§ Mr. Awdryasked the Minister of Transport if she will give the total external finance, by source, received by 201W British Railways for each year from 1948.
§ Mr. John MorrisUp to the end of 1962 British Railways were part of the British Transport Commission and separate figures of finance received are lot available. During this period the Commission received external finance from the following sources:
On Capital Account On Revenue Account Stock £m. Loans by Minister £m. Loans by Minister(sub-sequently written off) £m. Grants by Minister £m 1948 … — — — — 1949 … — — — — 1950 … — — — — 1951 … 60 — — — 1952 … 60 — — — 1953 … — — — — 1954 … 80 — — — 1955 … 42 — — — 1956 … — 40 — 1957 … — 61 94 — 1958 … — 112 97 — 1959 … — 112 86 — 1960 … — 145 25 78 1961 … — 144 — 128 1962 … — 77 — 186 The external finance received by the British Railways Board has been as follows:
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FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE PUBLICILY OWNED SECTOR OF THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY SINCE 1949 UNDER THE BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 Table I 1955 WORKING RESULTS £m £m £m £m £m £m £m British Railways 10.6 25.2 33.3 38.7 34.6 16.4 1.8 Road Haulage: British Road Services 1.5 −1.1 3.3 1.7 8.9 8.7 4.3 Road Passenger Services: Provincial and Scottish 4.5 3.7 4.1 4.1 5.1 5.3 5.7 London Transport Road Passenger Service 3.6 1.7 −1.4 0.3 0.6 2.0 3.0 London Transport Railways 1.6 1.4 1.3 2.0 1.4 1.8 2.0 Ships 3.1 2.9 2.9 1.9 1.0 1.1 2.0 Inland Waterways −0.3 −0.3 −0.3 −0.2 −0.1 −0.2 −0.3 Docks, Harbours and Wharves −0.8 −0.1 0.8 2.4 2.5 2.6 3.0 Hotels and Catering. −0.2 −0.6 −0.3 −0.1 −0.5 −0.1 −0.5 Letting of Land and Buildings not in operational use 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.8 3.2 Total 25.7 35.2 46.0 52.9 55.7 40.4 24.2 INCOME FROM SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES (including travel and tourism companies) 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.8 INCOME FROM NON-CONTROLLED UNDERTAKINGS 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 CENTRAL AND OTHER CHARGES(NET) 48.9 51.7 48.0 50.1 53.4 54.7 57.2 BALANCE FOR YEAR −20.8 −14.1 0.1 4.5 4.2 −11.9 −30.6
On Capital Account Loans by Minister On Revenue Account Grants by Minister £m. £m. 1963 … — 106 1964 … 15 114 1965 … 35 132 1966 (to 27th May) … — 61 Temporary loans from bankers are not included in any of the figures.