HC Deb 29 March 1983 vol 40 c99W
Mr. Booth

asked the Secretary of State for Transport which shire counties included proposals for capital or revenue support for British Rail services in their transport policies and programmes submitted to him for transport supplementary grants for 1983–84.

Mr. David Howell

The following English shire counties included plans for revenue support to British Rail in their TPPs for 1983–84:

  • Cornwall
  • Cumbria
  • Derbyshire
  • Durham
  • Essex
  • Hereford and Worcester
  • Hertfordshire
  • Humberside
  • Lincolnshire
  • Suffolk

No shire counties have proposed substantial capital grants to BR. Small capital grants are not always separately identified.