HC Deb 18 December 2001 vol 377 cc221-2W
Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will give the total investment in the core London Underground infrastructure in each year since 1990–91; and if he will give an estimate for 2001–02. [22701]

Mr. Jamieson

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Keith Hill) to the hon. Member for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin) on 8 May 2001,Official Report, column 23W. The actual level of investment in 2000–01 was set out in London Transport's annual report 2000–01, published in July of this year.

London Underground has been set a target of delivering total investment expenditure of at least £410 million in 2001–02.

Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the comparative international data available to London Underground as a result of their membership of the CoMet group of international metros. [22758]

Mr. Jamieson

This is a matter for London Underground (LU) which is a member of CoMet. I am advised by LU that all members of CoMet are required to sign a written confidentiality agreement; information between operators within the group is exchanged on a confidential basis.

Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 3 December 2001,Official Report, columns 14–15W, if his Department (a) is testing and (b) has asked Ernst and Young to test alternative discount rates for the London Underground PPP; and if he has asked Ernst and Young to conduct Monte Carlo simulations as an element of their robustness assessment. [23270]

Mr. Jamieson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 5 November 2001,Official Report, column 10W. Ernst and Young's terms of reference are available in the Libraries of the House.