HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 cc421-2W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the estimated cost to Railtrack to date of the signal staffs dispute.

£ million
Year LU Core L Buses TBD DLR New lines Other Total
Cash prices
1978 43 17 — — — 6 66
1979 60 32 — — — 8 100
1980 78 45 — — — — 123
1981 91 56 — — — — 147
1982 82 45 — — — — 127
1983 110 58 — — — — 168
1984–85 147 60 — 33 — — 240
1985–86 143 40 — 33 — 18 234
1986–87 171 36 — 16 — 18 241
1987–88 206 20 — 61 — 7 294
1988–89 200 25 1 51 6 29 312
1989–90 294 28 1 93 13 14 443
1990–91 414 28 1 139 45 7 634
1991–92 298 38 1 162 71 12 582
1992–93 632 46 1 — 96 14 789
1993–94 484 21 — — 301 15 821
1994–95 435 20 — — 537 11 1,003
1995–96 512 25 — — 472 13 1,022
1996–97 659 15 — — 409 6 1,089
At 1993–94 prices:
1978 123 49 — — — 17 183
1979 147 79 — — — 20 246
1980 162 93 — — — — 255
1981 172 106 — — — — 278
1982 145 79 — — — — 224
1983 186 98 — — — — 284
1984–85 188 69 — 53 — — 310
1985–86 236 96 — 50 — 27 409
1986–87 253 53 — 24 — 27 357
1987–88 290 28 — 86 — 10 414
1988–89 263 36 1 67 8 38 413
1989–90 362 34 1 114 16 17 544
1990–91 472 32 1 158 51 8 722
1991–92 319 41 1 174 76 13 624
1992–93 652 47 1 — 99 14 813
1993–94 484 21 — — 301 15 821
1994–95 418 19 — — 516 10 963
1995–96 474 23 — — 437 12 946
1996–97 596 13 — — 370 5 984

Notes:

1. Figures for years up to 1993–94 are from London Transport Annual Reports. 1984–95 comprised 15 months.

2. 1991–92 was the last year in which LT were responsible for the Docklands Light Railway: this is now the responsibility of the London Docklands Development Corporation.

3. Figures for 1994–95 are LT's forecasts in their Budget for the year. In favourable circumstances, higher proceeds from the sale of LBL subsidiaries will allow a higher level of core business investment than shown here.

4. Figures for 1995–96 and 1996–97 are based on LT's plans following the Unified Budget, 1993. The amount of investment spend possible in these years and its allocation between headings within the core business are only indicative at this stage.

Mr. Watts

Railtrack estimates that it has lost up to £6 million per day in access charges for each one-day strike, depending on the number of services which can run.