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The Department for Transport has defended the geographical knowledge of its staff after several blunders appeared in an official announcement. | The Department for Transport has defended the geographical knowledge of its staff after several blunders appeared in an official announcement. |
The mistakes included saying Manchester was in the North East of England, Leicestershire in the South East and Plymouth was in the North West. | |
The government department blamed a "data source issue". | |
However, the document was emailed to journalists before anyone spotted the mistakes. | |
The blunders were in a press release announcing millions of pounds of investment in green transport projects across the English regions. | |
A member of staff at the department suggested the errors were down to a mix-up in "sorting and formulating options". | |
The department insisted to the BBC that its staff were aware of the locations of places in England. | |
A Department for Transport spokesman said: "This was advance information given to the BBC regional team to help them plan. | |
"As they helpfully observed there were some errors in a table - a column showing regions had got jumbled up. | |
"The actual map published today showing the Local Sustainable Transport Fund allocations puts the locations where you would expect to find them." |