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Railway Rolling Stock

Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many railway rolling stock leases involving mark I passenger carriages are currently in existence; and in respect of each lease, what is the name of the rolling stock company owning the vehicles, what is the name of the train operating company leasing them, how many mark I vehicles are covered by that lease and what is the date to which the train operating company is committed to leasing these mark I vehicles. [760]

Mr. Watts: The latest figures held centrally show the position as at 31 March 1995 and these are attached. The rolling stock companies were privatised last year and the current position is a matter for them.

Summary of Mark 1 Rolling Stock on lease as at 31 March 1995. All leases commenced 1 April 1994

Vehicle classUnits on lease as at 31 March 1995 Lease length
ROSCO--Angel Train Contracts
101 (Heritage)54 vehicles to RRNW3 years
1 two car unit to RR SW and W4 years
22 vehicles to ScotRail4 years
117 (Heritage)3 two car units and spare vehicle to RRSW and W4 years
21 vehicles to ScotRail4 years
6 vehicles to RRCentral14 months
11 two car units to North London Railways4 years
121 (Heritage)3 vehicles to North London Railways4 years
1 vehicle to North London Railways14 months
30343 three car units to ScotRail4 years
2 three car units to ScotRail18 months
3056 three car units to RRNW3 years
9 three car units to RRNW(34)6 months
5 four car units to ScotRail4 years
30821 three car units to RRNE3 years
3098 four car units to RRNW6 years
42173 four car units to Network South Cen.8 years
5 four car units to Network South Cen.4 years
2 four car units to Network South Cen.19 months
4 four car units to Network South Cen.14 months
42366 four car units to South Eastern10 years
ROSCO--Porterbrook Leasing
2051 two car unit to South Eastern5 years
10 three car units to Network South Central4 years
2074 two car units to South Eastern5 years
41135 four car units to South Eastern(35)--
71 four car units to South Eastern5 years
4127 four car units to South West Trains5 years
42215 four car units to Network South Central4 years
42335 four car units leased to Network South Central8 years
4 four car units leased to Network South Central4 years
8 four car units leased to Network South Central14 months
ROSCO--Eversholt Train Leasing Company
30228 four car units to London Tilbury and Southend2 years
3046 three car units to Regional Railways Central2 years
4 four car units to Regional Railways North West19 months
42134 four car units to South West Trains8 years
21 four car units to South Eastern6 years
42344 four car units to South West Trains8 years
33 four car units to South West Trains4 years
Mk1 coaches12 to Regional Railways North West6 years
Mk1 catering4 to Anglia2 years
3 to Anglia3 years
Motorail4 side loaders to Inter City West Coast1 year
41 GUVs to Inter City West Coast1 year
6 GUVs to Cross Country Trains14 months
Brake Guards 3 to Great Western4 years
Vans19 to Inter City West Coast1 year
5 to Cross Country Trains14 months

(34) Extendable to 5 years at 2 months notice.

(35) Expired 31 October 1995.


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Vehicles (Illegal Operators)

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date his Department issued draft legislative proposals to allow the vehicles of illegal operators to be impounded. [1518]

Mr. Bowis: We have not yet done so.

Traffic Congestion

Mr. Butterfill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will now update the maps of current congestion and projections of future congestion referred to in his answer of 26 February, Official Report, column 320, and include detailed forecasts of congestion for trunk roads in the south west of England and in particular for key links on the motorway network in the region. [1081]

Mr. Watts: I refer my hon. Friend to my reply on 17 October to the hon. Member for Nuneaton (Mr. Olner), Official Report, columns 1100-01.[1101]

Airport Security Staff

Mr. George: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals there are to extend the vetting of (a) in-house and (b) contract security staff at airports in the United Kingdom by permitting access to the police national computer; and if he will make a statement. [1028]

Mr. Bowis: Ministers agreed in August of this year that all security staff working at UK airports, whether in-house or contractors, should be subject to formal counter-terrorist checks against Government records,

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including criminal records held by the police. This is additional to the existing requirement for references to be obtained.

Rail Franchises

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each rail franchise (a) the

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cost of advisers, (b) the training operating companies' passenger revenue in 1995-96, (c) the subsidy paid by the franchising director prior to privatisation, (d) the subsidy paid at the date the franchise was let and (e) the projected subsidy for each of the last two years of the franchise. [1513]

Mr. Watts: The information is provided in the tables.

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£ Million
Cost of advisors 1995-96 Budgeted passenger revenue Support paid to BR prior to franchising(36)Support paid at franchising (Year 1)Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Gatwick Express2.1431.00nil-4.53-6.17-7.85-9.66-10.48-11.24
South Eastern Trains2.19241.90138.92125.4097.6764.9952.7842.1235.99
LTS1.9454.3034.5029.6126.6124.0022.5321.1519.85
Midland Main Line1.9083.2016.7617.487.311.92-0.780.66-2.61
Great Western2.44197.0060.8361.9356.6351.9746.1040.5437.15
Thames(38)1.0559.9043.8040.3233.2524.1116.5413.287.43
Cardiff Railway1.466.7022.2021.5019.8517.6316.6415.3714.61
South Wales and West1.6448.8084.8080.7870.9460.5255.8650.0446.27
InterCity East Coast2.33268.6074.7466.3952.7533.7314.495.301.80
Chiltern2.0428.3018.5616.6413.0011.868.605.574.12
Network South Central2.15178.50101.9986.6770.5849.9744.8941.6736.08
South West Trains2.26273.6085.4362.7260.6658.3853.4148.7543.60
Island Line0.311.002.562.011.921.841.791.75(37) -
Total23.851,472.80685.09606.92505.00393.07324.76274.30233.66
Savings on BR Support------78.17180.09292.02360.33410.79448.87
Cumulative savings------78.17258.27550.29910.621,321.411,770.28

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£ million
Year 7Year 8Year 9Year 10Year 11Year 12Year 13Year 14Year 15
Gatwick Express-11.72-13.05-14.40-15.87-16.37-17.88-19.41-21.03-22.65
South Eastern Trains26.8326.8318.6918.6612.529.485.690.00-2.78
LTS18.6417.4916.4215.4214.4713.5812.7511.3711.24
Midland Main Line-4.41-6.22-8.13-10.05(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
Great Western35.2333.6032.6031.60(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
Thames(38)3.740.00(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
Cardiff Railway 13.9313.26(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
South Wales and West42.8838.14(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
InterCity East Coast0.00(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
Chiltern2.87(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
Network SouthCentral34.64(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
South West Trains40.27(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
Island Line(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--(37)--
Total202.90110.0545.1739.7610.625.18-0.97-9.06-14.19
Savings on BR Support479.65291.78205.84211.25182.80168.24174.38182.48187.81
Cumulative savings2,249.912,541.672,747.512,958.763,121.573,289.803,464.203,646.673,834.29

(36) Figures are for 1996-97 except for SWT and GW where the figures are for 1995-96.

(37) Not covered by the franchise.

(38) The Year 1 franchise payment is the full year equivalent of the contractual amount to allow for accurate comparisons.

Franchise years are not the same as financial years.

Therefore there is an overlap between the amount paid to BR and the franchise payment year 1.

Payments to the Franchising Director appear as negative amounts.

All payments are real amounts.


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