HC Deb 19 March 1999 vol 327 c576W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish the results of London Transport's Jubilee Line Extension cost review; and if he will make a statement. [76634]

Ms Glenda Jackson

I refer my hon. Friend to my reply of 3 March 1999,Official Report, column 730, to the hon. Member for Croydon, South (Mr. Ottaway).

Mr. Ottaway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 3 March 1999,Official Report, column 730, concerning the cost of the Jubilee Line extension, when the cost review undertaken in August 1998 was completed; and when the results were made available to ministers. [76752]

Ms Glenda Jackson

London Transport's August 1998 Jubilee Line Extension cost review was completed in August 1998 and its results were issued to my Department immediately after they had been submitted to the LT Board. A copy was made available to the Secretary of State's Agent, Ove Arup, who commented on it in a report to Ministers dated 11 August 1998.