§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions when he expects to announce the completion of contract negotiations with the preferred bidders for the London Underground public-private partnership. [1034]
§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions when the PPP will be signed for the London Underground. [1603]
§ Mr. ByersRobert Kiley reported to me on 3 July that he had not been able to agree terms with the bidders for the modernisation of the underground consistent with the objectives of his agreement with the Government. Having carefully considered everything Mr. Kiley had to say, the
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London boroughs' reported action under the homelessness provisions of Housing Acts Decisions made during the period1 January—March 2001 Accepted as being homeless and in priority need Eligible, homeless and in priority need, but intentionally so Eligible, homeless but not in priority need Households accommodated by the authority on 31 March 2001 in bed and breakfast Number of households on the Housing Register2 as at 1 April 2000 Barking and Dagenham 34 8 12 0 1,925 Barnet 244 4 144 3— 5,489 Bexley 103 7 197 66 3,592 Brent 281 35 68 585 12,603 Bromley 216 9 98 100 3,264 Camden 289 22 102 69 5,884 City of London 3 0 0 23 787 Croydon 514 22 337 420 6,265 Ealing 244 20 255 400 7,709 Enfield 301 3 30 267 6,001 Greenwich 277 10 86 0 5,473 Hackney 3— 3— 3— 3— 7,011 Hammersmith and Fulham 294 5 41 376 4,726 Haringey 299 6 3— 192 9,510 Harrow 189 10 86 131 2,610 Havering 16 5 51 0 1,738 Hillingdon 271 9 121 407 3,656 Hounslow 296 7 204 182 5,017 Islington 445 17 190 3 11,590 Kensington and Chelsea 163 17 42 651 8,206 Kingston upon Thames 125 3 68 8 3,113 Lambeth 304 19 60 187 16,220 Lewisham 247 3— 3— 0 9,774 Merton 45 4 28 35 3,920 Newham 429 24 73 641 11,107 Redbridge 3— 3— 3— 3— 3,555 Richmond upon Thames 118 4 33 66 4,992 Southwark 693 28 52 250 5,543 Sutton 114 17 88 47 2,154 Tower Hamlets 293 13 16 187 6,751 Government have concluded that the best course is to proceed with plans for the modernisation of the underground, to create a 21st century tube which will be publicly run and privately built. I will today be asking London Underground to move quickly to progress negotiations, subject to the requirements to ensure safety, so that work can start as soon as possible. In doing this, and as a result of the discussions with Bob Kiley, London Underground plan to make a number of changes to deliver better public sector control, particularly in the area of safety.