§ Mr. Mackintoshasked the Minister of Transport what is the average loss per passenger mile of the lines recommended by British Railways for subsidy in Scotland and the loss per passenger mile on the North Berwick line.
§ Mr. MarshAs I said in my reply to the hon. Member for Sudbury and Woodbridge (Mr. Stainton) on 15th November, I intend to announce early in 1969 the amount of the grant I shall be paying in respect of each service, but certain adjustments have yet to be made to the figures before they can be finalised. The general information for which my hon. Friend asks is, of course, derived from the total grant figure and is therefore not available.
Similar considerations apply to the North Berwick service, for which I shall be paying a transitional grant under Section 39 (4) of the Transport Act, 1968.—[Vol. 773, c. 172–180.]
§ Mr. Luardasked the Minister of Transport (1) what grant he proposes to make to support the Oxford-Leamington-Birmingham railway line;
(2) what grant he proposes to make to support the Paddington-Reading-Didcot-Oxford railway line.
§ Mr. MarshAs I said in my reply on 15th November in Answer to the hon. Member for Sudbury and Woodbridge (Mr. Stainton) I intend to announce, early in 1969 the amount and period of grant for each of the services concerned, including these two.—[Vol. 773, c. 172–180.]