§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the costs of operation the subsidies being paid to passenger trains between Nottingham and Grantham, Nottingham, Newark and Lincoln, and Nottingham, Derby and Leicester represent.
§ Mr. William RodgersI cannot say. Local passenger services benefit from Government support for the railway system as a whole. Subsidy is not given separately to individual services.