§ Mr. Gregory CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public money has been spent on(a) maintaining and (b) upgrading the rail network between Belfast and the border with the Irish Republic in each of the past five years. [185114]
§ Mr. SpellarPublic money spent on maintaining and upgrading the rail network between Belfast and the border with the Irish Republic in each of the past five years is as follows:
Infrastructure maintenance—Cross-border line £000 1999–2000 668 2000–01 691 2001–02 696 2002–03 720 2003–04 725 Total 3,500 This includes work carried out on the track, level crossings, bridges/embankments and buildings/stations.
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£000 1999–2000 5,150 2000–01 1,175 2001–02 2,800
Upgrading cross-border line £000 2002–03 2,552 2003–04 5,700 Total 17,377 This includes work carried out on resignalling at Lurgan, the City junction to Central relay, fencing, conversion to full barrier and the installation of CCTV at Moira and Trummery accommodatio# crossings and the upgrading of Belfast Central station.
§ Mr. Gregory CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public money from Northern Ireland Departments has been spent on(a) maintaining and (b) improving the Enterprise rail service between Belfast and Dublin in each of the past five years. [185115]
§ Mr. SpellarPublic money spent on maintaining and improving the Enterprise rail service between Belfast and Dublin in each of the last five years is as follows:
£000 1999–2000 523 2000–01 786 2001–02 932 2002–03 1,006 2003–04 1,200 Total 4,447 Within this, around £1.9 million was spent on routine maintenance of the rolling stock and around £2.5 million on the refurbishment of Enterprise carriages. Translink classify the latter as planned maintenance.
§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to his answer of 15 July 2004,Official Report, column 1329W, on the Railway Review Group, if he will list the officials from (a) the Department for Regional Development, (b) the Department of Finance and Personnel and (c) Translink who are members of the Railway Review Group. [186305]
§ Mr. SpellarListed as follows are the officials from the Department for Regional Development, Department of Finance and Personnel, Translink and the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company who are members of Railways Review Group.
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Members of Railways Review Group Official (a) Doreen Brown (Department for Regional Development)— Joint Chairperson
David Sterling (Department for Regional Development)
Brian White (Department for Regional Development)
Michael Pollock (Department for Regional Development)
Garry McKenna (Department for Regional Development)
(b) Michael Brennan (Department of Finance and Personnel) (c) Keith Moffatt (Translink)—Joint Chairperson Jim Aiken (Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company)
Stephen Armstrong (Translink)
Clive Bradberry (Translink)
Mal McGreevy (Translink)
§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the Department of Transport's New Approach to Transport Appraisal; and whether future investment decisions relating to Northern Ireland's railways network will be considered in the light of this report. [186855]
§ Mr. SpellarThe New Approach to Transport Appraisal is applied to all transport projects as set out in the "Guidance on Methodology for Multi Modal Studies" and this is fully consistent with the Treasury "Green Book-Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government" which is used to inform investment decisions in Northern Ireland.