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Railways: Scotland

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether East Coast plans to continue to run direct passenger rail services from London to Glasgow via Edinburgh. [304271]

Chris Mole: The timetable has not been decided as the stakeholder consultation exercise has not yet taken place. Options for rail services on the East Coast mainline are being examined, but no decision has been taken.

Railways: Standards

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to the answer of 9 November 2009, Official Report, columns 56-8W, on railways: standards, if he will provide a table showing the number of trains cancelled by each train operating company in each of the last five years given as a percentage of all trains scheduled to run; and if he will provide the same information in respect of peak hour trains in London and the South East. [301248]

Chris Mole [holding answer 24 November 2009]: The table requested is as follows, showing the number of trains cancelled by each franchised train operator in each of the last five years as a percentage of all trains scheduled to run. Data are given for the five most recent financial years, including 2009-10 up to October 2009.

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Percentage of all scheduled trains cancelled
Percentage
Train operator	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10 (to October 2009)
ATW	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.2
c2c	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.6
Chiltern	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.7
CrossCountry	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.1
East Midlands Trains	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.0	0.7
FCC	1.7	1.6	1.3	1.7	1.3
FGW	1.0	1.5	1.8	0.9	0.6
London Midland	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.9	1.2
London Overground	2.1	1.7	1.8	0.9	0.9
Merseyrail	1.5	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.6
Northern Rail	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.7
NXEA	1.3	1.6	1.2	1.1	0.9
NXEC	1.3	1.9	2.3	1.4	1.2
Southeastern	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	0.6
Southern	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.3	0.7
SWT	0.9	1.0	0.7	1.1	0.4
TPE	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.5
Virgin Trains	1.0	1.3	0.9	2.5	1.3

The equivalent detail for peak hour trains in London and the South East is as follows:

Percentage of scheduled peak hour trains cancelled
Percentage
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10 (to October 2009)
c2c	1.2	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.5
Chiltern	1.6	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.8
FCC	1.9	1.7	1.4	1.9	1.1
FGW 'Link' Only	1.2	1.6	1.8	1.3	0.7
London Midland	0.5	1.0	0.7	2.4	1.0
London Overground	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.9
NXEA	1.6	1.9	1.6	1.2	1.1
Southeastern	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.6	0.9
Southern	1.3	1.1	0.9	1.3	0.8
SWT	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.4

Railways: Tickets

Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport on which rail networks Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation ticket systems are in use. [300738]

Chris Mole: South West Trains has an ITSO smartcard pilot in operation between Staines and Windsor and Eton Riverside. Another pilot is planned for the Worcester area shortly on London Midland services. Both are precursors to wider rollouts in future. On 23 November we announced the launch of pay as you go (PAYG) in London from 2 January 2010 which will allow use of Oyster on London rail services.

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Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which rail franchises include mandatory provisions for introducing Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation-compliant ticket systems; and when such a system is to be implemented under the terms of each franchise. [300739]

Chris Mole: South West Trains, London Midland, East Coast, Southern, Arriva Cross Country and East Midlands Trains all have smartcard obligations. The specific details of these commitments are commercially sensitive as they will be the subject of competitive tender by the respective train operator and therefore are not in the public domain.

Roads: Accidents

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road traffic accidents in (a) Berkshire and (b) Reading East constituency involved drivers without a licence in each of the last five years. [304634]

Paul Clark: Information about whether drivers involved in road accidents hold a licence is not held centrally.

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many deaths in road traffic accidents there have been on roads in (a) Vale of York constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 1994. [305240]

Paul Clark: The information requested is given in the table:

Number of fatalities in reported personal injury road accidents in (a) Vale of York constituency, (b) North Yorkshire County and (c) England: 1994-2008
Number of fatalities
Accident year	(a) Vale of York( 1)	(b) North Yorkshire( 2)	(c) England
1994	18	84	3,077
1995	16	92	2,995
1996	13	79	3,024
1997	21	87	3,001
1998	18	88	2,834
1999	5	68	2,922
2000	18	90	2,915
2001	14	82	2,916
2002	26	95	2,980
2003	19	88	3,004
2004	7	80	2,714
2005	13	85	2,735
2006	10	69	2,695
2007	26	81	2,502
2008	7	52	2,123
(1) Based on 2004 constituency boundary. (2) Includes unitary authority of City of York.

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