HC Deb 08 June 1967 vol 747 cc257-8W
Mr. Parker

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give for the latest available year the capital expenditure on projects started during that year and on projects which had been started before it began by the National Coal Board, Electricity Council and Boards, North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, South of Scotland Electricity Board, Gas Council and Boards, British Overseas Airways Corporation, British European Airways, British Railways Board, London Transport Board, and Transport Holding Company, respectively.

TABLE II
GROSS INCOME (BEFORE DEPRECIATION) AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS (AFTER DEPRECIATION)
1960 1961 1962 1965 1964 1965
Manufacturing Distribution, etc 19.8 17.8 16.7 17.5 19.0 18.4
Iron and Steel 21.1 15.8 11.5 10.4 12.9 13.4
National Coal Board† 9.4 10.4 13.7 12.9 12.9 7.5
Gas Council and Boards 8.8 9.1 9.4 9.8 10.5 9.8
Electricity (B.E.A., C.E.A., E.C. and Boards) 10.0 10.5 11.1 11.8 11.4 12.0
South of Scotl and Electricity Board‡ 9.7 9.6 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.6
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board‡ 5.8 6.7 6.6 5.8 6.3 6.8
British Transport Commission§) 1.3 0.6 0.2 — — —
British Railways Board§ — — — -1.1 -0.1 -0.5
London Transport Board§ — — — 7.9 7.2 3.9
British Transport Docks Board§ — — — 8.2 8.0 7.6
British Waterways Board§ — — — — — —
Transport Holding Company § — — — 14.8 17.0 16.4
British European Airways 15.2 9.2 11.4 17.4 15.4 15.4
British Overseas Airways Corporation 13.9 6.0 8.6 21.2 27.5 20.8
Post Office 13.0 11.0 10.8 12.4 11.4 12.7
See Notes to Table III.

Mr. Diamond

Provisional out turn figures for expenditure on fixed assets by nationalised industries in 1966–67 are given below. A breakdown of this expenditure into new and existing projects is not readily available and the definition of a project for this purpose gives rise to some difficulties.

Nationalised Industries Fixed Investment in the United Kingdom Provisional Outturn 1966.67
£ million
1. Post Office 261.2
2. National Coal Board 86.0
3. Electricity Council 667.0
4. North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board 9.5
5. South of Scotland Electricity Board 47.0
6. Gas Council 208.2
7. B.O.A.C. 10.6
8. B.E.A 16.9
9. British Airports Authority 5.5
10. British Railways Board 107.0
11. London Transport Board 22.1
12. British Transport Docks Board 11.9
13. British Waterways Board 1.4
14. Transport Holding Company 24.5
Total 1,478.8