HC Deb 23 February 1994 vol 238 c246W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the public service obligation grant to British Rail in the year to 31 March 1992 was fully taxable; whether the amount subsequently categorised as capital grant had been subject to tax; how much tax was paid in each case; and what policy had been applied in previous years to the taxation of public obligation grant.

Mr. Freeman

[holding answer 18 February 1994]: The public service obligation grant is not taxable.