§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on how many occasions between 31 March 2000 and 31 March 2001(a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. [158550]
§ Ms Beverley HughesDuring the period 31 March 2000 to 31 March 2001, special advisers in this Department travelled overseas on seven occasions.
£ million at cash prices Year Government grant to London Transport1 Core investment (including JLE) Private finance investment2 Total investment in Underground (excluding JLE) Total investment in Underground 1990–91 484 414 — 414 455 1991–92 575 298 — 298 360 1992–93 883 632 — 632 699 1993–94 693 485 — 485 740 1994–95 786 506 — 505 877 1995–96 904 485 114 599 1,187 1996–97 944 371 138 509 1,166 1997–98 629 324 161 485 961 1998–99 411 415 53 468 751 1999–2000 816 342 179 521 1,176 2000–013 404 395 150 545 545 1Excludes grant to Docklands Light Railway in years 1990–91 and 1991–92, and retained scale proceeds from disposal of bus companies in year 1994–95 2The PFI figures are not actual amounts the private sector is investing in London Transport. Instead they are London Transport's estimates of what investment in PFI projects would have cost had they done the investment themselves 3The Underground Own Investment figure for year 2000–01 is not directly comparable to earlier years. The figure shown is the forecast outturn of London Underground Ltd.'s projects programme, and reflects their adoption of the accounting standard Financial Reporting Standard 15, which excludes capital renewal works.
§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on(a) train, (b) signal and (c) track failures in each financial year since 1994–95 for each line of the London Underground and the cumulative figures for all lines. [159435]