HC Deb 04 July 1989 vol 156 cc91-2W
Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newham, South of 4 April,Official Report, column 20, what sums (a) have been paid and (b) will be paid in the current financial year to Thamesline; what proportion of income such payments are expected to provide; what conditions he has placed on any such payments in respect of maintenance of the service to all piers for which services were advertised; and if he will make a statement concerning the withdrawal of any such service.

Mr. Portillo

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I have given today to the hon. Member for Dagenham (Mr. Gould). Riverbus Limited expects to be seeking the whole of the Government grant of £500,000 during the current financial year. The income forecasts of the business are commercially confidential.