While there have been only interim reviews of what happened at Paddington that day, the accident appears to have been caused as a result of one train breaking a red light. I do not have information with me as to how many such incidents have occurred here, but I can find that out for the Deputy from the railway safety officers.
Deputy Penrose has tabled a question on the £80 million worth of work that has been carried out on the continuous welded track, signalling, banks, bridges, railway crossings and on various other matters this year. Following the incident at Knockcroghery, we tended to concentrate work on the continuous welded track and that is quite proper. There are many other issues involved and signalling forms a strong part of the independent review study on the matter.
The Deputy asked about the introduction of an ATP system here and I will report back to him on that. Much of the debate in the UK has focused on Railtrack, the private company that owns the rail lines. Questions have arisen in interviews about it on many Channel 4 programmes and other programmes. Railtrack also has responsibility for regulating safety in respect of train operating companies. Much of the debate has centred on whether that is the correct mix and that gives rise to many questions.
The Deputy asked how many incidents have arisen as a result of a train here going through a red light. Such an offence would come to light only if an incident occurred as a result of it. He also asked about the introduction of an ATP system and I will report back to him on that.