§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the total level of(a) Government financial support and (b) public subsidies for the railways in each year since 1979 at current prices. [11242]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe table provides details of British Rail's external finance requirement for each year from 1980 to 1993–94.
Year £ million (1996–97 prices) 1980–81 1,759 1981–82 1,949 1982–83 1,607 1983–84 1,469 1984–85 1,803 1985–86 1,488 1986–87 1,233 1987–88 821 1988–89 531 1989–90 939 1990–91 1,317 1991–92 1,682 1992–93 2,276 1993–94 1,569 The table provides details of the passenger grants paid by the franchising director to train operating companies in each of the three years since the industry was restructured on 1 April 1994.
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§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe information is not readily available in the form requested.