Railways (Hansard, 10 April 2002)

§ Mr. Luff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will make a statement on the reliability and punctuality of(a)Thames Trains and (b)First Great Western Services on the Cotswold line between Worcester and Oxford in each year since 1997. [47597]

§ Mr. Jamieson
The Strategic Rail Authority publish performance figures for each of the train operating companies entire network in their bi-annual publication "On Track". This is placed in the Libraries of the House. Statistics for specific routes are not held centrally.

§ Mrs. May
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will make a statement on the future role of an independent economic regulator for the railways. [46969]

§ Mr. Byers
Independent economic regulation is and will continue to be an important element of the regulatory framework for the railways.

§ Dr. Pugh
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) who is responsible for deciding on the metallurgical composition of the railway track laid in the UK; [44310]
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(2) what information his Department holds on the training procedures in place for length examiners of the rail network. [44355]

§ Mr. Jamieson
These are operational matters for Railtrack.