HC Deb 04 March 1975 vol 887 cc384-5W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment by how much in money terms and as a percentage of railway staff wages and salaries rose in the years 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974, respectively; what approximate proportion these costs represented in each

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Staff expenses—£ million … 338.5 359.2 416.7 455.9 *
Staff expenses—Percentage increase on previous year 9.9 6.1 16.0 9.4 *
Staff expenses as a proportion of expenditure on operating account—Percentage 63.0 62.0 67.0 66.0 *
Subsidies—Capital grants (£ million) … 0.4 0.7 9.2 14.3 23.7
Subsidies—Operating grants (£ million) … 77.6 74.1 100.4 104.7 147.6
Subsidies—Special grants (£ million) … — — 32.0 72.0 215.0
Corporate surplus/(deficit) before tax and special grants 9.5 (15.4) (26.2) (51.6) *
* Comparable information for 1974 not yet available.

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