HC Deb 14 February 1994 vol 237 cc604-7W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a table showing for each London underground line, for each of the past 12 months and as a total over the same period, the number and percentage of escalators out of service; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Norris

This information is not available in exactly the form requested. The table shows the percentage of escalators which were not in customer service throughout each peak hour—morning and evening—between January and December 1993.

Line and type of crime January February March April May June July August September October November December Total
Piccadilly
Crimes of violence 9 9 8 4 5 3 7 8 10 13 7 15 98
Robbery 4 6 2 10 13 3 8 8 2 3 10 5 74
Other offences 316 290 327 310 307 249 239 245 182 291 347 251 3,354
Victoria
Crimes of violence 7 10 8 1 6 5 5 8 7 5 4 6 72
Robbery 9 3 1 6 3 1 4 7 2 2 9 2 49
Other offences 100 99 126 114 84 129 136 88 80 87 107 83 1,233
Total 1,260 1,117 1,319 1,282 1,346 1,262 1,216 1,131 910 1,120 1,298 1,053 14,314

Notes:

  1. 1. H&C = Hammersmith & City Line.
  2. 2. ELL = East London Line.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a table showing for each London underground station and line, for each of the past 12 months and as a total over the same period, the number of major customer injuries, broken down into(a) accident,

London underground: major customer injuries between 3 January 1993 and 1 January 1994
Line Period
11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
(A) Accidental
Bakerloo — — — 1 1 — — — — — — — 1 3
Central 1 — 1 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 — 5
Circle/H&C — — 1 — 1 — — — — — — — — 2
District 4 — — — 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 7
Jubilee/Ell 1 — — 2 — — — — — — — — — 3
Metropolitan — 1 3 — 1 — — — 1 1 — 2 1 10
Northern — — — — 2 — — — — — — — 1 3
Piccadilly — 1 — 1 — — 1 — — — — — — 3
Victoria — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Total 6 2 5 5 6 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 4 36
(B) Crime-Related
Bakerloo — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1
Central — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Circle/H&C — — — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1
District — — — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1
Jubilee/Ell — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Metropolitan — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Northern — — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 2
Piccadilly — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Victoria — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
(c) Suspected suicide
Bakerloo 1 — — 1 1 — 1 — 1 — — — — 5
Central 1 — — — — 3 — — 1 — — — — 5
Circle/H&C — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
District — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — 1
Jubilee/Ell — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Metropolitan — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1
Northern 1 1 — — — 1 1 — — —. 1 — — 5
Piccadilly 1 — 1 — — — — 1 — — — — — 3
Victoria — — 1 — — — — 1 — — — — 1 3
Total 4 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 23

(b) crime related, (c) suspected suicide, (d) reckless behaviour and (e) medical condition; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Norris

Figures on a line-by-line basis are shown in the table. The Department does not hold this data on a station-by-station basis.

Period
Line 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
(D) Reckless behaviour
Bakerloo — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — 2
Central — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Circle/H&C 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
District 1 — 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — 3
Jubilee/Ell — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1
Metropolitan — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Northern 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1
Piccadilly — — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 2
Victoria — 1 — — — 1 — — — — — — — 2
Total 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 11
(E) Medical condition
Bakerloo — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Central 1 — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 3
Circle/H&C — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
District 2 — — 1 2 — — 1 1 2 — — 1 10
Jubilee/Ell — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Metropolitan 1 — — — 1 — 1 1 1 — — — — 5
Northern 1 1 — — 1 — — — 1 — — 2 — 6
Piccadilly — — — — — — — — 1 — 1 1 — 3
Victoria — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1
Total 5 1 0 1 5 1 1 2 4 2 1 3 2 28
Overall Total 17 5 10 8 12 7 4 5 9 4 6 7 9 103

Note:

Period 11 commenced on 3 January 1993; each period is 4 weeks long.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a table showing for each London underground station and line, for the past 12 months and as a total over the same period, the number and length of incidents, including cancellations, which resulted in a headway of more than 20 minutes.

Train service incidents resulting in a headway of more than 20 minutes—including non-attributable causes between 3 January 1993 and 1 January 1994
Line Period Total
11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bakerloo 15 22 16 13 8 9 13 15 8 15 17 12 12 175
Central 40 27 61 33 35 37 35 26 32 28 29 49 36 468
Circle/Hammersmith and City 15 28 19 9 6 5 6 7 5 6 11 9 11 137
District 21 27 19 17 15 21 20 8 12 9 21 21 11 222
Jubilee/East London Line 10 27 20 13 15 10 7 3 9 5 6 8 4 137
Metropolitan 32 36 36 26 22 26 26 22 24 22 28 34 20 354
Northern 13 26 23 17 10 11 17 14 12 18 20 22 15 218
Piccadilly 15 25 18 5 14 11 10 14 20 13 15 8 19 187
Victoria 3 11 8 8 7 9 5 8 4 5 10 17 9 104
Total 164 229 220 141 132 139 139 117 126 121 157 180 137 2,002

Notes:

  1. 1. Headway is the timed interval between trains.
  2. 2. Period 11 commenced on 3 January 1993; each period is four weeks long.

Source: London Underground Limited.

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