§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when he will issue the consultation paper setting out proposals for change to the legal aid system; if he will alter the legal aid means of assessment; how much public money has been granted in criminal and civil cases in each of the last 10 years to applicants in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the cases for each of the next three years.
Mr. John M. TaylorA consultation paper on eligibility for legal aid will be issued shortly that will canvass a number of proposals for change. The legal aid cost of civil and criminal cases, including the cost of legal advice and assistance, in each of the last 10 years, in £ million, was as follows:
for a bus in each of the London boroughs; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NorrisThe information is as follows. It covers performance in quarter 2 1994–95, 26 June–17 September 1994:
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Boroughs Average Actual Waiting Time (mins) Barking and Dagenham 7.04 Barnet 6.44 Bexley 7.40 Brent 6.03 Bromley 7.01 Camden 6.13 City 6.95 Croydon 6.40 Ealing 6.19 Enfield 5.40 Greenwich 7.48 Hackney 6.03 Hammersmith and Fulham 6.75 Haringey 5.95 Harrow 7.01 Havering 6.56 Hillingdon 6.13 Hounslow 6.56 Islington 6.12 Kensington and Chelsea 6.59 Kingston 6.77 Lambeth 6.88 Lewisham 6.97 Merton 8.02 Newham 7.06 Redbridge 6.95 Richmond 6.36 Southwark 6.87 Sutton 7.02 Tower Hamlets 6.87 Waltham Forest 7.00 Wandsworth 7.56 Westminster 6.22 Those figures relate only to high frequency services, for which a timetable is not generally published and most of which have weekday peak frequencies of five buses per hour or more.
§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish for each London borough the percentage chance of waiting 10 to 30 minutes for a bus; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NorrisInformation on waiting times is as follows. It covers performance in quarter 2 1994–95, 26 June–17 September 1994:
Chance of Waiting Per cent. Boroughs Less than 10 minutes 10–20 minutes 20–30 Over 30 minutes Barking and Dagenham 75.12 21.80 2.59 0.49 Barnet 79.38 17.94 2.22 0.46 Bexley 73.27 22.23 3.57 0.83 Brent 80.75 16.76 2.12 0.37 Bromley 75.04 21.00 3.20 0.77 Camden 80.07 17.03 2.40 0.50 City 75.28 20.34 3.38 1.00 Croydon 78.58 18.18 2.72 0.52 Ealing 80.43 17.18 2.03 0.36 Enfield 85.60 13.02 1.22 0.16 Greenwich 71.63 23.08 3.96 1.03 Hackney 80.79 16.47 2.23 0.51 Hammersmith and Fulham 76.41 19.49 3.23 0.87 Haringey 82.39 15.48 1.72 0.40 Harrow 74.58 22.41 2.71 0.30 Havering 78.55 19.02 1.98 0.45 Hillingdon 80.70 17.18 1.90 0.23 Hounslow 78.20 18.13 3.07 0.60 Islington 80.31 16.77 2.41 0.51 Kensington and Chelsea 77.11 18.48 3.44 0.97 Kingston 77.15 19.61 2.79 0.46 Lambeth 75.50 19.62 3.83 1.05 Lewisham 74.70 21.14 3.38 0.78 Merton 68.77 24.53 5.33 1.37 Newham 74.94 21.32 2.96 0.79 Redbridge 75.72 20.98 2.69 0.62 Richmond 79.08 17.69 2.74 0.50 Southwark 75.35 20.22 3.54 0.89 Sutton 74.73 21.90 2.86 0.51 Tower Hamlets 75.63 20.37 3.15 0.85 Waltham Forest 75.92 20.87 2.58 0.62 Wandsworth 71.72 22.23 4.58 1.47 Westminster 79.50 16.96 2.82 0.73 This information relates to high frequency services, for which a timetable is not generally published, and most of which have weekday peak frequencies of five buses per hour or more.