HC Deb 22 July 2002 vol 389 cc746-7W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimates he has made as to the change in capacity on London Underground resulting from the PPP proposal; and if he will make a statement. [71387]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 19 July 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Mr. Brake) on 24 June 2002, Official Report, column 660W.

Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made as to the loss of station capacity resulting from work planned under the proposed PPP; and if he will make a statement. [71497]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 19 July 2002]: Nothing on the scale of the modernisation plans for the Underground has ever been undertaken and some disruption is inevitable while the contractors are maintaining and renewing the entire network. Most of the work will be done at night; the plans have been specifically designed to minimise disruption to passengers.

Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on what powers(a) he and (b) the London Mayor (i) have and (ii) will have in order to place the Tube Infracos into administration; and under what legislation these powers are in place. [71052]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 19 July 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given him today [70813].

Mr. Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out the criteria for assessing journey times on London Underground services for the purposes of judging performance against the PSA targets for transport set out in the 2002 Spending Review. [71618]

Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 9 July 2002,Official Report, column 808W. on London Underground, if he will make a statement on the methodology used to determine London Underground's weighted measure. [71482]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 19 July 2002]: Journey times on the Underground are assessed by London Underground using the methodology described in the document "The Journey Time Metric" (published by London Transport in 1999), copies of which I have arranged to be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 8 July 2002,Official Report, column 668W, on London Underground, if he will publish (a) the data and (b) the calculations, used in order to produce chart 6j (overcrowding on the London Underground today), on page 67 of the 10-year plan. [71375]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 19 July 20021: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 9 July 2002, Official Report, column 794W.