HC Deb 25 November 1981 vol 13 c395W
30. Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the current level of capital expenditure and the number of employees in British Railways.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The 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.