HC Deb 30 November 1994 vol 250 c760W
Mr. Austin-Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many stations within the Network SouthEast operating region are unstaffed after 6 pm and at weekends; and if he will provide comparable figures for 1979.

Mr. Watts

[holding answer 25 November 1994]: The information requested is not available in the form requested. A comparison with 1979 would in any event not be possible as Network SouthEast was not created until 1986.

However, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (Mr. Freeman) on 14 March 1994, Official Report, column 508. The figures in that reply are still current.

Mr. Chidgey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many permanently unmanned train stations there were throughout the United Kingdom in each year since 1991.

Mr. Watts

Of about 2,500 stations on the Railtrack network, some 1,000 or 40 per cent. are currently permanently unmanned. Since the number of unmanned station varies throughout the year, no definitive figures can be given for any previous year, but the overall number has been of the same order since 1991.