§ Mr. Roperasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will give a breakdown of British Railways' actual or projected costs of administration in 1977 similar to the breakdown of its forecast expenditure on track, signalling and electric track equipment, freight and passenger, given in Command Paper 7038 on page 21.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe estimated results for 1977 for those costs grouped by the Board under the general heading of railways administration are as follows:
Administration (Freight and Passengers) £ million Scottish Region 17 Eastern Region 40 London Midland Region 49 Western Region 25 Southern Region 26 Headquarters and miscellaneous 74 Total 231 Costs charged to Freight and Parcels 55 Total Passenger 176 This is the administration component of the figure of £217 million for "other" indirect costs in table 5 on page 12 of the British Railways Board's report and accounts for 1977.