§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the escalators that were not working on 14 February 2000, 279W on the London Underground; for what reasons each was not working; and what measures will be pursued to ensure that all escalators are in full working order. [110745]
§ Mr. Hill[holding answer 21 February 2000]: This is an operational matter for London Transport. However, I understand that at 14 February 2000, 47 escalators out of 381 were out of service.
These are as follows:
Station Number of escalators Reason Old Street 1 1— Oxford Circus 1 1— Victoria 1 1— Notting Hill Gate 2 1— Warren Street 1 1— Bethnal Green 1 1— Kings Cross 1 1— Holborn 2 1— St. John's Wood 1 1— Tottenham Court Road 1 1— Hyde Park Corner 1 1— Manor House 2 2— Wood Green 1 2— London Bridge 1 Power supply problems Canada Water 4 Station construction work Shepherds Bush 1 3— Oxford Circus 1 3— Waterloo 1 3— Old Street 1 3— South Wimbledon 1 3— Clapham North 1 3— Clapham South 1 3— Euston 2 3— Baker Street 3 3— Oxford Circus 4 3— Kings Cross 1 3— Brixton 1 3— Vauxhall 1 3— Walthamstow 2 3— Highbury 1 3— Victoria 1 3— Seven Sisters 1 3— Charing Cross 1 3— 1 Planned replacement or refurbishment 2 Tracking and guidance system repairs 3 Replacement of machine drive shaft London Underground is implementing a new programme of expenditure on escalator maintenance and repair of nearly £140 million over the years 1998–99 to 2000–01 (1998–99 £26 million, 1999–2000 £44.8 million, 2000–01 £66.1 million).