Department for Transport written question – answered at on 14 November 2017.
Lord Bradshaw
Liberal Democrat
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the total train delays in 2016–17 resulted from incidents over which the railway network and operators had no control; and how much total time delay occurred as a result of such incidents.
Baroness Sugg
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Incidents over which the rail industry had no control (for example vandalism, trespass, fatalities, disorder on trains and severe weather) accounted for approximately 16% of all delay minutes in the year 1st April 2016 – 31st March 2017. Over the same time period, such incidents caused approximately 2.85 million delay minutes to the rail industry.
