS access to vehicles While the survey shows that the percentage of LHSs with accessto a vehicle (either part-time or full-time) has increased substantially between 2000 and2008, the target in the PC-1 (of providing all LHSs with a vehicle) was not met (Table 9.3).In 2008, 72 percent of LHSs reported that they had usually had access; only 60 percent hadhad full-time access to a vehicle in the month prior to the survey; 23 percent of LHSsreported having no access to a vehicle. This corresponds with 77 percent of them reportingthat they have a monthly POL budget, though only 58 percent received this allowance in theprevious month.Variation between provinces Access by an LHS to a vehicle varies between provinces.Full-time LHS access to vehicles has improved in all provinces. LHSs in NWFP and Sindhare considerably more likely to have full-time access than LHSs in Balochistan or thePunjab.Non-operational vehicles The survey sampled almost half of the districts in the country andfound that over 25 percent of all vehicles were reported as non-operational. 79 TheProgramme is aware of this issue as the PSP database records the number of operationaland non-operational vehicles by district and by province (Table 9.5).79A vehicle can be classified as non-operational if it is under repair, is broken down (waiting for funds to be available to havethe vehicle repaired), is waiting to be condemned, or has no driver.60