§ Mrs. Knightasked the Secretary of State for Transport how much money has been provided from the Exchequer to British Rail since the railways were nationalised.
§ Mr. EyreThe cumulative total of subsidies, compensation and other payments to March 1982 paid to the British Railways Board from the Exchequer is £5,926.4 million. In addition, payments totalling £357 million have been made by passenger transport executives. Also capital debt to the Exchequer totalling £1,451.1 million has been written off. These figures exclude subsidies paid to the British Transport Commission and the reconstruction of the commission's capital debt since the amounts cannot be apportioned between the railways and other activities.