Rail Franchises (Hansard, 31 October 1996)

§ Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each rail franchise(a) the

£ Million
	Cost of advisors	1995–96 Budgeted passenger revenue	Support paid to BR prior to franchising¹	Support paid at franchising (Year 1)	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Gatwick Express	2.14	31.00	nil	-4.53	-6.17	-7.85	-9.66	-10.48	-11.24
South Eastern Trains	2.19	241.90	138.92	125.40	97.67	64.99	52.78	42.12	35.99
LTS	1.94	54.30	34.50	29.61	26.61	24.00	22.53	21.15	19.85
Midland Main Line	1.90	83.20	16.76	17.48	7.31	1.92	-0.78	0.66	-2.61
Great Western	2.44	197.00	60.83	61.93	56.63	51.97	46.10	40.54	37.15
Thames³	1.05	59.90	43.80	40.32	33.25	24.11	16.54	13.28	7.43
Cardiff Railway	1.46	6.70	22.20	21.50	19.85	17.63	16.64	15.37	14.61
South Wales and West	1.64	48.80	84.80	80.78	70.94	60.52	55.86	50.04	46.27
InterCity East Coast	2.33	268.60	74.74	66.39	52.75	33.73	14.49	5.30	1.80
Chiltern	2.04	28.30	18.56	16.64	13.00	11.86	8.60	5.57	4.12
Network South Central	2.15	178.50	101.99	86.67	70.58	49.97	44.89	41.67	36.08
South West Trains	2.26	273.60	85.43	62.72	60.66	58.38	53.41	48.75	43.60
Island Line	0.31	1.00	2.56	2.01	1.92	1.84	1.79	1.75	²—
Total	23.85	1,472.80	685.09	606.92	505.00	393.07	324.76	274.30	233.66
Savings on BR Support	—	—	—	78.17	180.09	292.02	360.33	410.79	448.87
Cumulative	—	—	—	78.17	258.27	550.29	910.62	1,321.41	1,770.28

£ million
	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12	Year 13	Year 14	Year 15
Gatwick Express	-11.72	-13.05	-14.40	-15.87	-16.37	-17.88	-19.41	-21.03	-22.65
South Eastern Trains	26.83	26.83	18.69	18.66	12.52	9.48	5.69	0.00	-2.78
LTS	18.64	17.49	16.42	15.42	14.47	13.58	12.75	11.37	11.24
Midland Main Line	-4.41	-6.22	-8.13	-10.05	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Great Western	35.23	33.60	32.60	31.60	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Thames³	3.74	0.00	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Cardiff Railway	13.93	13.26	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
South Wales and West	42.88	38.14	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
InterCity East Coast	0.00	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Chiltern	2.87	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Network SouthCentral	34.64	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
South West Trains	40.27	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Island Line	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Total	202.90	110.05	45.17	39.76	10.62	5.18	-0.97	-9.06	-14.19
Savings on BR Support	479.65	291.78	205.84	211.25	182.80	168.24	174.38	182.48	187.81
Cumulative savings	2,249.91	2,541.67	2,747.51	2,958.76	3,121.57	3,289.80	3,464.20	3,646.67	3,834.29
¹ Figures are for 1996–97 except for SWT and GW where the figures are for 1995–96.
² Not covered by the franchise.
³The Year 1 franchise payment is the full year equivalent of the contractual amount to allow for accurate comparisons.
Franchise years are not the same as financial years.
Therefore there is an overlap between the amount paid to BR and the franchise payment year 1.
Payments to the Franchising Director appear as negative amounts.
All payments are real amounts.

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cost of advisers, (b) the training operating companies' passenger revenue in 1995–96, (c) the subsidy paid by the franchising director prior to privatisation, (d) the subsidy paid at the date the franchise was let and (e) the projected subsidy for each of the last two years of the franchise. [1513]