London Underground (Hansard, 24 July 2002)

§ Tom Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the discussions his Department has held with the EU about the PPP for London Underground and state aid. [62418]

§ Mr. Jamieson
[holding answer 17 June 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to Part (a) of my answer of 17 June 2002, Official Report, column 67W.

§ Mrs. May
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the extra money in expenditure on the London underground announced in the spending review will be spent on; and if he will make a statement; [71064]
(2) what representations he has received from the consortia involved with the public-private partnership for the London underground about the extra spending announced in the spending review. [71065]

§ Mr. Jamieson
[holding answer 18 July 2002]: The spending review takes full account of the Government's commitment to full funding for the first seven-and-a-half years of the tube modernisation plans. A statement of how the Government intend to fund the London underground in the long term was annexed to the draft letters of comfort reported to Parliament by my right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State's Minute of 20 March 2002.

Percentage

2001–02 2002–03¹

Peak Off peak Peak Off peak

Chance of being on a train with all seats full. 53 30 53 27

Chance of being on a train with at least one person standing for each one sitting. 14 4 14 3

Chance of being on a train with at least two people standing for each one sitting. 1 1 1 ²—

¹ First quarter

² Sample is too small to provide a meaningful percentage figure, but is less than 1 per cent.

§ Mr. Redwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to send the first payments to London Underground PPP contractors. [72894]

§ Mr. Spellar
The Government will make no direct payments to the PPP contractors. London Underground will pay a monthly Infrastructure Service Charge to the contractors, once the Infrastructure Companies have been transferred to the private sector, following completion of the PPP contracts.

Measure Targeted performance by end March 2002 Actual performance at Targeted performance end March 2002 Targeted performance by end March 2003

performance

Excess journey time (unweighted) (minutes) 3.63 3.44 3.42

Train kilometres operated (million) 65.6 65.4 67.2

Customer satisfaction¹:

Overall evaluation n/a n/a 75

Train service 75 75 ²—

1238W
No representations have been received from the consortia involved with the public-private partnership.

§ Tom Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 16 July 2002,Official Report, column 143W, what contingency plans he has for the case where, after the financial close of PPP, a key partner in the Tubelines or Metronet Consortium fails and no replacement partner is found. [71812]

§ Mr. Jamieson
As my answer of 16 July made clear, the PPP contracts allow for changes in the shareholders of the consortia, subject to the consent of London Underground, including changes to the number of shareholders.

§ Tom Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out Government spending on London Underground in each of the next three years as a result of the CSR. [72216]

§ Mr. Jamieson
I refer the hon. Member to the reply I have given to the hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) today.

§ Mrs. May
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the overcrowding statistics for(a) 2001 and (b) 2002 to date for the London Underground. [71735]

§ Mr. Jamieson
[holding answer 22 July 20021: This is an operational matter for London Underground (LU), who have informed me that they measure how crowded services are in terms of the percentage chance of boarding a train with:

(i) all seats full,

(ii) one person standing for each seated passenger, and

(iii) two persons standing for each seated passenger.

LU have provided the information in the table showing this information for 2001–02 and the first quarter of 2002–03.

§ Mr. Todd
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish details of the performance and investment targets set for London Underground in 2002–03. [73536]

§ Mr. Spellar
The table shows the targets that have been set for London Underground Ltd. in 2002–03, together with the previous targets, and actual performance achieved at the end of March 2002.
1239W

Measure Targeted performance by end March 2002 Actual performance at end March 2002 Targeted performance by end March 2003

Safety and security 80 78 ²—

Staff helpfulness and availability 69 69 ²—

Cleanliness 67 68 ²—

Information 77 76 ²—

Investment

Project expenditure (£ million) 410 429 587

Project delivery³:

Track renewals (km) 19.5 24.0 25.4

Station upgrades 5 5 3

Station designs n/a n/a 50

Escalator refurbishments 20 19 20

Other asset improvements n/a n/a 4

¹ Average scores out of 100.

² Customer satisfaction scores are being rebased in 2002–03 to better reflect customers' views of journeys undertaken in the peak periods. Although not set as formal targets the five individual elements of the customer satisfaction scores will continue to be monitored and published by London Underground Ltd.

³ A number of other investment works on escalators, rolling stock, signalling, stations and track will also be started, progressed or completed during the year.

The Government are separately discussing longer-term performance targets for the London Underground with the Mayor as part of the proposed tube modernization plans.

Percentage
	2001–02	2002–03¹
	Peak	Off peak	Peak	Off peak
Chance of being on a train with all seats full.	53	30	53	27
Chance of being on a train with at least one person standing for each one sitting.	14	4	14	3
Chance of being on a train with at least two people standing for each one sitting.	1	1	1	²—
¹ First quarter
² Sample is too small to provide a meaningful percentage figure, but is less than 1 per cent.

Measure	Targeted performance by end March 2002	Actual performance at Targeted performance end March 2002	Targeted performance by end March 2003
performance
Excess journey time (unweighted) (minutes)	3.63	3.44	3.42
Train kilometres operated (million)	65.6	65.4	67.2
Customer satisfaction¹:
Overall evaluation	n/a	n/a	75
Train service	75	75	²—

Measure	Targeted performance by end March 2002	Actual performance at end March 2002	Targeted performance by end March 2003
Safety and security	80	78	²—
Staff helpfulness and availability	69	69	²—
Cleanliness	67	68	²—
Information	77	76	²—
Investment
Project expenditure (£ million)	410	429	587
Project delivery³:
Track renewals (km)	19.5	24.0	25.4
Station upgrades	5	5	3
Station designs	n/a	n/a	50
Escalator refurbishments	20	19	20
Other asset improvements	n/a	n/a	4
¹ Average scores out of 100.
² Customer satisfaction scores are being rebased in 2002–03 to better reflect customers' views of journeys undertaken in the peak periods. Although not set as formal targets the five individual elements of the customer satisfaction scores will continue to be monitored and published by London Underground Ltd.
³ A number of other investment works on escalators, rolling stock, signalling, stations and track will also be started, progressed or completed during the year.