HC Deb 23 July 1923 vol 167 c48W
Mr. BOWERMAN

asked the President of the Board of Trade the total amount of new capital raised by the railway companies since the year 1918?

Colonel ASHLEY

The net figures of capital expenditure and receipts of the railway companies of Great Britain for the years 1919 and 1922 were as. follows:

Capital Expenditure. Capital Receipts.
£ £
1919 … … 1,914,210 284,643
1920 … … 5,218,719 428,541
1921 … … 5,106,690 97,754
1922 … … 3,575,405 4,883,012