§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the causes of delays to London Underground passenger journeys in 1997, broken down into specified time periods and indicating for each category the ways in which the proposed new funding arrangements will reduce those delays. [39428]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonI understand from London Transport that figures for the number of train delays for the year 1997–98 are as follows:
§ Ms Glenda Jackson[holding answer 24 April 1998]: The current estimate of the cost of the works to improve Ranscombe Lane junction is £155,000. There has been no assessment to establish the merits of combining this scheme with the Highways Agency's future scheme to install a cycle path between Lewes and Beddingham. It would not have been practicable to carry them out simultaneously, Ranscombe Lane junction was a high priority safety project and improvement was essential to reduce the number of accidents there. The proposal for a cycle path between Lewes and Beddingham is still at an early stage of preparation, for possible implementation in this financial year.