§ Mr. Spearingasked 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 RodgersThe 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.