HC Deb 13 December 2001 vol 376 cc1020-1W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the rate of(a) track and (b) signal failures has been on suburban routes into (i) Waterloo and (ii) London Victoria in each of the past six months. [21949]

Mr. Jamieson

This information is not held centrally in the form requested. The Strategic Rail Authority publish performance statistics in their quarterly "On Track" publication. A new edition will be published shortly.

Mr. Syms

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how the increased provision of money as set out on page 5 of the 2001–02 Winter Supplementary Estimates to the Supply Estimates for London Underground PPP advisers and rail consultants is to be spent. [22251]

Mr. Jamieson

The proposed increased provision is primarily for work related to Railtrack. The proposed provision for London Underground allows the Department to employ independent advisers where necessary, including Ernst and Young who are currently carrying out a review of London Underground's value for money evaluation of the tube modernisation plans.

Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what estimate he has made of the costs(a) incurred to date and (b) that will be incurred if he decides not to proceed with PPP for the London Underground. [22267]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 11 December 2001]: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble (Mr. Borrow) on 4 December 2001, Official Report, column 296W, for part (a) of this question. For part (b) I refer him to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Eltham (Clive Efford) on 19 November 2001, Official Report, column 32W. It is not possible to estimate what cost might be involved.