§ Mr Cormackasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much assistance has been provided from the Exchequer to each of the nationalised industries since their respective vesting dates.
§ Mr. Joel Barnett,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 27th June; Vol. 875, c. 508], gave the following information:
Government grants and subsidies to each of the nationalised industries in the period 1945–46 to 1973–74 are listed below. The figures exclude grants of a kind which are also available to private industry; and they exclude capital write-offs.
£ million National Coal Board 304.8 Central Electricity Generating Board 24.9 Electricity Council and Boards 108.6 Scottish Electricity Boards 13.3 British Gas Corporation 36.8 British Steel Corporation — Post Office 9.7 British Overseas Airways Corporation 39.7 British European Airways 8.3 British Airways Board — British Airports Authority — British Transport Commission 259.7 British Railways Board 1,543.4 London Transport Board 41.2 British Transport Docks Board — British Waterways Board 26.7 Transport Holding Company — National Freight Corporation 42.7 National Bus Company 28.2 Scottish Transport Group 8.0