§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport if she will give the capital expenditure on London Transport for each from 1948, and the estimates for each of the five years from 1966, showing separately expenditure on the bus system and the railway system.
§ Mr. Awdryasked the Minister of Transport, if she will give the capital expenditure on London Transport for each year from 1948, and the estimates for each of the five years from 1966, showing separately expenditure on the bus system and the railway system.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe figures for the years 1948 to 1965 are given below. Those for 1966 and after are now under discussion.
LONDON TRANSPORT BOARD CAPITAL EXPENDITURE-YEARS 1948–1965 Year Road £000 Rail £000 General £000 1948 … … 3,975 2,892 — 1949 … … 7,521 2,317 — 1950 … … 8,663 2,833 — 1951 … … 5,825 2,008 — 1952 … … 6,255 2,325 — 1953 … … 5,450 741 — 1954 … … 3,358 816 — 1955 … … 994 956 — 1956 … … 408 1,301 — 1957 … … 574 1,606 — 1958 … … 724 1,300 — 1959 … … 2,459 3,329 — 1960 … … 3,993 9,966 — 1961 … … 2,953 10,469 — 1962 … … 2,683 11,474 — 1963 … … 2,563 13,200 426 1964 … … 2,361 15,122 973 1965 … … 2,908 18,321 707 Notes:
(i) Expenditure on Electricity Generation and Distribution assets is included in the figures for Railways.
(ii) For 1963 and later years expenditure on workshop plant and machinery, miscellaneous service vehicles etc. has not been allocated in the published accounts between Road Services and Railways.
(iii) All figures relate to expenditure on Capital Account and have been extracted from the published accounts of the British Transport Commission and London Transport Board.