HC Deb 25 February 1981 vol 999 c404W
Mr. Pendry

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the comparative cost of maintenance over the period of 1973 to 1980 between all trans-Pennine lines.

Mr. Fowler

As the maintenance of individual railway lines is an operational matter for which the British Railways Board has sole responsibility, my Department does not hold information of this sort.