London-Peterborough Railway Line

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many services on the Peterborough to London rail line were (a) cancelled, (b) late and (c) overcrowded in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. (291286)

The Department for Transport does not hold the specific information requested. The principal train operating company operating on the East Coast is NXEC (previously GNER). The Department does not hold information on trains cancelled by NXEC/GNER, between Peterborough to London.

The operator's total cancellations are listed for the last 10 years in the following table:

*GNER/NXEC total cancellations*
	Annual totals
2000	306
2001	1,007
2002	615
2003	736
2004	661
2005	559
2006	546
2007	805
2008	997
2009	625

Volume 496: debated on Wednesday 16 September 2009