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Lighthouse Keepers

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many lighthouse keepers there are in (a) Great Britain and (b) Northern Ireland. [18774]

Mr. Norris: There are 105 lighthouse keepers in Great Britain and six in Northern Ireland.

East Coast Main Line

Mr. Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library the contract between Stagecoach Holdings plc and British Rail with regard to its operations on the east coast main line. [18573]

Mr. Watts: The contract between InterCity West Coast and Stagecoach Holdings plc, under which Stagecoach provided overnight seated train services from Aberdeen, Dundee, and Edinburgh to London and return, is commercially confidential.

Road Construction

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the planned expenditure on road construction in the years (a) 1995 to 1996 and (b) 1996 to 1997; and if he will make a statement. [18741]

Mr. Watts: Expenditure on new construction in England, net of capital receipts and design, build, finance and operate current costs, is estimated at £1,169 million

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in 1995-96 and £973 million in 1996-97 in cash terms. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport made two announcements on 28 November 1995 to detail the background to this expenditure.

InterCity

Mr. Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the accounts of InterCity at the time of its break-up. [18572]

Mr. Watts: The accounts of InterCity for this period are incorporated in the British Railways Board's annual report and accounts for 1993-94, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.

Channel Tunnel (Inspections)

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the dates of inspections undertaken by his Department on the channel tunnel for the last 12 months, indicating the deficiencies found at each inspection. [18676]

Mr. Watts: Safety inspections of the channel tunnel are carried out by inspectors of national authorities of UK and France and other experts authorised by the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority. These inspectors visit the tunnel several times a month and report to the safety authority on a range of matters; no major deficiency has been reported. Where problems have been identified, they have been raised with Eurotunnel which has taken corrective action.

Herald of Free Enterprise

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the recommendations of the report into the loss of the Herald of Free Enterprise that have not yet been implemented; and when he expects these to be implemented. [18674]

Mr. Norris: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the House of 16 October 1995, Official Report, columns 83-84.

Accident Statistics

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by police force the number of accidents involving (a) heavy goods vehicles, (b) passenger service vehicles and (c) minibuses for each of the last five years. [18668]

Mr. Norris: The information requested is shown in the following three tables. Figures for 1995 are not yet available.

Personal injury road accidents involving an HGV by year and police authority: Great Britain 1990-1994Accidents

Police Authority	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Metropolitan Police	1,684	1,302	1,169	1,195	1,228
Cumbria	176	154	156	159	135
Lancashire	281	213	237	281	334
Merseyside	292	283	286	281	337
Greater Manchester	667	606	573	619	615
Cheshire	403	364	339	418	429
Northumbria	255	232	184	212	176
Durham	124	120	113	118	112
North Yorkshire	347	351	312	292	286
West Yorkshire	454	499	441	453	378
South Yorkshire	292	286	269	255	273
Humberside	232	214	261	230	261
Cleveland	69	87	66	63	45
West Midlands	479	407	421	414	432
Staffordshire	355	368	363	358	498
West Mercia	366	329	290	257	376
Warwickshire	225	176	172	191	174
Derbyshire	303	277	280	256	212
Nottinghamshire	283	289	267	259	260
Lincolnshire	287	219	245	246	188
Leicestershire	315	294	269	281	251
Northamptonshire	291	263	228	218	210
Cambridgeshire	327	281	272	264	253
Norfolk	255	260	276	227	230
Suffolk	190	159	166	160	184
Bedfordshire	196	157	146	165	152
Hertfordshire	268	233	210	287	248
Essex	471	427	418	456	438
Thames Valley	517	528	508	529	494
Hampshire	440	387	362	370	360
Surrey	306	233	224	224	281
Kent	456	375	436	429	438
Sussex	321	294	283	293	302
City of London(5)	0	0	0	0	0
Devon and Cornwall	344	289	259	293	290
Avon and Somerset	290	265	266	254	224
Gloucestershire	141	130	119	130	152
Wiltshire	211	187	193	260	241
Dorset	161	147	148	144	140
North Wales	196	212	182	159	181
Gwent	104	113	90	91	112
South Wales	228	216	225	197	202
Dyfed-Powys	207	206	197	168	159
Northern	83	43	62	60	55
Grampian	135	145	126	114	91
Tayside	133	113	105	115	119
Fife	50	52	52	47	36
Lothian and Borders	175	154	141	140	109
Central	47	58	56	50	42
Strathclyde	542	519	480	397	363
Dumfries and Galloway	89	100	73	94	72
Total	15,063	13,616	13,016	13,173	13,178

(5) Incorporated into the Metropolitan Police figure.

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Personal injury road accidents involving a PSV by year and police authority: Great Britain 1990-1994Accidents

Police Authority	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Metropolitan Police	3,212	3,140	3,073	2,885	2,864
Cumbria	47	39	48	55	50
Lancashire	216	228	218	205	232
Merseyside	418	421	443	491	477
Greater Manchester	668	564	594	583	639
Cheshire	113	109	111	97	112
Northumbria	426	390	355	353	362
Durham	123	116	123	127	135
North Yorkshire	91	93	90	84	117
West Yorkshire	535	550	537	490	528
South Yorkshire	532	423	453	519	484
Humberside	177	168	199	197	215
Cleveland	163	101	107	113	124
West Midlands	437	424	399	375	432
Staffordshire	174	136	153	163	178
West Mercia	113	84	88	101	81
Warwickshire	41	38	34	30	39
Derbyshire	141	118	114	87	121
Nottinghamshire	273	220	193	199	237
Lincolnshire	47	36	37	43	39
Leicestershire	106	91	85	96	99
Northamptonshire	56	50	42	36	40
Cambridgeshire	84	66	73	46	46
Norfolk	71	69	84	65	67
Suffolk	62	47	65	32	56
Bedfordshire	56	32	50	48	65
Hertfordshire	75	83	72	90	80
Essex	166	143	130	146	145
Thames Valley	211	227	228	223	198
Hampshire	208	213	200	198	256
Surrey	73	51	52	54	68
Kent	123	111	172	139	118
Sussex	176	177	190	232	226
City of London(6)	0	0	0	0	0
Devon and Cornwall	194	158	142	171	174
Avon and Somerset	143	178	144	150	164
Gloucestershire	47	40	51	57	50
Wiltshire	50	55	51	57	46
Dorset	74	74	63	86	96
North Wales	79	82	85	66	91
Gwent	58	50	68	58	48
South Wales	249	231	206	232	262
Dyfed-Powys	60	50	37	38	39
Northern	21	24	32	20	15
Grampian	119	110	117	74	78
Tayside	77	69	57	52	40
Fife	60	49	35	33	35
Lothian and Borders	508	470	474	407	489
Central	56	48	55	39	46
Strathclyde	768	760	617	573	565
Dumfries and Galloway	16	15	10	16	9
Total	11,993	11,221	11,056	10,731	11,177

(6) Incorporated into the Metropolitan Police figure.

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Personal injury road accidents involving a minibus(7) by year and police authority: Great Britain 1990-1994Accidents

Police Authority	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Metropolitan Police	114	136	133	128	123
Cumbria	22	28	24	32	20
Lancashire	37	39	48	32	51
Merseyside	68	77	74	86	68
Greater Manchester	109	93	82	95	112
Cheshire	43	37	49	29	35
Northumbria	24	20	18	20	22
Durham	8	17	16	9	19
North Yorkshire	56	34	44	37	47
West Yorkshire	38	30	32	36	28
South Yorkshire	48	40	42	34	39
Humberside	28	26	25	18	23
Cleveland	19	11	4	8	9
West Midlands	51	59	55	60	74
Staffordshire	28	23	21	36	60
West Mercia	36	18	15	22	39
Warwickshire	8	9	14	12	18
Derbyshire	7	6	6	11	14
Nottinghamshire	32	20	16	31	22
Lincolnshire	40	20	27	25	27
Leicestershire	58	27	40	41	38
Northamptonshire	22	25	16	7	11
Cambridgeshire	32	40	33	26	25
Norfolk	51	39	26	31	36
Suffolk	11	18	15	25	23
Bedfordshire	13	16	17	11	18
Hertfordshire	22	18	16	16	23
Essex	42	51	49	52	51
Thames Valley	52	64	65	59	66
Hampshire	77	74	75	81	67
Surrey	40	26	23	25	45
Kent	78	79	56	91	79
Sussex	63	56	63	46	57
City of London(8)	0	0	0	0	0
Devon and Cornwall	58	34	47	52	65
Avon and Somerset	31	48	27	27	33
Gloucestershire	18	23	17	18	26
Wiltshire	8	6	20	16	14
Dorset	24	27	23	29	29
North Wales	41	44	34	46	34
Gwent	24	25	19	29	30
South Wales	51	57	65	0	3
Dyfed-Powys	27	35	32	27	28
Northern	27	31	26	27	14
Grampian	40	18	22	21	10
Tayside	17	15	14	9	12
Fife	20	11	11	12	12
Lothian and Borders	21	36	20	18	13
Central	9	6	14	16	10
Strathclyde	122	88	76	74	76
Dumfries and Galloway	11	10	5	6	7
Total	1,926	1,790	1,711	1,699	1,805

(7) Accidents including motor caravans are also included.

(8) Incorporated into the Metropolitan Police figure.

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