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|Time man years|Cost £000
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1992 |0.6 |20
1993 |0.8 |26
1994 |1.1 |36
1995 |1.1 |36
In addition, some staff time is devoted to the design and production of the report. In 1993 94 and 1994 95, this amounted to 0.1 and 0.2 man years and £12,000 and £21,000 respectively--costs expressed in cash terms. These figures are not shown separately in MINIS and information on similar costs for earlier years is not available.
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what measures the Department takes to assess the cost and staff implications of compiling material for the departmental annual report. [20176]
Mr. Heseltine: The resources needed to coordinate drafting and production of the departmental report are considered as part of my annual examination of the Department's activities and resources in MINIS, the results of which are published each year. Budgets are set for non-staff costs at the beginning of work on each report.
Public Bodies
Dr. Wright: To ask the President of the Board of Trade which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) annual reports, (b) annual accounts, (c) the minutes of meetings, (d) the agendas of meetings and (e) registers of members' interests; and whether this in each case is (i) under a statutory requirement or (ii) voluntary. [20505]
Mr. Heseltine [holding answer 25 April 1995]: The information requested is as follows:
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|Register of
|Annual |Annual |Minutes of |Agendas of |Members
|Reports |Accounts |Meetings |Meetings |Interests
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British Hallmarking Council |<1>Y |<1>Y |<2>Y |<2>Y |<2>Y
English National Advisory Committee on Telecommunications |<1>Y |N |<2>Y |<2>Y |<2>Y
Northern Ireland Advisory Committee on Telecommunications |<1>Y |N |<2>Y |<2>Y |<2>Y
Scottish Advisory Committee on Telecommunications |<1>Y |N |<2>Y |<2>Y |<2>Y
Welsh Advisory Committee on Telecommunications |<1>Y |N |<2>Y |<2>Y |<2>Y
Gas Consumers Council |<1>Y |N |<2>Y |<2>Y |N
Post Office Users National Council |<1>Y |N |<2>Y |<2>Y |N
Post Office Users Council for Northern Ireland |<1>Y |N |<2>Y |<2>Y |N
Post Office Users Council for Scotland |<1>Y |N |<2>Y |<2>Y |N
Post Office Users Council for Wales |<1>Y |N |<2>Y |<2>Y |N
National Consumer Council |<1>Y |<1>Y |<2>Y |<2>Y |<2>Y
Design Council |<3>Y |<3>Y |N |N |N
Hearing Aid Council |<1>Y |<1>Y |N |N |N
Monopolies and Mergers Commission |<2>Y |N |N |N |N
NEB/NRDC |N |N |N |N |N
Policyholders Protection Board |<1>Y |<1>Y |N |N |N
Simpler Trade Procedures Board |<3>Y |<3>Y |N |N |N
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority |<1>Y |<1>Y |N |N |N
<1> Statutory requirement.<2> Voluntary.
<3> Condition of grant in aid.
Mr. Milburn: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those British Coal projects which received European regional development funding over the last 10 years, indicating (a) the level of funding and (b) the dates when it was received. [20402]
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 24 April 1995]: The amounts of European regional development fund grant approved for British Coal projects up to 31 March 1995 are as listed, except for information for Scotland before 1989, which is not readily available. The dates shown are those of the offers of grant. Most of the grants have been for British Coal Enterprise job creation projects. Most of the others have been to British Coal property for activities such as clearing and renovating old mine areas.
Date |Area |£ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 October 1988 |Carcroft |215,640 19 December 1988 |South Tyneside |159,250 2 February 1990 |Carcroft |135,765 2 February 1990 |Carcroft |326,285 2 February 1990 |Carcroft |110,000 15 March 1990 |Coatbridge |350,400 14 August 1990 |Tyne and Wear |69,896 14 August 1990 |Tyne and Wear |292,000 14 August 1990 |Tyne and Wear |171,997 30 October 1990 |Durham and Cleveland |179,656 21 February 1991 |Strathclyde |602,500 9 April 1991 |Durham and Cleveland |157,962 21 June 1991 |Lothian |200,000 21 June 1991 |Cowdenbeath |40,000 28 November 1991 |Strathclyde |100,000 14 January 1992 |Mansfield |184,763 17 January 1992 |Dinnington |113,659 17 January 1992 |Dinnington |323,492 17 January 1992 |Dinnington |196,111 17 March 1992 |Mansfield |164,446 23 June 1992 |Mansfield |498,187 29 June 1992 |Midlothian |64,000 29 June 1992 |Midlothian |35,900 29 June 1992 |Central Scotland |50,000 29 June 1992 |Central Scotland |10,000 29 June 1992 |Bathgate |64,000 29 June 1992 |Bathgate |36,000 29 June 1992 |Kirkcaldy |45,000 29 June 1992 |Kirkcaldy |25,000 18 July 1992 |Bolsover |292,596 29 July 1992 |Fife |520,000 3 August 1992 |Bolsover |112,305 12 August 1992 |Falkirk |188,400 26 August 1992 |Lothian |660,400 13 October 1992 |Ashfield |128,833 13 October 1992 |Ashfield |9,637 20 October 1992 |South Yorkshire |500,000 26 October 1992 |Mansfield |117,252 27 November 1992 |Cumnock |10,272 27 November 1992 |Cumnock and Doon Valley |32,000 27 November 1992 |Cumnock and Doon Valley |66,500 27 November 1992 |Cumnock and Doon Valley |33,750 10 December 1992 |South Yorkshire |493,819 15 December 1992 |Blaenavon |76,396 18 Decmber 1992 |Ashfield |3,871 18 December 1992 |Newark and Sherwood |284,500 18 December 1992 |Bassetlaw |133,000 5 February 1993 |Carcroft |136,513 23 February 1993 |South Yorkshire |209,379 2 March 1993 |Whitehaven |76,750 16 March 1993 |West Lothian |375,000 16 March 1993 |West Lothian |150,000 16 March 1993 |Lothian |240,000 31 March 1993 |Tyne and Wear |711,049 31 March 1993 |Tyne and Wear |350,000 31 March 1993 |Tyne and Wear |300,000 31 March 1993 |Tyne and Wear |10,000 1 April 1993 |Durham |439,201 30 April 1993 |South Yorkshire |800,000 25 June 1993 |Durham |143,955 29 June 1993 |Lothian |240,000 16 July 1993 |Dinnington |826,165 20 July 1993 |Tyne and Wear |1,250,000 13 August 1993 |Newark and Sherwood |175,553 17 September 1993 |Durham |620,400 17 September 1993 |Templeborough |1,089,021 23 September 1993 |Sherbourn |46,844 28 September 1993 |Nottingham |11,574 2 November 1993 |Coventry |695,250 4 November 1993 |Blaenavon |75,000 16 November 1993 |Wombwell |294,500 16 November 1993 |Armthorpe |233,611 18 November 1993 |Strathclyde |78,125 18 November 1993 |East Midlands |25,258 19 November 1993 |East Midlands |75,000 19 November 1993 |East Midlands |50,000 22 November 1993 |East Midlands |128,500 22 November 1993 |East Midlands |350,000 24 November 1993 |Bassetlaw |442,049 26 November 1993 |Chesterfield |222,500 30 November 1993 |Ashfield |470,447 15 December 1993 |Ashfield |40,031 15 December 1993 |Ashfield |157,126 15 December 1993 |Newark and Sherwood |55,000 15 December 1993 |Ashfield |422,550 15 December 1993 |Mansfield |191,250 15 December 1993 |East Midlands |174,750 15 December 1993 |South Yorkshire |901,215 23 December 1993 |Cumnock and Doon Valley |142,669 23 December 1993 |Cumnock and Doon Valley |171,204 31 December 1993 |Mansfield |127,872 31 December 1993 |East Midlands |210,500 31 December 1993 |East Midlands |73,000
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
RMS St. Helena
Sir David Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the MARSPEC report on the condition of RMS St. Helena. [20366]
Mr. Baldry: The MARSPEC report was produced for the Government of St. Helena. With the agreement of the Governor, a copy of the report has been placed in the Library of the House.
Forest Stewardship Council
Mr. Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funding has been made available by the Overseas Development Administration to the Forest Stewardship Council; and for what purpose. [20781]
Mr. Baldry: The ODA made a grant of £14,000 to the World Wide Fund for Nature to meet the costs of attendance of developing country representatives at the founding assembly of the council in 1993. We are presently discussing with the Forest Stewardship Council the possibility of providing funding to support national workshops in developing countries to discuss timber certification issues.
English Language Book Society
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons he has indicated that he wishes to terminate the subsidy to the English Language Book Society. [19891]
Mr. Baldry [holding answer 25 April 1995]: The subsidy to British publishers under the educational low-priced books scheme--ELBS--is being phased out over two years because it is not fully meeting ODA's developmental priorities. A review carried out in 1994 revealed that about a third of books sold under ELBS went to prosperous countries, including Hong Kong, Malaysia and Turkey, although our aim for the scheme was to reach poorer students in poorer countries who cannot afford to buy books. The review concluded that the money could be spent more effectively if targeted at specific countries and institutions to which poorer students have access. Over the coming months we will be developing new strategies to achieve improved targeting of and access to key text books and other essential learning materials for students in the poorer countries, in pursuit of our developmental objectives.
DEFENCE
Russian Forces
Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his latest estimate of the number of Russian forces stationed in each sovereign state outside present Russian borders. [20280]
Mr. Soames: Some Russian-controlled military units stationed outside Russia are mixed-manned with Russians and local ethnic groups. The rounded figures for Russian-controlled units are as follows:
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Turkmenistan around 1,000Tajikistan: 25,000
Kazakhstan: 23,000
Uzbekistan: around 100
Kyrgyzstan: around 500
Estonia: none
Lithuania: none
Latvia: 600
Armenia: 15,000
Azerbaijan: 300
Georgia: 25,000
Moldova: 8,000
Ukraine: 35,000
Belarus: 3,000
Low Flying
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he is likely to complete his investigation into the low-flying incident over Barnoldswick and Earby in January. [20002]
Mr. Soames: Although the RAF police investigation is well advanced, there is still a need to interview eye witnesses. The RAF police aim to conduct these interviews as soon as possible and to conclude their investigation shortly thereafter.
Military Attaches
Mr. Jopling: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in what countries the United Kingdom posts have defence attaches; and what number of serving military personnel is attached to each one, together with their rank. [19958]
Mr. Soames: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Leeds, Central (Mr. Fatchett) on 2 March, Official Report, column 687.
Rifle Grenades
Mr. Colvin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what United Kingdom capability exists for the design and manufacture of rifle grenades: which company was responsible for the production of rifle grenades currently in service: for what reasons no British company has been invited to tender for the design and supply of rifle grenades under tender No. LWS 2a/459; and if he will make a statement. [20332]
Mr. Freeman: Any accredited United Kingdom ammunition manufacturer would have the capability to design and manufacture rifle grenades as the technology is not complex. Current in-service grenades were manufactured by Luchaire (France) and Martin Marietta (US). Two UK companies registered an interest in the advance notice of tender LWS 2a/459, Heckler and Koch (UK) and Hunting Engineering. However, Heckler and Koch (UK) withdrew from the tender in August 1993, and the Hunting Engineering proposal did not meet the services' requirements.
Helicopters
Dr. David Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library the six reports on cost and operational effectiveness investment appraisal of the EH101 helicopter. [20478]
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Mr. Freeman: This material is classified, and it would not therefore be appropriate to place it in the House of Commons Library.
Abbey Wood
Mr. Fatchett: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list (a) the functions and (b) the staff which he intends to transfer to the new facilities at Abbey wood, Bristol. [20801]
Mr. Freeman: The function to be transferred is defence equipment procurement and related policy support which is undertaken by the Department's Procurement Executive. Current plans envisage transferring some 4,300 PE civilian and military posts together with a further 600 PE- related project support and integrated logistics specialist personnel. Of the total PE strength, some 500 administrative or secretarial staff will be recruited locally with the balance transferring from existing locations. Consideration is being given to accommodating additional staff at Abbey wood to allow further rationalisation of MOD property holdings.
Mr. Fatchett: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out (a) the original completion date, (b) the current completion date, (c) the confirmed cost and (d) the expected cost for the construction of Abbey wood, Bristol. [20802]
Mr. Freeman: The original completion date including occupation of Abbey wood by the Procurement Executive headquarters staff was autumn 1996. The current completion date is 31 October 1996. The approved and estimated cost of the development is £254.136 million--inclusive of VAT--at 1993 prices. The project remains within budget.
University Recruits
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many flying members of each university air squadron were recruited into the RAF on leaving university in the last available year. [20888]
Mr. Soames: The number of former university air squadron flying members who were recruited into the Royal Air Force as pilots on leaving university during financial year 1993 94 is as follows:
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Aberdeen, Dundee and St. Andrews |1
Birmingham |6
Bristol |3
Cambridge |2
East Lowlands |1
East Midlands |4
Glasgow and Strathclyde |1
Liverpool |3
London |4
Manchester and Salford |4
Northumbrian |6
Oxford |6
Queen's |0
Southampton |6
Wales |1
Yorkshire |4
Plutonium
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the fuel- grade plutonium owned by his Department and stored at Sellafield will be transferred to the civilian stockpile, following the announcement of an end to the production of fissile materials for explosive purposes. [21015]
Mr. Soames: We have no such plans.
Radioactive Waste
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to take any action against the individuals who, on 17 April, damaged the radioactive waste discharge pipeline which runs from AWE Aldermaston to the River Thames. [21010]
Mr. Soames: This matter is currently under consideration by my Department.
Public Bodies
Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have (a) a statutory requirement to admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings and (b) a statutory requirement to hold open meetings for the public. [20872]
Mr. Soames: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on this subject on 25 April, Official Report, column 497.
US Naval Facility, Brawdy
Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the US Navy has provided the Ministry of Defence with a base closure report on environmental issues for the US naval facility at Brawdy in Pembrokeshire. [21081]
Mr. Soames: Although the US naval facility at Brawdy has not yet closed, we have discussed such a document with the US authorities and they have agreed to provide one at the appropriate time.
TRANSPORT
British Rail Rolling Stock
Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) when he expects to announce the outcome of the bids for the privatisation of British Rail Maintenance Ltd.; [20546]
(2) what legal rights are held by Asea Brown Boveri to undertake rolling stock engineering and maintenance work for British Rail and rolling stock leasing companies; [20544]
(3) if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreement reached with Asea Brown Boveri at the time of the privatisation of British Rail Engineering Ltd. regarding the future placing of orders for rolling stock engineering and maintenance work by British Rail; [20542]
(4) what reference was made to legal obligations on the railway rolling stock leasing companies regarding any requirement to place heavy engineering and maintenance work with any publicly or privately owned maintenance companies and to legal rights held by Asea Brown Boveri
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to undertake rolling stock engineering and maintenance work for British Rail and rolling stock leasing companies, in the documentation provided to potential purchasers of British Rail Maintenance Ltd.; [20545](5) what legal obligations rest on the railway rolling stock leasing companies regarding any requirement to place heavy engineering and maintenance work with any publicly or privately owned maintenance companies. [20543]
Mr. Watts: The British Railways Board and the rolling stock companies have contractual commitments for rolling stock maintenance with a number of private sector suppliers, and with BR Maintenance Ltd.--level 5 maintenance depots. BR described these latter commitments and associated matters in the British Rail Maintenance Ltd.--level 5 information memoranda, other sales documents and in subsequent discussions with bidders for the depots. The documents are commercially confidential and cannot therefore be released. BR hopes to announce sales of the depots shortly.
Bull Bars
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to sponsor new research by the Transport Research Laboratory into accidents in which bull bars are involved. [20805]
Mr. Norris: None. I am waiting for the results of the accident study based on police reports of injuries to pedestrians involving cars fitted with bull bars, which should be available towards the end of this year.
Public Bodies
Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have (a) a statutory requirement to admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings and (b) a statutory requirement to hold open meetings for the public. [20878]
Mr. Norris: Only the London regional passengers committee is subject to any statutory requirements. Meetings of the committee are required to be open to the public, except during discussion on items of business defined in paragraph 11A of schedule 3 to the London Regional Transport Act 1984-- for example, where a breach of confidence would be involved.
Railway Passenger Services
Mr. Illsley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if passenger transport executives will be able to specify timetabling and fares for the rail services they support. [18015]
Mr. Watts: The Railways Act 1993 provides for passenger transport executives to submit to the franchising director a statement of their requirements for inclusion in the specification of services in respect of which the franchising director proposes to issue an invitation to tender. Such a statement shall specify the railway passenger services which the passenger transport authority considers it appropriate to secure to meet any public transport requirements within the relevant passenger transport area. The statement may also specify requirements with respect to the fares to be charged to persons using those services.
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Ship Inspections
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of ship inspectors employed at each marine office for each of the last five years. [19381]
Mr. Norris: This is an operational matter for the Marine Safety Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from R. M. Bradley to Ms Joan Walley, dated 26 April 1995:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your Question about the number of ship inspectors employed at each Marine Office during the last five years.
The number of ship inspectors, including fishing vessel inspectors, in post in each marine district are set out in the table below. The number of inspectors in post by district is not available for the financial years 1989 90 and 1990 91.
T
|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94
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London |- |- |18 |18 |19
Southampton |- |- |30 |23 |21
Liverpool |- |- |20 |19 |21
Glasgow |- |- |22 |21 |21
Aberdeen |- |- |17.5 |20 |20.5
Newcastle |- |- |25 |27.5 |27.5
Total number of inspectors in post |129 |137 |132.5 |128.5 |130
The figure for the number of inspectors in post in 1994 95 is being collated and will be published in the MSA's annual report.
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many unannounced inspections have been carried out by the Marine Safety Agency for each of the last five years; [19383]
(2) if he will list for each of the last five years the number of ship inspections undertaken by the Marine Safety Agency. [19379]
Mr. Norris: These are operational matters for the Marine Safety Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from R. M. Bradley to Ms Joan Walley dated 26 April 1995:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your two Questions about the number of ship inspections and the number of unannounced ship inspections carried out by the Marine Safety Agency (MSA) in each of the last five years.
Virtually all inspections made by the MSA are unannounced, by occasionally for operational reasons the inspection may be pre-arranged. The records held by the MSA do not identify which inspections might have been announced in advance.
The number of inspections carried out in the last five years by the MSA and the Surveyor General's Organisation (before 1993) are set out in the table below. The figures include fishing vessel inspections and port state control inspections.
|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94
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Total number of inspections |6,018 |5,801 |6,654 |6,211 |6,663
The inspection figures for 1994 95 are being collated and will be published in the MSA's annual report.
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Marine Safety Agency
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the total budget for the Marine Safety Agency and its predecessor for each of the last five years. [19387]
Mr. Norris: The gross budgets for the Marine Safety Agency for the financial years 1990 91 to 1994 95 are as follows:
|£ million
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1990-91 |26.9
1991-92 |28.6
1992-93 |27.6
1993-94 |28.5
1994-95 |31.7
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each of the last two years the number of port state control checks undertaken by the Marine Safety Agency. [19380]
Mr. Norris: This is an operational matter for the Marine Safety Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from R. M. Bradley to Ms Joan Walley, dated 26 April 1995: The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your Question about the number of port state control inspections undertaken by the Marine Safety Agency (MSA) in the last two years. The MSA carried out 2,132 port state control inspections in the financial year 1992/93 and 2,218 inspections in 1993/94. Information on the inspections undertaken in 1994/95 is being collated and the number of port state control inspections carried out will be published in the MSA's annual report.
Ferry Safety
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the ferries sailing from United Kingdom waters that do not meet the standards set out in SOLAS 90. [19382]
Mr. Norris: In his oral statement to the House on
5 April 1995, Official Report , columns 1753 61, the Secretary of State announced the publication of lists of roll-on roll-off ferries serving the United Kingdom ports. The lists show whether the vessels meet the SOLAS 90 survivability standard or the date by which they need to be modified in accordance with the north-west European ferry stability agreement which applies SOLAS 90 to roll-on roll-off ferries built before 1990. A copy of those lists and an explanatory note were placed in the Library of the House.
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if it is mandatory for ferry operators to carry out fire evacuation exercises while passengers are on board; and if he will make a statement. [19384]
Mr. Norris: This is an operational matter for the Marine Safety Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from R. M. Bradley to Ms Joan Walley, dated
26 April 1995:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your question about fire evacuation exercises whilst passengers are on board ferries.
Passengers are not required to participate in fire drills unless the ship is engaged on a long international voyage, in which case a muster of the passengers must take place within 24 hours of their
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embarkation. In addition, all passenger ships on international voyages, including ferries, are subject to requirements that call for a weekly fire drill when the crew receive training and practise the functions that they are expected to carry out in an emergency. In the event of a fire passengers would be alerted using the general emergency alarm system and instructed on the public address system to muster at specified positions in the same way as any other emergency. Instructions are required to be posted in passenger cabins, muster stations and other passenger spaces to inform passengers of their muster station and the essential actions they must take in an emergency.Railway Signalling Systems
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what dates work started or will start on site on the renewal of (a) Winchester/Weston, (b) Dorking-Arundel AHB level crossings, (c) Kingmoor area, (d) east Kent AHB level crossings, (e) Holmwood, (f) central Scotland, (g) Medway valley, (h) Olive Mount, (i) Great Eastern, (j) Manchester north, (k) Manchester south--Stockport-- (l) Manchester south, (m) Hither Green, (n) Willesden, (o) Barnes, (p) Dartford and (q) Guildford railway signalling systems; and in each case when the renewal is due to be completed. [20303]
Mr. Watts: Railtrack has supplied me with the following information:
a. Winchester/Weston
The start date was April 1994. The implementation phase started in June 1994. The project is due to be completed in early 1996. b. Dorking--Arundel AHB Level Crossings
Crossings are renewed when their life has expired. No indication that remedial action is required at present.
c. Kingmoor Area
The programme for this project is currently under review. d. East Kent AHB Level Crossings
No specific programme. Crossings are renewed when their life has expired. No indication that remedial action is required at present. e. Holmwood
This signal box has not been used for over 10 years. Plans are being drawn up for decommissioning, but no date fixed.
f. Central Scotland
Installation work has been completed at Hilton and largely completed at Grangemouth junction. At Carmuirs East and Dunblane work has been completed.
g. Medway Valley
Most boxes have had their interlocking refurbished over the last two years. There is no immediate plan to renew.
h. Olive Mount
No scheme is in progress at this moment in time.
i. Great Eastern
The project started in 1988 and is due to finish commissioning at Easter 1998.
j. Manchester North
The design contracts for this project are about to be let. Site surveys are beginning now but implementation is likely to start in early 1996 and to end towards the close of 1997.
k. Manchester South (Stockport)
Signalling work will be started this year and finished during 1996.
l. Manchester South
No work currently under way except that on the Stockport section.
m. Hither Green
No plans at present for this location.
n. Willesden
The Willesden work is due to start during 1995 and finish during 1996.
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