To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport on how many occasions bus transport was provided instead of rail for all or part of the journey due to (a) routine and (b) non-routine maintenance on the Norwich to London Liverpool Street railway line in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009 to date. (302432)

The Department for Transport does not hold the information requested. In the case of maintenance, either routine or otherwise, the decision to replace rail with bus transport will be taken by the train operating company and Network Rail.