HC Deb 30 January 2003 vol 398 c984W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 7 January,Official Report, column 108W, on Strategic Rail Authority (Consultants), (1) if he will make a statement on the work conducted for the Strategic Rail Authority (a) by Booz Allen and Hamilton on the Virgin trains franchise negotiation, (b) by KPMG on financial advisers for Virgin Rail Group Negotiations and (c) by KPMG on the Virgin Rail Ltd scope review and the financial advisers for Virgin Rail Group Negotiations. [93234]

(2) if he will make a statement on (a) the PLANET models, (b) the work by Nichols on Mark 1 rolling-stock, (c) the work by NDS Transmodal on innovation competition, (d) Project Tide, (e) the WARM(E) project and (f) Project Radar. [93233]

(3) if he will place in the Library copies of the (a) review of international rail services conducted by Steer Davies and Gleave, (b) study into why operational performance has failed to revert to pre-Hatfield levels, conducted by AEA Technology, (c) studies of Project Ariel, SPVs and enhancements, conducted by Lazards, (d) study of the financial adviser to Scottish passenger rail franchise relet conducted by KPMG, (e) study of Mark 1, strategic reserve vehicles conducted by Jacobs Gibb, (f) studies on due diligence of Railtrack and CLG bus plan, conducted by Booz Allen and Hamilton and (g) ELL provision of timetable validation study conducted by AEA Technology. [93232]

Mr. Jamieson

These are matters for the Strategic Rail Authority. I have asked the Authority to contact the hon. Member directly about the information he seeks.

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