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Maidenhead/Twyford Stations
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers use (a) Maidenhead and (b) Twyford stations at (i) morning peak, (ii) evening peak and (iii) off-peak hours. [165858]
Mr. Darling: The latest data collected for the 2001 London Area Transport Survey are as follows:
| Maidenhead | Twyford | |
|---|---|---|
| Morning peak (06:00–10:00) | 2,171 | 1,017 |
| Evening peak (17:00–20:00) | 1,034 | 172 |
| Off-peak | 2,172 | 353 |
| Total | 5,377 | 1,542 |
National Air Traffic Services
Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will make a statement on the reasons for the resignation of the Chief Executive of National Air Traffic Services; and how much time was left to run on the former Chief Executive's contract of employment; [166527]
(2) what payments have been made to the former Chief Executive of National Air Traffic Services on his early departure; [166528]
(3) if he will make a statement on the relevant experience of the new Chief Executive of National Air Traffic Services, with particular reference to (a) the air transport industry and (b) air traffic control services. [166529]
Mr. Darling:
The current contract of the Chief Executive of National Air Traffic Services Ltd ends in June. He will leave the company then and be replaced by
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Paul Barron. Decisions on necessary skills, qualifications and disbursements are matters for the NATS Board.
Navigational Aids
John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was contributed by the General Lighthouse Fund to navigational aids in the territorial waters of the Republic of Ireland in each of the last 10 years; and what the future estimate is of contributions over the next three years. [166056]
Mr. Jamieson: The contribution from the General Lighthouse Fund to the provision of navigational aids in the Republic of Ireland is as follows:
| GBP £ million | |
|---|---|
| 1994–05 | 4.8 |
| 1995–06 | 4.7 |
| 1996–07 | 4.3 |
| 1997–08 | 4.0 |
| 1998–09 | 4.3 |
| 1999–2000 | 4.9 |
| 2000–01 | 4.4 |
| 2001–02 | 5.5 |
| 2002–03 | 5.8 |
| 2003–04 | 5.9 |
| Average | 4.8 |
The contribution is expected to be in the region of £6 million to £7 million per annum over the next three years dependent on exchange rates and decisions on capital investment.
John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made with negotiations with the Irish Government on the cessation of payments from the UK General Lighthouse Fund for the provision of navigational aids in Irish territorial waters. [166057]
Mr. Jamieson: We accept that the Republic of Ireland should meet the full costs of provision of their aids to navigation. We remain committed to renegotiating the current agreement to achieve this and are arranging to meet the Irish Government in May to take the matter forward.
Road Safety
Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will allow safety camera partnerships in Suffolk to release funding raised from speed cameras for local road safety projects that do not involve speed camera installations; and if he will make a statement. [165583]
Mr. Jamieson:
I have no plans to change the current policy that receipts from conditional offer fixed penalty speeding fines may be used only for the installation and operation of approved safety cameras. Other investment in road safety measures is funded within local authorities' and national road programmes.
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Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries there were in road traffic accidents in Suffolk in each year since 1997. [165584]
Mr. Jamieson: The following table shows numbers of deaths and serious injuries in road accidents in Suffolk in each year from 1997 to 2002. Figures for 2003 are not yet available.
| Killed | Seriously injured | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 43 | 360 |
| 2001 | 53 | 415 |
| 2000 | 56 | 468 |
| 1999 | 48 | 432 |
| 1998 | 23 | 364 |
| 1997 | 43 | 440 |
Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 18 March 2004, Official Report, column 408W, what percentage of the money raised from speed cameras within Suffolk since April 2003 were (a) used for the installation and operation of approved safety camera installations and (b) passed to the Consolidated Fund. [165689]
Mr. Jamieson: Safety camera partnership accounts are audited annually. This information will be available when the audited accounts for the Suffolk partnership are completed later this year.
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents have occurred on the A4 between Maidenhead and Reading in each year since 1995; how many resulted in (a) personal injuries and (b) death; how many involved drunk driving; how many resulted in prosecution and how many of the casualties were pedestrians. [165859]
Mr. Darling: The following table shows the number of accidents on the A4 between Maidenhead and Reading which resulted in either personal injury or death; the number of accidents where at least one driver was found to be over the drink drive limit on taking a roadside breath test; and the number of pedestrian casualties in accidents on this stretch of the A4, in each year from 1995 to 2002.
We cannot identify how many of the drivers over the drink drive limit were prosecuted as the Home Office does not provide prosecution data for individual roads.
| All accidents | Drink/drive accidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal | Involving personal injury but not death | Fatal | Involving personal injury but not death | Pedestrian casualties | |
| 1995 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All | 3 | 180 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
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Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many injuries have been experienced by pedestrians as a result of accidents with cyclists in the last three years. [165961]
Dr. Howells: The following table shows the number of pedestrian casualties who were struck by cyclists in road accidents for the last three years for which figures are available. These figures are published each year in Table 23 of "Road Casualties Great Britain: the Annual Report".
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Seriously injured | 66 | 60 | 47 |
| Slight | 225 | 198 | 158 |
| Total | 294 | 258 | 209 |
Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries of pedestrians have been caused by accidents with buses in the last three years. [165962]
Dr. Howells: The following table shows the number of pedestrians who were killed or seriously injured when struck by a bus or a coach in a road accident in each of the last three years for which figures are available. These figures are published each year in Table 23 of "Road Casualties Great Britain: the Annual Report".
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | 60 | 79 | 55 |
| Seriously Injured | 356 | 351 | 384 |
Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 18 March 2004, Official Report, column 408W, on safety camera partnerships, if he will amend the rules of the safety camera partnerships so that funding can be released to fund local road safety projects, including Bikesafe; and if he will make a statement. [166034]
Mr. Jamieson: Investment in road safety projects is funded within local authorities' and national road programmes. I have no plans to amend rules for the safety camera cost recover scheme in order to broaden the scope of what can be funded from the fine receipts.
John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 22 January 2004, Official Report, column 1377W, on the road network, what the (a) date and (b) location of the most recent Government funded trial of anti-glare devices undertaken in the UK was. [166102]
Mr. Jamieson:
The most recent Government funded trial of anti-glare devices in the UK on trunk roads and motorways was undertaken
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(a) between 1 February 1974 and 31 January 1977
(b) on the M6 between junctions 1 and 4.
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many sites there are on the UK motorway and trunk road network of chevron markings, designed to ensure motorists keep their distance from the car in front; and what their locations are. [166317]
Mr. Jamieson: There are chevron markings at six sites, namely:
M5 J22–21 Northbound carriageway between Somerset/North Somerset border south of Weston super Mare.
M62 Westbound between J23–22.
M6 J18–19 Northbound and Southbound carriageways.
M56 J12–14 Northbound and Southbound carriageways.
M6 J32–33 Southbound carriageway only.
M1 J16–17 Southbound carriageway only.
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department has commissioned into the effectiveness of chevrons designed to encourage motorists to keep their distance from one another. [166318]
Mr. Jamieson: The Department of Transport commissioned TRL in the early 1990s to undertake two trials to investigate the effectiveness of using 'Chevron' guidance markings on the road surface to encourage motorists to maintain a safe distance from one another. The research showed that they were effective in reducing vehicles following too closely. The chevron markings and their associated signs are prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002.
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