Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Minutes of Evidence

APPENDIX 6

FRONTIER DELAYS

Summary Note
	Average
Average number of cars entering Gibraltar per day
Period 1-28 January 1999	5,225
Period 29 January-21 March 1999	2,116
Average waiting time per vehicle leaving Gibraltar
Period 1-28 January 1999	20 minutes
Period 29 January-21 March 1999	86 minutes

  Despite a large fall in traffic of around 60 per cent or 3,109 vehicles per day, the increase in waiting time for vehicles leaving Gibraltar via the frontier was on average around two hours, an increase of 330 per cent.

TABLE A
Frontier delays to vehicles 1 January-28 January 1999
Date	Number of cars entering	Average waiting time for cars leaving (Minutes)
1 January	2,892	Zero
2 January	4,641	60
3 January	5,039	20
4 January	5,620	20
5 January	5,007	20
6 January	4,182	10
7 January	5,713	30
8 January	5,974	30
9 January	5,866	10
10 January	5,059	15
11 January	5,198	15
12 January	5,973	15
13 January	5,883	30
14 January	5,103	30
15 January	4,713	20
16 January	4,976	15
17 January	4,119	20
18 January	4,677	30
19 January	5,070	20
20 January	5,858	15
21 January	4,934	15
22 January	5,822	30
23 January	5,825	20
24 January	5,907	30
25 January	5,724	15
26 January	5,825	10
27 January	6,481	15
28 January	4,245	10

TABLE B

Frontier delays to vehicles 29 January-18 April 1999

Date	Number of cars entering	Average	Average waiting time for cars leaving (Minutes)
29 January	1,457	—	Frontier blocked
30 January	811	1,134	110
31 January	824	1,031	119
1 February	1,266	1,090	189
2 February	1,197	1,111	180
3 February	1,742	1,216	46
4 February	3,726	1,575	52
5 February	2,472	1,687	120
6 February	2,203	1,744	100
7 February	1,715	1,741	164
8 February	2,181	1,781	179
9 February	3,035	1,886	196
10 February	2,522	1,935	150
11 February	1,645	1,914	149
12 February	1,331	1,875	139
13 February	1,315	1,840	86
14 February	1,117	1,798	105
15 February	1,758	1,795	110
16 February	1,748	1,793	120
17 February	1,923	1,799	47
18 February	2,401	1,828	72
19 February	2,633	1,865	43
20 February	2,569	1,895	66
21 February	1,946	1,897	116
22 February	2,249	1,911	64
23 February	2,147	1,921	66
24 February	2,340	1,936	57
25 February	2,059	1,940	58
26 February	2,025	1,943	78
27 February	1,968	1,944	60
28 February	1,781	1,939	73
1 March	2,291	1,950	69
2 March	2,088	1,954	54
3 March	1,722	1,947	49
4 March	2,448	1,962	59
5 March	2,377	1,973	74
6 March	2,147	1,978	76
7 March	2,003	1,978	57
8 March	3,113	2,008	51
9 March	2,599	2,022	59
10 March	2,619	2,037	43
11 March	2,119	2,039	69
12 March	1,956	2,037	76
13 March	1,838	2,032	101
14 March	1,904	2,030	71
15 March	1,965	2,028	69
16 March	2,301	2,034	58
17 March	2,324	2,040	66
18 March	3,241	2,065	65
19 March	3,071	2,085	38
20 March	3,109	2,105	45
21 March	2,663	2,116	46
22 March	3,357	2,139	56
23 March	3,417	2,163	55
24 March	3,094	2,179	46
25 March	2,907	2,192	56
26 March	2,900	2,204	53
27 March	2,711	2,213	58
28 March	2,465	2,217	51
29 March	3,237	2,234	74
30 March	3,408	2,254	57
31 March	3,259	2,270	57
1 April	3,441	2,288	61
2 April	3,096	2,301	50
3 April	3,835	2,325	50
4 April	3,046	2,336	55
5 April	4,384	2,366	56
6 April	6,667	2,429	70
7 April	4,132	2,454	57
8 April	3,526	2,469	70
9 April	3,568	2,485	57
10 April	3,609	1,520	57
11 April	3,341	2,512	62
12 April	3,516	2,526	64
13 April	2,964	2,532	53
14 April	3,699	2,547	47
15 April	3,862	2,564	56
16 April	3,724	2,579	55
17 April	3,702	2,593	61
18 April	3,605	2,605	73

TABLE C
Frontier delays to vehicles—Traffic flow rates
(Number of vehicles crossing into Spain per half-hour)
Time	Sunday 14 February	Monday 15 February	Tuesday 16 February	Wednesday 17 February	Thursday 18 February	Friday 19 February	Saturday 20 February
10.00-10.30	9	7	8	28	13	33	24
10.30-11.00	8	7	12	17	42	36	46
11.00-11.30	7	8	11	22	47	30	70
11.30-12.00	7	16	10	23	27	39	17
12.00-12.30	14	8	12	24	33	43	24
12.30-13.00	28	5	8	28	26	39	46
13.00-13.30	30	16	8	28	34	51	33
13.30-14.00	24	8	22	29	58	43	42
14.00-14.30	21	9	21	28	47	20	11
14.30-15.00	19	12	24	19	12	23	13
15.00-15.30	25	8	27	34	20	14	27
15.30-16.00	21	11	39	50	23	22	9
16.00-16.30	21	16	25	36	27	85	81
16.30-17.00	18	16	24	124	61	56	71
17.00-17.30	22	52	27	41	49	52	13
17.30-18.00	20	122	31	19	49	56	52
18.00-18.30	21	54	115	42	44	42	71
18.30-19.00	20	70	60	36	65	44	12
19.00-19.30	27	35	7	30	35	72	58
19.30-20.00	31	25	9	28	54	68	54
Daily average	20	25	25	34	38	43	39
Note: Prior to 28 January the "normal" rate of flow was 150 vehicles per half hour.

Time	Sunday 21 February	Monday 22 February	Tuesday 23 February	Wednesday 24 February	Thursday 25 February	Friday 26 February	Saturday 27 February
10.00-10.30	49	18	—	—	45	51	72
10.30-11.00	36	10	—	—	52	20	50
11.00-11.30	30	50	—	—	59	10	25
11.30-12.00	32	20	—	—	66	38	40
12.00-12.30	47	30	—	23	42	54	47
12.30-13.00	33	34	—	42	34	37	53
13.00-13.30	53	12	—	25	54	44	48
13.30-14.00	48	31	—	42	53	56	61
14.00-14.30	28	30	—	47	24	30	20
14.30-15.00	24	15	—	48	44	19	23
15.00-15.30	34	34	—	42	31	33	39
15.30-16.00	27	41	—	36	39	89	38
16.00-16.30	24	36	—	36	51	29	37
16.30-17.00	33	36	—	36	54	43	53
17.00-17.30	23	66	—	60	58	96	78
17.30-18.00	21	18	—	42	110	36	49
18.00-18.30	20	36	—	36	75	99	62
18.30-19.00	21	56	—	93	49	85	31
19.00-19.30	24	42	—	48	90	17	48
19.30-20.00	26	24	—	30	155	55	82
Daily average	32	32	—	34	59	47	48
Note: Prior to 28 January the "normal" rate of flow was 150 vehicles per half hour.

TABLE C (CONTD)

Frontier delays to vehicles—Traffic flow rates(Number of vehicles crossing into Spain per half-hour)

Time	Sunday 28 February	Monday 1 March	Tuesday 2 March	Wednesday 3 March	Thursday 4 March	Friday 5 March	Saturday 6 March
10.00-10.30	—	13	—	—	34	54	38
10.30-11.00	—	50	—	28	42	41	23
11.00-11.30	—	33	—	24	53	52	80
11.30-12.00	—	31	—	14	49	73	54
12.00-12.30	—	32	—	26	45	41	64
12.30-13.00	—	47	—	30	55	48	40
13.00-13.30	—	34	—	44	54	56	75
13.30-14.00	—	46	—	24	46	77	43
14.00-14.30	—	48	—	48	17	25	62
14.30-15.00	—	45	—	30	90	33	42
15.00-15.30	—	37	21	43	30	39	58
15.30-16.00	—	44	23	48	21	66	47
16.00-16.30	—	57	40	36	78	66	42
16.30-17.00	—	35	26	53	109	29	9
17.00-17.30	—	55	84	51	36	73	82
17.30-18.00	—	50	63	48	51	58	28
18.00-18.30	—	30	43	40	85	39	40
18.30-19.00	—	43	54	50	79	42	37
19.00-19.30	—	47	57	34	144	73	34
19.30-20.00	—	63	42	41	54	36	130
Daily average	—	42	23	36	59	51	51
Note: Prior to 28 January the "normal" rate of flow was 150 vehicles per half hour.

Time	Sunday 7 March	Monday 8 March	Tuesday 9 March	Wednesday 10 March	Thursday 11 March	Friday 12 March	Saturday 13 March
10.00-10.30	68	73	24	20	62	42	18
10.30-11.00	44	31	24	34	54	18	46
11.00-11.30	37	72	39	48	49	50	27
11.30-12.00	39	58	41	—	45	45	32
12.00-12.30	42	59	27	—	44	30	56
12.30-13.00	52	65	54	—	36	24	28
13.00-13.30	30	60	36	20	41	32	27
13.30-14.00	43	44	42	12	24	25	73
14.00-14.30	48	51	38	26	42	42	28
14.30-15.00	32	14	42	23	12	42	30
15.00-15.30	59	—	73	36	52	70	39
15.30-16.00	35	38	42	51	22	42	34
16.00-16.30	37	42	30	42	54	30	54
16.30-17.00	58	40	60	69	30	35	42
17.00-17.30	43	48	28	44	62	46	25
17.30-18.00	38	36	54	98	33	26	48
18.00-18.30	70	42	67	60	48	53	40
18.30-19.00	29	46	60	54	47	50	39
19.00-19.30	9	36	60	80	42	40	53
19.30-20.00	25	42	103	50	92	40	64
Daily average	42	45	47	38	45	39	40
Note: Prior to 28 January the "normal" rate of flow was 150 vehicles per half hour.

TABLE C (CONTD)

Frontier delays to vehicles—Traffic flow rates(Number of vehicles crossing into Spain per half-hour)

Time	Sunday 14 March	Monday 15 March	Tuesday 16 March	Wednesday 17 March	Thursday 18 March	Friday 19 March	Saturday 20 March
10.00-10.30	35	37	33	44	29	29	120
10.30-11.00	23	15	71	31	31	49	58
11.00-11.30	56	22	48	38	67	54	58
11.30-12.00	41	24	36	30	31	28	49
12.00-12.30	29	17	24	36	32	31	24
12.30-13.00	37	34	47	29	96	37	52
13.00-13.30	30	46	36	26	52	53	132
13.30-14.00	27	36	60	18	31	32	—
14.00-14.30	50	42	50	24	29	34	—
14.30-15.00	38	48	42	48	54	40	—
15.00-15.30	32	36	43	36	57	25	—
15.30-16.00	42	30	36	24	39	48	30
16.00-16.30	30	68	36	48	72	45	41
16.30-17.00	38	41	56	43	41	72	69
17.00-17.30	54	26	42	48	35	39	57
17.30-18.00	36	64	75	82	79	49	34
18.00-18.30	60	66	51	32	48	25	70
18.30-19.00	48	34	72	30	17	75	45
19.00-19.30	26	36	44	69	107	63	49
19.30-20.00	54	65	54	48	66	72	69
Daily average	39	39	48	39	51	45	48
Note: Prior to 28 January the "normal" rate of flow was 150 vehicles per half hour.

Time	Sunday 21 March	Monday 22 March	Tuesday 23 March	Wednesday 24 March	Thursday 25 March	Friday 26 March	Saturday 27 March
10.00-10.30	70	33	50	—	40	54	60
10.30-11.00	47	40	78	—	50	60	32
11.00-11.30	75	60	36	42	70	52	112
11.30-12.00	60	36	48	34	30	56	50
12.00-12.30	66	52	67	42	51	43	42
12.30-13.00	74	44	42	21	85	42	85
13.00-13.30	67	60	50	51	36	46	66
13.30-14.00	70	63	76	81	39	66	39
14.00-14.30	60	42	44	72	67	43	114
14.30-15.00	45	35	51	73	65	66	42
15.00-15.30	46	32	48	83	26	32	42
15.30-16.00	50	51	34	66	73	42	110
16.00-16.30	55	23	45	76	88	72	55
16.30-17.00	60	80	63	99	93	82	55
17.00-17.30	48	100	63	61	70	90	108
17.30-18.00	60	57	84	81	54	49	118
18.00-18.30	48	94	30	73	114	64	118
18.30-19.00	43	76	72	62	78	72	139
19.00-19.30	25	60	144	92	61	112	54
19.30-20.00	46	47	55	76	120	96	54
Daily Average	56	55	59	59	66	61	74
Moving Average	41	41	42	42	43	43	44
Note: Prior to 28 Janaury the "normal" rate of flow was 150 Vehicles per half hour.

TABLE C (CONTD)

Frontier delays to vehicles—Traffic flow rates(Number of vehicles crossing into Spain per half-hour)

Time	Sunday 28 March	Monday 29 March	Tuesday 30 March	Wednesday 31 March	Thursday 1 April	Friday 2 April	Saturday 3 April
10.00-10.30	47	22	48	54	69	—	109
10.30-11.00	48	48	42	48	59	—	104
11.00-11.30	40	44	108	60	41	53	109
11.30-12.00	47	36	46	42	69	60	65
12.00-12.30	77	30	47	53	75	54	88
12.30-13.00	108	60	30	150	57	60	117
13.00-13.30	120	45	42	48	126	48	61
13.30-14.00	45	51	65	63	80	54	77
14.00-14.30	48	44	54	29	36	71	46
14.30-15.00	60	50	80	48	60	81	60
15.0-15.30	48	72	125	46	59	74	50
15.30-16.00	23	78	68	72	44	85	39
16.00-16.30	124	108	111	145	60	88	62
16.30-17.00	79	69	79	84	75	36	59
17.00-17.30	99	87	113	30	52	51	41
17.30-18.00	34	42	140	76	104	60	104
18.00-18.30	62	111	66	83	100	60	110
18.30-9.00	27	72	96	118	145	135	90
19.00-19.30	60	79	102	185	116	122	150
19.30-20.00	60	60	50	78	47	33	144
Daily Average	62	60	75	75	73	61	84
Moving Average	44	44	45	46	46	46	46
Note: Prior to 28 January the "normal" rate of flow was 150 Vehicles per half-hour.

Time	Sunday 4 April	Monday 5 April	Tuesday 6 April	Wednesday 7 April	Thursday 8 April	Friday 9 April	Saturday 10 April
10.00-10.30	126	57	49	58	51	62	87
10.30-11.00	66	57	48	65	48	70	112
11.00-11.30	120	100	60	75	78	47	104
11.30-12.00	60	72	48	71	38	48	54
12.00-12.30	47	80	62	48	90	48	63
12.30-13.00	50	97	54	81	68	80	54
13.00-13.30	129	95	40	90	68	74	99
13.30-14.00	52	85	72	79	140	40	189
14.00-14.30	55	36	27	45	55	71	66
14.30-15.00	82	37	16	49	47	61	76
15.0-15.30	109	43	112	46	61	71	70
15.30-16.00	60	62	23	67	64	108	54
16.00-16.30	40	91	38	60	35	69	62
16.30-17.00	56	78	116	60	55	84	85
17.00-17.30	120	36	93	55	111	112	36
17.30-18.00	60	36	30	100	54	58	65
18.00-18.30	57	141	102	74	164	77	59
18.30-9.00	62	86	138	86	180	108	78
19.00-19.30	54	104	42	111	82	52	130
19.30-20.00	58	108	96	84	114	80	60
Daily Average	73	75	63	70	80	71	80
Moving Average	47	48	48	49	49	50	50
Note: Prior to 28 January the "normal" rate of flow was 150 Vehicles per half-hour.

TABLE C (CONTD)

Frontier delays to vehicles—Traffic flow rates(Number of vehicles crossing into Spain per half-hour)

Time	Sunday 11 April	Monday 12 April	Tuesday 13 April	Wednesday 14 April	Thursday 15 April	Friday 16 April	Saturday 17 April
10.00-10.30	51	43	58	60	48	40	60
10.30-11.00	44	43	54	42	43	48	90
11.00-11.30	82	25	44	35	88	36	132
11.30-12.00	69	10	44	110	42	48	48
12.00-12.30	73	—	42	27	40	18	42
12.30-13.00	115	—	66	48	54	66	54
13.00-13.30	71	30	56	53	60	54	96
13.30-14.00	74	40	50	75	42	72	158
14.00-14.30	62	36	54	24	48	84	48
14.30-15.00	66	33	56	36	57	59	36
15.00-15.30	46	35	49	78	60	74	32
15.30-16.00	57	50	75	78	164	80	126
16.00-16.30	78	55	168	61	60	40	66
16.30-17.00	80	46	30	78	72	80	113
17.00-17.30	61	50	60	55	60	59	112
17.30-18.00	66	31	116	53	48	108	101
18.00-18.30	81	35	72	48	108	180	150
18.30-9.00	18	66	48	112	108	78	100
19.00-19.30	40	146	115	96	48	90	131
19.30-20.00	81	39	48	—	119	114	104
Daily Average	66	41	65	58	68	71	90
Moving Average	51	50	50	51	51	51	51
Note: Prior to 28 January the "normal" rate of flow was 150 Vehicles per half-hour.

Time	Sunday 18 April
10.00-10.30	54
10.30-11.00	66
11.00-11.30	121
11.30-12.00	76
12.00-12.30	54
12.30-13.00	90
13.00-13.30	72
13.30-14.00	84
14.00-14.30	66
14.30-15.00	69
15.00-15.30	48
15.30-16.00	60
16.00-16.30	60
16.30-17.00	48
17.00-17.30	70
17.30-18.00	54
18.00-18.30	48
18.30-19.00	54
19.00-19.30	120
19.30-20.00	82
Daily average	70
Moving average	52
Note: Prior to 28 January the "normal" rate of flow was 150 vehicles per half hour.

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Prepared 17 May 1999