§ Mr. C. Morrisonasked the Minister of Transport what were the gross revenue, operating results, central charges, and net 73W deficit of British Railways for the year 1963, on a basis comparable to the figures he recently gave.
§ Mr. MarplesBecause of the changes brought about by the Transport Act, 1962, and the adoption by the British Railways Board of different accounting arrangements figures cannot be given which are precisely comparable with those for earlier years.
The British Railways Board's revenue results for 1963 are as follows:
£ million Railways gross receipts 463.1 Railways working results (after including net receipts from letting of property, advertising and rail catering totalling £5.6m.) 81.6 (deficit) Other activities working results 8.1 (surplus) Other expenditure less other income 2.3 Interest (excluding £1.8m. charged to capital account) 58.1 Board's deficit on revenue account for 1963 133.9