Written question asked by Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 December 2005. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Rolling Stock

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 325W, on rolling stock, (1) what assessment he has made of reasons for the difference in the number of orders placed in 1998 and 2003;

Answer

Rolling Stock is ordered by train operators and rolling stock leasing companies not by the Department. The Department has not made an assessment of fluctuation in rolling stock orders.Large numbers of orders were placed between 1996 and 2002 as part of a major programme of rolling stock renewal. The majority of the new trains have now been delivered. There were no new orders in 2004 because orders had already been placed for the trains needed.The information requested is set out in the following tables. I regret that an error occurred when the figures for rolling stock orders quoted in my earlier answers of 29 November 2005, Official Report, Columns 325–26W, were being compiled. The following four tables give corrected totals:

Bombardier
Year of order	Number of vehicles
1996	12
1997	330
1998	595
1999	33
2000	155
2001	10
2002	1,116
2003	135
2004	—

Alstom
Year of order	Number of vehicles
1997	120
1998	294
1999	507

Manufacturer nationality and order by vehicles each year
	Bombardier (Canadian)—UK site.	Siemens (German)	Alstom (French)	CAF/Siemens (Spanish / German)	Hitachi (Japanese)
1996	12	—	—	—	—
1997	330	—	120	—	—
1998	595	—	294	48	—
1999	33	—	507	—	—
2000	155	—	—	8	—
2001	10	869	—	—	—
2002	1,243	—	—	8	—
2003	135	153	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	168

Number of orders by manufacturer and location of build
Year	Bombardier (Canadian)	Siemens (German)	Alstom (French)	CAF/Siemens (Spanish / German)	Hitachi (Japanese)
1996	1	—	—	—	—
1997	3	—	1	—	—
1998	9	—	4	1	—
1999	2	—	2	—	—
2000	5	—	—	1	—
2001	1	2	—	—	—
2002	5	—	—	1	—
2003	3	1	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	1
⁽⁴³⁾ Bombardier vehicles built or assembled in the UK with the exception of 127 Meridians built in Brugge.
⁽⁴⁴⁾ Siemens vehicles are all being built in Germany/Austria site.
⁽⁴⁵⁾ Alstom built all their vehicles at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
⁽⁴⁶⁾ These vehicles were built in Spain.

The following tables set out, by manufacturer, the number of vehicles and the total value of rolling stock orders placed in each year between 1996 and 2004:

Bombardier
	Number of vehicles in order	Estimated value (£million)
1996	12	11

1997	176	131
	34	33
	120	93

1998	24	23
	26	26
	29	29
	21	20
	8	7
	352	407
	27	25
	18	17
	90	70
1999	6	7
	27	30

2000	8	6
	9	9
	10	10
	16	18
	112	92

2001	10	11

2002	8	8
	127	161
	700	602
	228	186
	180	153

2003	87	103
	42	52
	6	8

2004	—	—

Alstom
	Number of vehicles in order	Estimated value(£million)
1996	—	—

1997	120	92

1998	64	46
	40	41
	70	78
	120	100

1999	30	33
	477	630

2000	—	—
2001	—	—
2002	—	—
2003	—	—
2004	—	—

Siemens
Year	Number of vehicles in order	Estimated value (£million)
1996	—	—
1997	—	—
1998	—	—
1999	—	—
2000	—	—

2001	84	69
	665	610

2002	—	—

2003	153	200

2004	120	125
⁽⁴⁷⁾ These vehicles were originally part of the 785 vehicle order for SWT which was later changed to 665 vehicles with the 120 vehicles being becoming part of the Silverlink franchise in 2004

CAF/Siemens
	Number of vehicles in order	Estimated value (£million)
1996	—	—
1997	—	—
1998	48	55
1999	—	—
2000	8	9
2001	8	9
2002	—	—
2003	—	—
2004	—	—

Hitachi
	Number of vehicles in order	Estimated value (£million)
2005	168	235

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Type: Written question
Reference: 440 c2934-7W; 36905
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 05/1756
Tuesday, 20 December 2005
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Procurement Trains Rolling stock
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Rolling Stock

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