HC Deb 11 December 2002 vol 396 c357W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the(a) collisions, (b) derailments and (c) SPADs involving Mark 1 passenger carriages in each of the last four years, broken down by (i) vehicle stock and (ii) train operating company. [86554]

Mr. Jamieson

The Health and Safety Executive's Railway Inspectorate have advised that this information is not available in the form requested.

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when all Mark 1 passenger carriages will be replaced, broken down by(a) vehicle stock and (b) train operating company. [86553]

Mr. Jamieson

New vehicles to replace Mark 1 rolling stock have been ordered and are being manufactured to allow the withdrawal of all Mark 1 vehicles by the statutory deadline of 31 December 2004. However, it may not be possible to introduce all the new vehicles by this date because of scale of the power supply upgrade that is required. The industry is exploring various options—one of which includes the accelerated installation of TPWS by 31 March 2003.

Region Name of transport scheme Approved for Objective 1 funding (Yes/No) Total amount of funding from Objective 1 (£ million) Total amount of funding from government (£ million)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Connecting Cornwall: project to help develop and implement transport strategy in the County Yes 0.17 0
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Newquay Cornwall Airport Business Development: to develop opportunities to invest in and improve airport facilities Yes 0.22 0
Merseyside Port of Liverpool—Strategic Transport Access Study (Applicant—Sefton MBC) Yes 0.18 0.02
Merseyside St. Helens Eastern Approach Phase 1 Corporation Street Bridge (Applicant—St. Helens MBC) Yes 0.34 0
Merseyside Axis/River Alt. Footpath (Applicant—Liverpool City Council) Yes 0.07 0.009
Merseyside New Pathways Bus Links to Atlantic Gateway SIA (Applicant—Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority) Yes 0.25 0.62
Merseyside Pathways Bus Links (Huyton/Prescot) (Applicant—Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority) Yes 0.94 0.48
Merseyside Pathways Bus Links (Kirkby/Gillmoss) (Applicant—Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority) Yes 0.41 0.62
Merseyside LTP Smart Scheme A—Stage One (Applicant—Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority Yes 1.55 0
Merseyside Bus Priority Measures One—Chalon Way Bus Gate (Applicant—St. Helens MBC) Yes 0.12 0

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