HC Deb 21 February 2000 vol 344 cc708-9W
Mr. Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if the public-private partnership for London Underground will include the funding for the installation of a moving block signalling system on each London Underground line. [110895]

Mr. Hill

In the London Underground public-private partnership, the private sector is being invited to bid to implement a programme of maintenance and enhancement projects specified largely in output terms. It will therefore largely be for the bidders to identify the right technological solutions that would enable London Underground to run the improved service London needs. The level of funding needed can be considered sensibly only once the bids are in.