Crime: Metal Theft
House of Lords

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Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour)

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of delays suffered by rail commuters due to metal theft in the last full year for which figures are available.

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Earl Attlee (Whip, House of Lords; Conservative)

During the year which ended on 31 March 2011, Network Rail recorded 995 incidents of cable theft which caused delay to the rail network, resulting in delays to trains totalling over 6,000 hours.

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