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Child Support

Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he will make an announcement on his plans to change the level of benefit deductions for parents with care who do not co-operate with the Child Support Agency without a good cause exemption; and what is the shortest period in which he estimates these changes could be introduced. [32899]

Mr. Andrew Mitchell: We hope to make an announcement shortly. It should be possible to implement any changes in the autumn of this year.

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Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what amount of benefit savings were made by the reduced benefit direction under the Child Support Act 1991 in each year since the implementation of the Act. [33060]

Mr. Mitchell: Benefit savings resulting from the reduced benefit direction have not been separately identified. However, it is estimated that the value of reduced benefit directions in income support is currently between £5 million and £10 million per annum.

Mr. Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the benefit savings that would be made if (a) the reduced benefit direction under the Child Support Act 1991 was increased to 40 per cent. of the adult personal allowance for a duration of 18 months and (b) the reduced benefit direction was increased to 40 per cent. and applied until the benefit claim ceased. [33059]

Mr. Mitchell: It is estimated that the long-term benefit savings would be around £10 million and £15 million respectively.

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TRANSPORT

Motorway Lighting

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 10 June, Official Report, columns 28-29, if he will place in the Library a copy of a map showing the locations of all sections of motorway in England that have overhead lighting. [33084]

Mr. Watts: I have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Frank Field, dated 18 June 1996:

The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to write to you in reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about a map of motorway lighting in England.

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A copy of the Highways Agency Motorway Lighting Map is being forwarded to the Library and a copy is also enclosed for your information.

Network SouthEast

Mr. Wicks: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many and what percentage of trains arrived more than five minutes late during peak hours on each of the former Network SouthEast lines in (a) each four-week period during 1995-96 and (b) for 1995-96 as a whole; [33036]

(2) how many and what percentage of trains were cancelled on each of the former Network SouthEast lines in (a) each four-week period during 1995-96 and (b) 1995-96 as a whole. [33035]

Mr. Watts: The information requested is available from citizens charter records and is shown in the following tables.

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Punctuality--former Network SouthEast LinesPercentage of trains more than five minutes late in peak times

	Four week periods 1995/96
Operating company/group	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	1995/96
Chiltern Trains	4.0	5.6	5.8	10.1	5.0	6.1	4.6	5.7	7.1	4.8	5.8	7.8	3.8	5.9
Great Eastern	6.3	9.1	14.1	12.3	3.2	6.8	8.2	5.5	19.6	24.4	15.9	14.8	4.9	11.8
LTS Rail	6.3	3.6	7.3	8.8	18.7	16.6	13.9	11.2	11.1	13.8	9.4	9.8	7.8	12.0
Network South Central
South London Lines	6.3	9.2	8.9	10.8	14.5	5.0	9.8	9.8	23.6	15.1	8.7	8.5	6.9	10.4
Sussex Coast	13.6	12.8	16.4	17.2	27.2	15.8	16.4	16.2	38.0	18.9	12.8	15.5	10.2	17.6
North London Railways
Northampton Lines	17.0	13.8	7.7	13.3	9.7	7.1	7.5	9.8	13.3	18.3	13.5	27.7	20.9	13.3
North London Orbital	17.7	23.2	14.0	22.7	14.1	10.2	13.8	13.1	9.1	14.6	7.6	12.3	8.6	13.3
Watford Locals	3.3	7.1	5.8	8.8	3.8	8.7	4.2	8.0	18.4	14.7	10.9	16.7	16.2	9.6
South East Trains
Kent Coast	8.2	10.6	11.0	14.3	16.6	8.6	11.6	14.2	40.9	24.4	20.7	19.7	13.1	16.4
Kent Link	5.0	6.4	7.2	10.3	11.9	9.2	10.5	12.7	33.7	22.4	21.0	19.9	12.9	13.9
South West Trains
Main Line	14.6	8.4	11.1	21.8	14.4	11.6	9.3	14.5	28.7	14.6	10.3	17.0	6.3	14.0
Suburban	7.8	6.7	7.4	16.6	12.0	7.2	5.6	10.1	12.2	11.9	5.9	11.8	4.4	9.9
Thames	6.0	6.7	6.1	13.4	4.4	5.0	7.4	6.2	12.1	8.0	6.7	7.6	5.5	7.3
Thameslink	6.1	11.7	12.6	12.8	14.6	14.0	9.0	11.8	23.1	18.1	16.7	13.9	18.1	13.9
West Anglia Great Northern
Great Northern	6.0	5.7	7.5	12.9	9.1	10.9	8.3	11.6	19.9	18.9	13.3	20.7	10.9	11.9
West Anglia	4.9	4.1	5.7	4.4	5.3	7.1	5.3	6.2	12.4	10.0	6.1	9.1	3.5	6.5

Punctuality--former Network SouthEast Lines Number of trains more than five minutes late in peak times

	Four week periods 1995-96
Operating company/group	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	1995-96
Chiltern Trains	37	55	56	91	50	59	47	61	76	40	62	79	41	754
Great Eastern	160	242	340	308	366	180	223	154	541	544	441	399	137	4,035
LTS Rail	219	213	114	130	294	253	227	190	188	160	160	157	133	2,438
Network South Central
South London Lines	215	326	322	370	538	182	370	377	814	404	333	324	266	4,841
Sussex Coast	178	177	226	224	387	217	227	229	474	186	180	220	145	3,070
North London Railways
Northampton Lines	163	142	84	136	112	68	86	112	137	143	155	250	176	1,764
North London Orbital	741	1,010	663	825	583	470	675	735	536	671	469	501	516	8,395
Watford Locals	21	48	37	52	25	55	28	51	120	73	73	110	87	780
South East Trains
Kent Coast	178	242	251	309	405	201	288	352	968	490	410	464	328	4,886
Kent Link	210	282	315	426	546	403	482	586	1,489	838	762	903	597	7,839
South West Trains
Main Line	175	107	143	267	195	146	129	201	390	241	140	225	85	2,344
Suburban	242	230	256	540	435	247	204	368	777	301	216	416	158	4,390
Thames	82	96	87	171	64	71	109	90	179	94	99	109	83	1,334
Thameslink	68	137	134	136	169	150	110	140	224	171	203	160	200	2,002
West Anglia Great Northern
Great Northern	116	118	154	245	199	222	181	246	434	334	286	417	227	3,179
West Anglia	94	82	114	84	102	144	111	132	264	177	128	181	73	1,686

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Reliability--former Network SouthEast LinesPercentage of trains cancelled

	Four week periods 1995-96
Operating company/group	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	1995-96
Chiltern Trains	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.4
Great Eastern	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.1	0.3	0.7
LTS Rail	2.7	1.5	2.1	1.4	3.5	3.6	2.0	1.3	1.5	3.6	1.0	1.4	1.2	2.0
Network South Central
South London Lines	0.3	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.6	0.4	1.9	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.7
Sussex Coast	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.6
North London Railways
Northampton Lines	2.0	1.0	0.6	1.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.9	1.2	1.3	0.5	1.1	1.1	1.0
North London Orbital	5.7	7.4	3.9	11.1	5.8	6.6	5.4	3.5	4.0	10.3	4.5	14.8	6.1	6.6
Watford Locals	1.3	2.9	1.2	4.5	3.3	3.7	2.7	1.2	4.2	2.8	1.3	2.5	1.5	2.6
South East Trains
Kent Coast	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.7
Kent Link	0.7	0.9	1.1	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	2.0	1.0	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.1
South West Trains
Main Line	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.6
Suburban	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.4	1.2	0.4	1.3	0.4	0.8
Thames	0.6	0.7	1.2	2.6	1.6	1.7	1.8	3.0	2.0	1.8	2.3	2.1	1.0	1.7
Thameslink	0.8	1.2	2.5	0.9	1.6	2.4	1.0	3.1	1.9	2.5	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.7
West Anglia Great Northern
Great Northern	1.2	0.7	1.1	3.1	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.7	0.6	2.3	0.9	1.6	0.7	1.2
West Anglia	0.6	1.2	1.1	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.3	1.0	1.2	0.5	1.0

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Reliability--former Network SouthEast Lines Number of trains cancelled

	Four week periods 1995-96
Operating company/group	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	1995-96
Chiltern Trains	9	9	8	27	9	23	32	14	22	17	17	35	5	227
Great Eastern	29	61	286	82	99	64	124	41	126	64	121	150	44	1,291
LTS Rail	164	100	138	86	243	241	132	86	99	201	68	95	83	1,736
Network South Central
South London Lines	47	181	97	107	222	45	98	62	323	63	80	107	67	1,499
Sussex Coast	27	36	63	55	108	37	81	84	179	44	55	105	33	907
North London Railways
Northampton Lines	73	40	25	48	21	21	19	37	44	38	20	36	32	454
North London Orbital	254	345	193	456	257	323	278	205	244	528	290	708	393	4,474
Watford Locals	37	90	35	124	103	108	82	36	128	65	41	76	37	962
South East Trains
Kent Coast	90	66	68	76	160	1	72	45	170	103	83	131	96	1,161
Kent Link	138	185	212	262	304	101	160	133	420	174	178	267	259	2,793
South West Trains
Main Line	67	24	47	79	89	59	47	40	121	52	46	108	25	804
Suburban	89	67	99	191	222	132	106	110	271	157	66	242	70	1,822
Thames	88	106	176	376	251	270	269	448	306	221	352	321	159	3,343
Thameslink	43	63	124	44	88	128	57	177	86	116	90	84	45	1,145
West Anglia Great Northern
Great Northern	102	65	98	252	117	94	36	61	49	174	80	138	62	1,328
West Anglia	58	118	106	85	179	48	81	67	70	203	104	114	52	1,285

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