HC Deb 23 March 1979 vol 964 cc290-1W
Mr. Roper

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will provide up-to-date estimates of British Railway's steady state investment on a basis similar to those given on page 107 of volume 2 of the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries' report"The Role of British Rail in Public Transport "; and what part of investment in locomotives and facilities relates to inter-city and to freight services.

Mr. William Rodgers

Although the table to which my hon. Friend refers was drawn up by the Railways Board, it was supplied to the Select Committee by the National Union of Railwaymen, and the Board has not subsequently submitted to me any revision of the table. I understand that only a small proportion of the investment in locomotives and facilities related to inter-city services, and that most of the rest was for freight.

Mr. Roper

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is meant by"London and South-East"in the reply he gave to the hon. Member for Leeds, South-East (Mr. Cohen) on 3 May 1978, Official Report, column 148; what was the route mileage over which the relevant services operated; and what was the track mileage which corresponded to this route mileage.

Mr. William Rodgers

I shall write to my hon. Friend.