§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 24 January,Official Report, columns 807–808, if he will tabulate the total number of reported signal failures on (a) the British Railways Board and (b) London Underground Ltd., together with the number of wrong side failures on (i) normal passenger lines and other lines, (ii) yards and (iii) sidings for each year since 1990.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information is not available in this format. However, the Health and Safety Executive's HM railway inspectorate is informed by the railway operator of all wrong side failures annually. A breakdown of these figures is available in the "Annual Report on Railway Safety in Great Britain", copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.