§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 1 February 2002,Official Report, column 589W, on railway policy, if he will list the specific responsibilities of staff working in the (a) Rail Delivery Directorate and (b) Railways Restructuring Directorate; and how many staff work in each directorate. [37566]
§ Mr. JamiesonThere are now 51 people working in the Rail Delivery Directorate and 32 people in the Railways Restructuring Directorate. It is neither customary nor practicable to publish individual civil servants' job descriptions.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what proportion of the £26 billion programme of public sector support for sustaining the rail network and delivery of existing commitments, as referred to on page 25 of the Strategic Rail Authority Strategic Plan published on 14 January is(a) public investment, (b) public resource expenditure and (c) revenue support for private investment, subdivided for each year of the 10-Year Plan 2001–02 to 2011–12; [37522]
(2) what proportion of the public sector funding used to lever in the new commitments, as referred to on page 25 of the Strategic Rail Authority Strategic Plan published on 14 January, is (a) public investment, (b) public 1368W resource expenditure and (c) revenue support for private investment for each year of the 10-Year Plan 2001–02 to 2011–12. [37525]
§ Mr. JamiesonI refer the hon. Member to the replies given to my hon. Friends the Members for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lynne Jones) on Wednesday 23 January 2002,Official Report, columns 871-72W, and for Amber Valley (Judy Mallaber) on Tuesday 29 January 2002, Official Report, columns 177-178W, for the classification of total public sector funding.
No classification has been made for the figures published in the SRA strategic plan. While some expenditure can be generally classified—such as capital expenditure on CTRL and resource expenditure through franchise support payments—funding is allocated by purpose (i.e. existing or enhanced railway) rather than public expenditure classification.
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much money has been spent on the bid costs of the company limited by guarantee team and their advisers; and what the estimated monthly budget going forward is. [37541]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Strategic Rail Authority is funding the bid costs of the CLG team and their advisers. Expenditure will depend on the claims submitted to the SRA.