Written question asked by Bill Etherington (Labour) on Friday, 3 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 October 2008. It was answered by Paul Clark (Labour) on Monday, 13 October 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Tyne and Wear Metro

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will publish business cases submitted by the Nexus PTE in the last two years in respect of the future of the Tyne and Wear Metro.

Answer: Nexus (the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive) has submitted two business cases to the Department for Transport in the last two years in respect of the Tyne and Wear Metro.The Metro Reinvigoration Business Case was submitted to the Department in January 2007. This document is on Nexus' website at:"http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/resources/file/eb1bd00c5571bc6/MetroReInvigoration BusinessCaseFinal110307.pdf"with appendices at:"http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/resources/file/eb1bd10 c55796e2/Appendices140207.pdf"The Business Case for the Ticketing and Gating Scheme was submitted in March 2007. This is available on Nexus' website at:"http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/resources/file/eb7cb04 aedbf98e/Metro.pdf"

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