HC Deb 14 October 1996 vol 282 cc685-6W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which office of his Department will analyse the additional evidence on induced traffic for the Leicester A46-A47 link from Leicestershire county council. [40127]

Mr. Watts

Additional information received from Leicestershire county council in relation to induced traffic on the proposed Leicester A46-A47 link, will be evaluated initially by officials, acting on my behalf, in the local authority orders section, Newcastle upon Tyne. They have in turn sought expert advice, from within the Department, as required.

Track access charge supplements
£000
Track possessions Schedule 4 Railtrack performance regime Schedule 8 Level Crossings
1995–96 1996–97 1995–96 1996–97 1996–97
Anglia Railways Train Services Ltd. 200 344 1,203 1,240 995
Cardiff Railway Company Ltd. 60 103 357 368 127
Central Trains Ltd. 575 989 6,342 6,538 2,946
Cross Country Trains Ltd. 468 805 4,916 5,068 1,434
Gatwick Express Ltd. 35 60 832 858 73
Great Eastern Railway Ltd. 292 501 3,232 3,332 1,452
Great Western Trains Company Ltd. 493 846 5,835 6,016 1,168
InterCity East Coast Ltd. 712 1,224 7,032 7,250 1,788
InterCity West Coast Ltd. 673 1,157 5,710 5,887 640
Island Line Ltd. 0 0 0 0 0
LTS Rail Limited 0 0 1,648 1,699 766
Merseyrail Electrics Ltd. 130 223 1,615 1,665 310
Midland Main Line Ltd. 152 261 1,270 1,309 981
Network SouthCentral Ltd. 488 839 3,908 4,029 1,031
North London Railways Ltd. 221 379 1,586 1,635 370
North West Regional Railways Ltd. 554 952 3,421 3,527 1,315
Regional Railways North East Ltd. 774 1,330 4,648 4,792 5,035
ScotRail Railways Ltd. 859 1,477 4,222 4,353 1,064
South Wales and West Railway Ltd. 299 513 1,737 1,791 771
South West Trains Ltd. 601 1,033 4,460 4,598 1,421
Thames Trains Ltd. 171 294 1,054 1,087 479
Thameslink Rail Ltd. 179 307 1,669 1,721 915
The Chiltern Railway Co. Ltd. 74 127 433 446 465
The South Eastern Train Co. Ltd. 614 1,055 5,385 5,552 1,288
West Anglia Great Northern Railways Ltd. 376 645 2,488 2,565 1,471
Total 9,000 15,465 75,000 77,326 28,307

which further York-based British Rail businesses are in the programme for privatisation, the number of employees in each of these businesses, the expected date for disposal and the expected cash receipt from the disposal. [40241]

Mr. Watts

The following British Rail businesses, whose headquarters were based in York. have been sold or franchised as at 1 October 1996.