HC Deb 10 January 1977 vol 923 c396W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the items, exceeding £100,000 in cost, within the £1 million research fund he has made to London Transport Executive; and what consultations he has had with the Greater London Council in regard to this expenditure.

Mr. William Rodgers

The provision of grant to London Transport Executive of about £1 million in 1976–77 is part of the payment under a joint DTp/DOE/ LTE Programme of Rapid Transit (Railway) Research and Development initiated in 1972 at a total cost then estimated at £2.36 million.

The individual items in this programme, upon which over £100,000 will be spent in the current financial year, are:

Train regulation by computer £340,000
Electronic control of train motors £330,000

The technical programme is managed by a joint committee of departmental and London Transport representatives.

The Greater London Council has not been directly involved.

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