§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Minister of Transport (1) what is his revised forecast for the current year of the total operating cost, the total receipts and the consequent operating surplus or deficit incurred from passenger traffic services only by British Railways, the number of passenger miles carried, and the costs, receipts and operating surplus or deficit expressed in terms of passenger miles, allowing for recent wage increases, and the loss of traffic due to the recent railway strike;
(2) what is his revised forecast for the current year of the total operating cost, the total receipts, and the consequent operating surplus or deficit incurred from freight traffic services only, by British Railways, the number of ton miles carried, and the costs, receipts and
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BRITISH RAILWAYS Analysis of Revenue and Costs of Passenger and Freight Traffics 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 I. PASSENGER 1. Direct costs … £m. 165 163 165 165 172 2. Allocation of total costs … £m. 257 253 258 258 268 3. Receipts … £m. 164 170 176 182 183 4. Passenger miles (estimated) … millions 19,230 19,874 18,713 18,453 18,089 5. Surplus (+) or deficit (-) on (i) direct costs … £m. -1 +7 +11 +17 +11 per passenger mile … pence -0.01 +0.08 +0.14 +0.22 +0.15 (ii) total costs … £m. -93 -83 -82 -76 -85 per passenger mile … pence -1.16 -1.00 -1.05 -0.99 -1.13 6. Receipts per passenger mile … pence 2.05 2.05 2.26 2.37 2.43 II. FREIGHT 1. Direct costs … £m. 249 244 237 237 221 2. Allocation of total costs … £m. 314 311 310 309 293 3. Receipts … £m. 241 240 232 224 201 4. Net ton miles … millions 15,398 16,052 15,429 14,790 13,609 5. Surplus (+) or deficit (-) on (i) direct costs … £m. -8 -4 -5 -13 -20 per net ton mile … pence -0.12 -0.05 -0.06 -0.17 -0.27 (ii) total costs … £m. -73 -71 -78 -85 -92 per net ton mile … pence -1.14 -1.06 -1.21 -1.38 -1.62 6. Receipts per net ton mile … pence 3.76 3.59 3.61 3.63 3.54 Notes: 1. The above figures are subject to the qualifications given in the notes at the foot of Appendix I on page 51 of the Board's Annual Report for 1967 and in paragraphs 145–147 of that Report. 2. The Board regard direct costs as being the operating costs of providing the separate passenger and freight traffic services. The indirect costs of track, signalling and general administration (almost wholly joint) are allocated subsequently. operating surplus or deficit expressed in terms of ton miles, making allowance for recent wage increases and the loss of traffic due to the recent railway strike.
§ Mr. CarmichaelBritish Railways do not make an analysis of receipts and costs over their main groups of traffic until the end of each accounting year, so that the information requested is not at present available.
§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Minister of Transport (1) if he will tabulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total operating cost, total receipts, and the consequent operating surplus or deficit incurred from passenger traffic services only by British Railways, the number of passenger miles carried, and the costs, receipts and operating surplus or deficit expressed in terms of passenger miles for each of the past five years, respectively.
(2) if he will tabulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total operating cost, the total receipts, and the consequent operating surplus or deficit incurred from freight traffic services only by British Railways, the number of ton miles carried and the costs, receipts and operating surplus or deficit expressed in terms of ton miles for each of the past five years, respectively.
§ Mr. CarmichaelFollowing is the information: