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Rail Services (Portsmouth Harbour)
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 25 March 2004 to the hon. Member for Isle of Wight, Official Report, column 982W, on rail services (a) what information he collects and (b) if he will make a statement on the punctuality and reliability of trains destined for Portsmouth harbour. [171208]
Mr. McNulty: Performance statistics by Train Operating Company (TOC) are published in the Strategic Rail Authority's quarterly "National Rail Trend", copies of which are in the Library of the House. The SRA does not hold performance data below TOC level.
Road Accidents
Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the percentage change in (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries on the roads of Heywood and Middleton is since 1997. [168546]
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Mr. Jamieson: The available information relates to local authority areas. In the Rochdale local authority area (which includes the constituency of Heywood and Middleton) there were 16 fatal casualties in 1997 and 11 fatal casualties in 2002. The number of people seriously injured in road accidents increased from 83 in 1997 to 84 in 2002, a rise of 1 per cent. Estimates on the basis of parliamentary constituencies will become available in the summer and I shall write to my hon. Friend with figures for Heywood and Middleton and place a copy of my letter in the Libraries of the House.
James Purnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the percentage change in (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries on the roads of Stalybridge and Hyde has been since 1997. [168731]
Mr. Jamieson: The available information relates to local authority areas. In the Tameside local authority area (which includes the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency) there were four fatal casualties in 1997 and four fatal casualties in 2002. The numbers of people seriously injured in road accidents reduced from 117 in 1997 to 85 in 2002, a fall of 27 per cent. Estimates on the basis of parliamentary constituencies will become available in the summer and I shall write to my hon. Friend with figures for Stalybridge and Hyde and place a copy of my letter in the Libraries of the House.
Mr. Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people died in road traffic accidents in Wigan in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [169341]
Mr. Jamieson: In the Wigan local authority area there were 10 fatal casualties in 1997 and nine fatal casualties in 2002, the latest year for which information is available.
Mr. Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were seriously injured in road traffic accidents in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [169342]
Mr. Jamieson: The number of people seriously injured in reported injury road accidents in Great Britain was 42,984 in 1997 and 35,976 in 2002, the last year for which information is available.
Road Upgrades
Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to make an announcement concerning the Government's decision on the upgrading of the A358 and the A303 following the decision to be made by the Regional Assembly on 30 April. [170110]
Mr. Jamieson: I will be considering the Regional Assembly's comments together with the views of the Statutory Environmental Bodies and others before I decide on the route option. I will announce a decision once I have fully considered all of the issues.
Road Works
Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average duration of utility works involving occupation of the highway was in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002 and (d) 2003. [170650]
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Mr. Jamieson: Based on monitoring work carried out for my Department, the average duration of utility works for the period referred to was as follows:
| Days | |
|---|---|
| 2001 (April to December) | 5.94 |
| 2002 | 5.70 |
Accurate figures are not available for the period before April 2001 and final figures for 2003 are not yet available.
Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of congestion on local authority roads in each year since 2000 was caused by (a) street works carried out by utilities and (b) street works carried out by or on behalf of highway authorities. [170651]
Mr. Jamieson: The Department does not hold figures centrally for the proportion of congestion caused by utility and highway authority works respectively on local authority roads.
Speed Cameras
Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many speed cameras are installed in Staffordshire, including Stoke-on-Trent. [169226]
Mr. Jamieson: The Staffordshire Safety Camera Partnership has 217 fixed site speed camera installations and no red light cameras. They currently operate no mobile camera units.
Train Services (Kent)
Mr. Horam: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many peak-time train services serving Petts Wood, Orpington and St. Mary Cray there are (a) at present and (b) proposed by the Strategic Rail Authority in the Integrated Kent Franchise consultation document. [169818]
Mr. McNulty: Services in the morning peak to London (trains arriving at a London terminus between 07:00 and 09:59):
Current: 27 (8 Victoria, 4 Blackfriars, 15 Charing Cross or Cannon Street)
Proposed: 18 (6 Victoria, 12 Charing Cross).
Current: 30 (8 Victoria, 4 Blackfriars, 18 Charing Cross or Cannon Street)
Proposed: 30 (6 Victoria, 12–13 Charing Cross or Cannon Street (fast) 12 Charing Cross (stopping)).
Current: 16 (8 Victoria, 8 Blackfriars)
Proposed: 15 (7 Victoria, 8 Blackfriars).
Mr. Horam: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assumptions were made by the Strategic Rail Authority in the Integrated Kent Franchise document about (a) current and (b) future capacity in the peak-hour services between Petts Wood, Orpington, St. Mary Cray and London. [169819]
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Mr. McNulty: Estimates of seats provided in the three-hour peak based on analysis of current scheduled South Eastern Trains service and estimates for the proposed service, based on the best current information about future train formations and vehicle types, are as follows:
| (a) Current | (b) Future | |
|---|---|---|
| Petts Wood | 16,400 | 9,200 |
| Orpington | 17,800 | 17,600 |
| St. Mary Cray | 8,600 | 9,300 |
Note:
Numbers are approximate and subject to possible change.
As now, the key factor is not overall train capacity, but how much spare capacity is available by the time services arrive at these stations.
Mr. Horam: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the passenger usage data for (a) Petts Wood, (b) Orpington and (c) St. Mary Cray that the Strategic Rail Authority used in their consultation document on the Integrated Kent Franchise, broken down by (i) passengers buying season tickets and those not and (ii) passengers taking fast peak-hour trains to London and those taking slow, stopping trains in the peak period. [169820]
Mr. McNulty: This information is not available in the format requested. Ticket information suggests that the average number of passenger journeys to and from these stations per day is:
| Season | Ordinary | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petts Wood | 3,972 | 1,814 | 5,786 |
| Orpington | 6,914 | 4,697 | 11,611 |
| St. Mary Cray | 1,975 | 1,278 | 3,253 |
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