HC Deb 25 March 1988 vol 130 c266W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the public subsidy to(a) London Underground and (b) London Transport in each year since 1979 at (i) outturn and (ii) constant 1988 prices.

Mr. David Mitchell

It is not possible to attribute these grants as between the Underground and other LRT activities, as grants were not so assigned when they were made. The figures for grants to London Regional Transport were as follows:

Outturn Prices January 1988 Prices
1979 148 269
1980 196 301
1981 216 299
1982 313 397
1983 339 412
1984–85 317 365
1985–86 323 349
1986–87 295 308
1987–88 239 239
1988–89 190 182