§ Captain Pluggeasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he can now make any statement as to the amount of money retained by the Government from traffic returns of 1943, after paying the railway companies the rental of £38,o00,000; and how this compares with the figures for 1942 and 1941.
§ Mr. Noel-BakerI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to Command Papers 6349, 6436 and 6512. These papers set out the information he requires for the years 1941, 1942 and 1943 respectively. The annual sums payable to the controlled undertakings, including the London Passenger Transport Board, amount in the aggregate to £43,468,705.