HC Deb 14 April 1989 vol 150 cc742-3W
Mr. Dunnachie

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the extent to which British Rail is meeting the quality of service objectives set by him with regard to train punctuality and cancellations.

Mr. Portillo

[holding answer 13 Apri11989]: The results available to the Department for the first three quarters of the financial year 1988–89 are as follows:

Percentage
Punctuality Reliability
Objective Within in minutes of timetable Attainment Objective (services to run) Attainment
Inter City 90.0 10 87.3 99.5 99.0
Network SouthEast 90.0 5 91.3 99.0 98.7
Provincial 85.0 to 97.0 5 190.0 98.5 99.0
1 On average.