Railways: Standards

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)

[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.

*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

Volume 502: debated on Wednesday 9 December 2009