§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what is the level of freight carried by rail expressed(a) in million tonnes and (b) as a percentage of total freight for (i) each of the EC member states, (ii) Sweden and (iii) Norway and Finland for each year since 1979;
(2) what is the total amount of freight carried by British Rail expressed in million tonnes; and if he will provide a breakdown by (a) coal and coke, (b) iron and steel, (c) oil and chemicals, (d) building and construction, (e) freightliner and (f) other traffic for each of the years since 1979;
(3) what is the proportion of railway operating costs which are met from (a) passenger and (b) freight revenue 9W expressed in (i) cash terms and (ii) as a percentage of total operating costs for each of the EC member states, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
§ Mr. Freeman: Such data as are available are contained in the following publications:
Transport Statistics Great Britain (TSGB) 1991: Table 6.9;Transport Statistics Report. International Comparisons of Transport Statistics 1970–1988 Part 1: Intermodal—Annex, Table B;TSGB 1979–1989 and TSGB 1991—Table 3.4;International Railway Statistics 1990: Table 72.All these publications are available in the Library.