§ Mr. Proctorasked the Minister of War transport the amount of compensation paid for loss of office under the Railways Act, 1921, to railway directors; the amounts paid in compensation to officers receiving salary at the rate of more than £350 per annum; the amount of compensation paid to members of the railway staff receiving £350 or less per annum; the number of cases settled by agreement and the number referred to the arbitrator in each class above; and the legal costs of the cases decided by the arbitrator, to the railway companies, and to the railway trade unions.
Mr. BARNES, pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 18th March, 1946; Vol. 120, c. 280), supplied the following statement:
Inquiries have been made and I am now able to inform you that compensation totalling £304,146 was paid to directors of 25 constituent companies who suffered loss by abolition of their office under the Railways Act, 1921. This amount does not include one constituent company for which no record can be found. The figures in respect of individual directors and the compensation paid to directors of 373W absorbed companies are not readily available nor are the amounts paid as compensation to members of the railway staff.