Written question asked by Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour) on Friday, 28 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 November 2005. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Friday, 11 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Channel Tunnel

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the results were of bi-national exercises to test emergency procedures held on (a) 15 April 2004 at Folkestone Fire Station (UK COMEX), (b) 30 June 2004 on the French side of service tunnel (VALEX) and (c) 19 September 2004 in the UK led annual exercise BINAT 15; and if he will place reports of these results in the Library.

Answer: The results of these exercises, which are to test emergency procedures, are summarised in the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority Annual Report 2004–05 at paragraph 53. Given that the full reports, which are agreed between the French and British emergency response organisations and Eurotunnel, detail the preparedness of the organisations concerned in respect of emergency situations including those arising from terrorist attack, it is not proposed to make them public.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 24089; 439 c779-80W;439 c780-1W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Channel tunnel Channel Tunnel Safety Authority Emergencies Planning Safety Safety measures Testing
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk