§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish any information he has on the productivity record of train drivers in other industrial countries within the European Community.
§ Mr. David HowellThe latest figures, published in 1979, as expressed in train miles per driver—including drivers' assistants—per annum, were:
Numbers Netherlands 15,850 Denmark 15,690 Belgium 13,780 France 13,030 West Germany 11,840 Great Britain 10,570 Italy 8,410 Figures are not available for Eire, Greece and Luxembourg.
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§ Mr. Majorasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish any information he has on the rostering systems of railway drivers and staff in other European countries.
§ Mr. David HowellI understand that in four European countries the rostering systems for railways drivers is as follows. In all cases variable day rostering is the normal practice and no distinction is made between single-manned turns and the small proportion of turns which are double manned. I do not have information about other countries.
Country Minimum Turn (hours) Maximum Turn (hours) France No information 9 Germany 6 12 Holland 5 9 Sweden 2 10