HC Deb 11 December 2001 vol 376 cc788-9W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many reported signal failures there were on the railway infrastructure controlled by Railtrack for each month from January 2000 to November 2001. [21029]

Mr. Jamieson

Railtrack compile figures for four-week periods rather than monthly. The reported signal failures on the railway infrastructure controlled by Railtrack for each four-week period from January 2000 to the latest date for which figures are available show:

Year/period Period Number of signal failures causing delays of more than 10 minutes
2000–01
1 1,747
2 2 1,958
3 3 2,077
4 4 1,810
5 5 1,760
6 6 1,829
7 7 1,764
8 8 1,788
9 9 1,970
10 10 2,213
11 11 1,959
12 12 2,098
13 13 2,006
2001–02
1 1,910
2 2 2,614
3 3 2,089
4 4 2,559
5 5 2,339
6 6 1,855
7 7 1,999
8 8 2,260