§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 4 February 2002,Official Report, column 730W, on what calculations the assumption about peak period growth in London was based; and on what basis his Department reached the assumption about inter-city growth detailed in the footnote. [36238]
§ Mr. JamiesonIt reflects the Department's judgment, as set out on pages 8 to 10 of the background analysis, of the estimated basecase growth in rail passenger traffic by the particular sectors and on the current and expected capacity without the additional 10-year plan investments.
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 8 February 2002,Official Report, column 1190, on the strategic rail plan, if he will list the projects to which contractual commitments have been made; and in what years the remaining £8.1 billion has been provisionally allocated. [36320]
§ Mr. JamiesonContractual commitments for public investment support have been entered into for around £7 billion of network grants, £3.5 billion of capital grants to the CTRL and around £30 million of freight facilities grants. These commitments are included in the profile of public investment support set out in the reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lynne Jones) on 23 January 2002,Official Report, column 872W.