§ 30. Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the current level of capital expenditure and the number of employees in British Railways.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe British Railways Board's latest estimate of investment in 1981–82 is £325 million at outturn prices. Of the £325 million, £280 million is in the railways and the balance is in subsidiaries. At 5 September 1981 the board had a corporate total of 233,791 employees, of whom 208,744 are employed in the rail businesses—including British Rail Engineering Ltd.