HC Deb 04 February 2002 vol 379 cc731-2W
Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will estimate the(a) lives that would be saved and (b) track worker lives lost over 10 years by the alternative train protection systems under consideration; and if he will give the (i) capital and (ii) running costs of each system. [32074]

Mr. Jamieson

A steering group chaired by the Strategic Rail Authority and Railway Safety is presently evaluating options for the extension of automatic train protection systems and their costs.