§ Mr. Ronald Atkinsasked the Minister of Transport if he will give the figure for the last year available of the direct saving per mile of railway line closed in that year; how this compares with the expected saving per mile as given in the official document, Reshaping of British Railways; and what estimate he has made of the cost per mile of a social subsidy to keep the lines open.
§ Mr. CarmichaelFigures relating to the average direct saving per mile of railway line closed in any one year or to the average cost per mile of grant needed to keep such lines open are not available and would in any event be of no significance.