§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been paid out by way of charter payments to those travelling on each of the regions' railway networks in each of the last two years.
§ Mr. FreemanCharter payments disaggregated by region are not available. Charter payments by each of the three rail businesses for the periods requested are as follows:
1992–93 £ 1993–94 £ Season ticket discounts InterCity 34,000 241,000 Network SouthEast 53,000 2,063,000 Regional Railways 0 134,000 TOTAL 87,000 2,438,000 Compensation InterCity 1,387,000 N/a Network SouthEast 283,000 N/a Regional Railways 175,000 N/a TOTAL 1,845,000 2,300,000 TOTAL 1,900,000 4,700,000 Note: A breakdown for 1993–94 compensation payments by the three rail businesses is not yet available.