§ 38. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure that the future transport infrastructure in South Yorkshire will be such as to allow viable and active levels of industrial activity to be maintained.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI have in preparation proposals for Stocksbridge bypass, its link to the M1 and Aston relief road.
BRHL: Financial Results £ million 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Gross Income 3.0 2.8 3.8 5.2 4.0 5.6 12.4 Expenditure* 2.9 3.3 4.0 5.2 4.6 7.8 13.2 Operating profit 0.1 †0.5 †0.2 0.0 †0.6 †2.2 †0.8 * Including charges made by BRB headquarters departments. † Loss. These figures have been extracted from the Railways Board's annual report and accounts. Interest is paid corporately by the Board, and no separate figures for BRHL are published. The results for 1980 are not yet available, and it is not the practice to publish estimates before the final results are published.