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Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 January 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 January 2007. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 January 2007 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roadside Emergency Telephones

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many roadside emergency telephones there are on the road network; and how many were (a) reported as faulty, (b) vandalised and (c) replaced in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

There are 6,835 emergency roadside telephones on motorways and all-purpose trunk roads in England.Information on telephone faults and maintenance replacements is only available as detailed.(a) Telephone availability throughout the year is monitored automatically and recorded as the annual percentage availability. Statistics are currently available for the period 2002 to 2005 as follows:

Telephone availability (Percentage)
2002 99.716
2003 99.492
2004 99.798
2005 99.757

(b) Separate records are not kept nationally for the number of telephones vandalised.(c) Telephones replaced in 2004, 2005 and 2006 due to equipment failure, damage or vandalism totalled:

Number of telephones replaced
2004 141
2005 205
2006 202

A national programme of works is currently under way to upgrade roadside emergency telephones to include new technology that has become available. During 2005 and 2006 a total of 878 telephones were replaced as part of this programme.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
117036; 455 c1680-1W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Roads Telephones
Link
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