§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Transport how much money was spent per mile on railways in England and Scotland, respectively, in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. William RodgersI understand from the Railways Board that in 1977 its spending on infrastructure—track, signalling, and electric track equipment—per single track mile was:
This excludes capital expenditure and spending not allocated to a single region.152W
£ Scotland 13,700 England and Wales 15,100 available to him of the average current delay in implementing one-way systems and speed restrictions after they have been approved by all relevant authorities (a) in Cambridgeshire and (b) in the rest of the United Kingdom.