HC Deb 07 February 2002 vol 379 cc1091-2W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 2001,Official Report, columns 534–55W, on measurement of passenger overcrowding, in what year the Strategic Rail Authority, or its shadow predecessor, began publishing annual results of "Passengers in Excess of Capacity"; for what reasons annual "Passengers in Excess of Capacity" information published on the SRA website is available only for selected years; and if he will place in the Library all available annual statistics on "Passengers in Excess of Capacity". [32416]

Mr. Jamieson

These figures are available on the Strategic Rail Authority's website, except those for 1997 which were the first to be published and which pre-date the launch of the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (Opraf) website. The figures for 1997 are:

Percentage
Company PIXC
Chiltern 2.0
Connex South Central 4.8
Connex South Eastern 3.0
Great Eastern 3.3
LTS 0.6
Silverlink 1.9
South West Trains 3.8
Thames Trains 2.1
Thameslink 4.4
WAGN 0.6

These figures have been published in Opraf and SRA annual reports, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.

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