§ Sir A. V. Harveyasked the Minister of Aviation what has been the total cost of London Airport to the present date; and what expenditure is envisaged during the next five years.
§ Mr. AmeryThe balance sheet value of the Ministry's capital assets at Heathrow at 31st March, 1963, was £28,834,226, after deduction of accumulated annual depreciation and provision for obsolescence totalling £9,102,427. Expenditure of about £20 million on capital account is envisaged for the current and next five years. These figures do not, of course, include investment by airlines and other tenants in capital assets at the airport.