HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 cc804-5W
Pete Wishart

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what the planned expenditure is by the(a) Government and (b) private sector for the introduction of the new lines (i) Milngavie to Larkhall, (ii) Stirling to Alloa and (iii) Edinburgh Crossrail, announced in the recent SRA proposals; [37030]

(2) what the planned expenditure is by (a) Government and (b) the private sector for the additional capacity increase for the lines between Glasgow and Kilmarnock announced in the recent SRA proposals; [37026]

(3) what the planned expenditure is by the (a) Government and (b) private sector for the upgrading of the 140 smaller stations in Scotland, stated in the recent SRA proposals;

(4) what is the planned expenditure by (a) Government and (b) the private sector on the refurbishment of the 318 electric trains and the reliability improvements for the 170 diesel trains announced in the recent SRA proposals;

(5) what the planned expenditure is by the (a) Government and (b) private sector for the upgrading of Waverley station in Edinburgh, stated in the recent SRA proposals;

(6) what the planned expenditure is from (a) Government and (b) the private sector for the introduction of the six new stations and interchange improvements at Partick, Gourock and Markinch announced in the SRA proposals. [37025]

Mr. Jamieson

The total public sector expenditure proposed by the Strategic Rail Authority's (SRA's) strategic plan is £33.5 billion. The SRA has not attempted to break this down on a regional or route basis.