§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the total investment region by region in British Railways for each of the years from 1975 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Fowler[pursuant to his reply, 25 March 1981]: The information is as follows:
Number of staff employed at end of year Numbers of staff made redundant during year 1976 186,814 1,392 1977 182,336 1,523 1978 182,198 845 1979 182,031 898 1980 178,059 1,012 These figures are for staff employed by the railways sector including corporate and common services but excluding the board's subsidiaries such as British Rail engineering.