House of Commons Transport Committee

Operation Stack

First Report of Session 2016–17

HC 65 Operation Stack 9

Figure 2: Annual rate of deployment of Operation Stack, 1998–2015

On how many days has Operation Stack been deployed in each year?

45 39 40

35 31 30 27 25 25 19 20 16 Number of days of Number 15 11 9 10 10 6 6 6 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015 Year

- The annual totals have been arrived at by counting the total number of dates in each month when Operation Stack was in operation and - The annualthen combining totals have the monthly been arrivedtotals for ateach by year. counting the total number of dates in each month when Operation Stack was in operation- There and are then other combining ways of arriving the at monthly annual totals, totals which for produce each year. slightly different figures. However, the trends remain the same regardless of which methodology is used. Source: Highways - There are other ways of arriving at annual totals, which produce slightly different figures. However, the trends remain the same regardless of which methodology is used.

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Table 1: Reasons for the deployment of Operation Stack in peak years

Year Days Reasons 2000 25 Industrial action and demonstrations in (port, ferries and Eurotunnel) Congestion at Port of and Eurotunnel Technical problems at Eurotunnel Adverse weather 2005 27 Adverse weather Industrial action and demonstrations in Calais (port, ferries and Eurotunnel) Berth damage at Port of Calais Technical problems at Eurotunnel 2008 39 Adverse weather Industrial action and demonstrations in Calais (port and ferries) Fire at Eurotunnel Congestion at and Eurotunnel 2015 31 Fire at Eurotunnel Industrial action and demonstrations in Calais (port, ferries and Eurotunnel) Migrant action in Calais (Eurotunnel)

Sources: County Council (2000); media reports (2005 and 2015); (2008)