To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of accidents involving the rail transportation of hazardous and inflammable materials that have taken place within a 50-mile radius of Doncaster, for each of the last 10 years.

Her Majesty's railway inspectorate does not have information readily available in the form requested. The following figures, for the period 1984–89, are for train accidents occurring in eastern region within 50 miles of Doncaster in which it is possible to identify that dangerous or inflammable goods were carried on the train. Figures for incidents before 1984 are not available.