§ Harry CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions when the proposed stakeholders meeting of London Underground 525W and the Health and Safety Executive's review of the Public Private Partnership will take place, and in which location. [2730]
§ Mr. JamiesonLondon Underground informs me that its stakeholders' safety meeting, originally scheduled for 26 June, was postponed at the request of Mr. Robert Kiley, while he conducted negotiations with the bidders for the PPP contracts. Mr. Kiley has now reported that he has been unable to reach agreement with the bidders which meets his objectives, and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has asked London Underground to proceed with plans for the modernisation of the Tube. A rescheduled stakeholders' meeting can be expected later in the summer as part of the renewed drive to provide the investment and renewal programme needed to create a 21st century Tube.
Safety will continue to be the first priority of London Underground. The Health and Safety Executive is currently undertaking a review of London Underground's safety arrangements as part of the rigorous acceptance process for revisions to London Underground's safety case.
§ Mr. HurstTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) how many people used the London Underground in each of the years 1971 to 2000; [2506]
(2) what estimate he has made of the number of people who will use the London Underground in the next 10 years. [2507]
§ Mr. JamiesonThis is an operational matter for London Underground which has provided me with the figures in the tables, which represent the total number of fare-paying passengers who use the Underground network each year.
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million Passenger journeys 1971 654 1972 655 1973 644 1974 636 1975 601 1976 546 1977 546 1978 569 1979 594 1980 559 1981 541 1982 498 1983 563 1984–85 672 1985–86 732 1986–87 769 1987–88 798 1988–89 815 1989–90 765 1990–91 775 1991–92 751 1992–93 728 1993–94 735 1994–95 764 1995–96 784 1996–97 772 1997–98 832 1998–99 866 1999–2000 927 2000–01 970
London Underground future projections over the next 10 years million Passenger journeys 2001–02 977 2002–03 993 2003–04 1,012 2004–05 1,025 2005–06 1,039 2006–07 1,050 2007–08 1,060 2008–09 1,079 2009–10 1,098 2010–11 1,117