HC Deb 06 March 2002 vol 381 cc370-1W
Mr. Pickles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what has been the increase in 2000 prices for fares in the London Underground in each of the last 10 years. [37229]

Mr. Spellar

London Underground advise that data covering the complete range of individual ticket types available can be provided only at disproportionate cost. It has, however, produced the following table, which gives the increase in fares, in year 2000 prices, based upon revenue per passenger journey.

Revenue per passenger journey at 2000 prices (£) Percentage change from previous year
1990–91 0.911 —
1991–92 0.945 3.80
1992–93 0.996 5.40
1993–94 1.05 5.40
1994–95 1.108 5.60
1995–96 1.114 0.60
1996–97 1.151 3.30
1997–98 1.165 1.30
1998–99 1.18 1.20
1999–2000 1.175 -0.40
2000–01 1.164 -0.90

Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will make a statement on the safety case which the Health and Safety Executive is required to produce for the London Underground PPP when the London Underground is transferred to Transport for London and the Greater London Assembly. [40342]

Mr. Jamieson

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) assesses and considers safety cases for acceptance. It is for London Underground Ltd. to submit to HSE any material revision to its railway safety case that may arise from the transfer of the underground to Transport for London. The HSE has not yet received any revision to this effect.

Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the terms of reference of the original contract relating to the value for money assessment on the PPP carried out for his Department by Ernst and Young; and whether the contract allowed the specification of the final report to be altered by(a) his Department and (b) Ernst and Young (i) before and (ii) after it was written. [40341]

Mr. Jamieson

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) on 23 November 2001,Official Report, column 493W. The terms of reference referred to in that answer were final and did not change, with the single exception of the deadline by which Ernst and Young were to report. This was necessarily tied to London Underground's own timing on its evaluation of bids.