§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what subsidies have been paid towards the operation of the Hull-Scarborough line for each of the years since 1970.
§ Dr. GilbertFor calendar years 1970 to 1973 grants under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 were made in respect of this line as follows:
£ 1970 … … … 401,000 1971 … … … 467,000 1972 … … … 519,000 1973 … … … 658,000 A separate figure for this service is not available for 1974 when it was grouped with other services for grant purposes. There are no comparable figures for 1975 onwards, since, under the arrangements introduced from 1st January 1975 by Section 3 of the Railways Act 1974 compensation is paid for the net costs of operating the rail passenger system as a whole.
§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the amount of subsidy given on the grounds of social need for each of the last three years on the Hull-Doncaster, Doncaster-Sheffield, Hull-Leeds, York-Leeds and Leeds-Goole lines; and what were the receipts and costs of each of these lines.
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§ Dr. GilbertFor the calendar year 1973, the information is as follows:
Service Net Costs Receipts Deficit £ £ £ Hull-Doncaster … … … 686,000 325,000 361,000 Doncaster-Sheffield … … … 322,000 99,000 223,000 Hull-Leeds … … … 1,092,000 471,000 621,000 York-Leeds … … … 531,000 322,000 209,000 Leeds-Goole … … … 212,000 38,000 174,000 Because of changes in the grouping of services for grant purposes, comparable figures for 1974 are available only in
Net Costs Receipts Deficit £ £ £ 497 000 143 000 354 000 No comparable figures are available for 1975 onwards, since under the arrangements introduced from 1st January 1975 by Section 3 of the Railways Act 1974 compensation is paid for the net costs of operating the rail passenger system as a whole.