§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Transport what is the current level of capital expenditure and the number of employees in British Railways.
§ Mr. FowlerThe latest information available on capital expenditure is contained in the British Railways Board's annual report and accounts for 1979. This shows (tables 3A and 3B, page 52) that capital expenditure by the whole of the Railways Board's businesses during 1979 amounted to £205.1 million. On the same basis, staff employed at the end of 1979 totalled 244,084 (table 5M, page 77).