HL Deb 13 January 1997 vol 577 cc1-3WA
Lord Berkeley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many London Underground employees are engaged in:

  1. (a) day-to-day operations
  2. (b) maintenance of trains and other assets
  3. (c) replacement of life-expired assets
  4. (d) new works
  5. (e) management and head office.

  1. (c) the total number of structures so far identified as requiring strengthening and the estimated total cost of this work.

Viscount Goschen

The figures requested are shown in the following tables. It is not possible at the present time to provide an accurate estimate of the cost of outstanding strengthening work for local authority structures. Based on expenditure to date, strengthening all structures bearing local authority roads which are assessed as being unable to meet modern loading standards could cost between £1 billion and £1.5 billion. However, not all of these structures will necessarily require strengthening. A number of other measures are available to both local authorities and the Highways Agency, such as propping, weight restrictions and other traffic management measures

Structures Bearing Local Authority Roads
Government Office Area Number which required assessmentA Estimated Number assessed to 31.3.97B Number requiring actionC
South East 5,469 3,722 463
South West 8,753 4,956 402
West Midlands 5,372 3,302 433
North West 5,822 3,508 798
Merseyside 503 226 21
North East 2,035 1,227 250
Yorkshire and Humberside 5,075 2,302 537
East Midlands 4,782 3,335 550
Eastern 3,954 2,217 614
London 2,534 1,857 354
Total 44,299 26,652 4,420

Viscount Goschen:

The information is not available in the form requested.

However, London Transport have estimated the average numbers of London Underground employees engaged in the following activities during 1995-96:

Activity Average Number
Passenger Services 11,134
Engineering 3,331
New Works (Jubilee Line Extension and Crossrail) 883

Activity Average Number
Police 482
Other Departments 256
Total 16,086

In addition, a number of London Transport employees provide services to its subsidiary, London Underground. These employees are not included in the above figures.