§ 78. Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the Minister of Transport the total amount of compensation paid, and the amount known still to be payable, by the British Transport Commission under the Transport Act, 1947, for road haulage businesses acquired voluntarily and compulsorily, respectively.
84. Mr. G. Wilsonasked the Minister of Transport the total amount payable in respect of cessation of business under section 47 (3) of the Transport Act, 1947, or for goodwill in respect of road haulage businesses acquired by the British Transport Commission respectively by voluntary agreement or compulsorily.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe total compensation payable in respect of road 63W haulage undertakings acquired under the Transport Act, 1947, cannot be assessed until certain legal points have been decided and final payments determined or approved by the Transport Arbitration Tribunal. At the moment some £61 million has been paid, of which £34 million is for compulsory acquisitions and £27 million for businesses acquired voluntarily. Claims which may amount to some £16½ million are outstanding of which £¾million is the estimated balance still to be paid in respect of voluntary acquisitions.
Of the total estimated cost of acquisitions, amounting to over £77 million, some £22 million is attributable to compensation for cessation of business or goodwill in respect of businesses compulsorily acquired and £9 million in respect of businesses voluntarily acquired.
§ 79. Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the Minister of Transport the total value of road haulage businesses formerly owned by the main line railway companies and transferred to the British Transport Commission on vesting date, under the Transport Act, 1947.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI would refer my hon. and noble Friend to the statement which I circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT on 10th June in answer to a Question by the hon. Member for Acton (Mr. Sparks).
85. Mr. G. Wilsonasked the Minister of Transport the number of road haulage vehicles acquired by the British Transport Commission under the Transport Act, 1947, in the following groups: voluntarily; compulsorily; and road haulage undertakings formerly owned by main line railway companies and transferred to the British Transport Commission on vesting date under the Transport Act, 1947.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI am informed by the British Transport Commisison that the figures are 12,073, 28,265, and 3,558 respectively.