HC Deb 07 February 1983 vol 36 c290W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what is the order for further electrification projects in the United Kingdom, the estimated costs of each and the date each is expected to be commissioned;

(2) if he will make a further statement about the Bedford-St. Pancras electrification and give an estimate of the total cost sustained to British Rail to date through the inoperation of the system;

(3) if he will give an analysis of the £153.5 million, at mid-1981 prices, spent on the electrification of the Bedford-St. Pancras railway and the rate of interest payable on the funds granted by the National Loans Fund to British Rail for the project;

(4) what he expects to be the annual saving on the operation of the electrified Bedford-St. Pancras rail service assuming a one-man operation compared with the use of the present diesel multiple units.

Mr. Eyre

I will answer these questions shortly.