HC Deb 11 December 1989 vol 163 c487W
Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will state, or take steps to ascertain, the approximate proportion of incidents of traffic delay in the Greater London area occasioned by(a) illegal parking, (b) traffic light faults, (c) shed loads, (d) vehicle breakdowns, (e) accidents, (f) road repairs, (g) water main bursts, (h) demonstrations or marches, (i) official events and (j) bomb alerts; and if he will name the agency or body from which he has obtained, or can obtain such information and indicate the manner in which such information is, or could be, made available to the public on a periodic basis.

Mr. Atkins

The Metropolitan police have set up a working party with the traffic control systems unit for London to review contingency plans for blockages at vital junctions. It will be for them to consider whether it would be worth while to collect, monitor and publish the causes of congestion in the way the hon. Member suggests.