§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will set out in the Official Report the income and expenditure of each public sector industry for which his Department has been responsible in each of the last 10 years; and if he will indicate the loss or surplus and his Department's level of subsidy in each case.
§ Mr. Chris Patten[pursuant to his reply, 24 May 1984]: I have now written to my hon. Friend with the information required, the text of my letter is as follows: 462W
Thank you for your further letter on the subject of Northern Ireland Public Sector Industries.In my reply dated 4 June 1984 (published in the Official Report) to your Parliamentary Question No. 140, I followed what is normal practice and referred you to the annual reports and accounts of the Northern Ireland Electricity Service and the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company. These reports are already available in published form in the Library, and it seems acceptable to me to draw them to a Member's attention instead of reproducing information from them, in the Offical Report, at additional public expense.In order however to be consistent with other Departments, I have now arranged for appropriate summaries to be prepared, and they are attached. I am arranging to have this letter published in the Official Report as a pursuant reply.Following is the information:
Northern Ireland Electricity Service £ Million Income* Expenditure† Profit/ (Loss)‡ Subsidies from Central Government 1974–75 68.7 66.0 (28.7) ║29.0 1975–76 96.8 85.2 (32.0) ¶24.6 1976–77 133.1 101.2 (19.8) •26.5 1977–78 143.0 117.3 (6.0) ▪270.3 1978–79 145.6 126.5 3.9 ⋆20.2 1979–80 172.9 162.6 (15.7) #20.3 1980–81 216.7 202.9 (1.0) **57.9 1981–82 234.7 236.9 0.1 † †57.2 1982–83 241.4 242.7 (0.6) ‡ ‡54.3 1983–84 250.6 259.2 0.0 ¶ ¶60.5 Source: NIES Annual Report and Accounts 1974–84.
*Income net of Government grants and subsidies.
†Expenditure before depreciation on fixed assets and interest.
‡Profit/(Loss) after interest.
║Compensation for consequences of price restraint £28.7m; Government Training Grants £0.3m.
¶Compensation for consequences of price restraint £24.6.
•Subsidy in respect of cumulative revenue deficit £26.3m,; Training grants £0.2.
▀Government loans write off £250.0m; Tariff subsidy £20.0m; Training grants £0.3m.
⋆Tariff subsidy £20.0m; Training grants £0.2m.
#Tariff subsidy £20.0m; Training grants £0.3m.
** Tariff subsidy £38.7m; Subsidy in respect of cumulative revenue deficit £18.8m; Training grants £0.4m.
† † Tariff subsidy £56.9m; Training grants £0.3m.
‡ ‡ Tariff subsidy £53.8m; Training grants £0.5m.
¶ ¶ Tariff subsidy £59.9m; Training grants £0.6m.
Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company £ Million Income* Expenditure † Profit/(Loss)‡ Subsidies from Central Government║ 1974–75 18.1 19.4 (1.3) 3.7 1975–76 24.5 25.4 (1.0) 3.9 1976–77 28.5 26.7 1.8 5.4 1977–78 31.9 30.0 2.0 7.7 1978–79 37.7 34.6 2.9 13.0 1979–80 46.3 44.2 2.4 10.9 1980–81 48.3 44.0 5.8 9.5 1981–82 51.7 46.9 4.8 15.3 1982–83 57.4 51.3 5.4 7.9 1983–84 59.2 53.6 5.8 12.1 Source: NITHC Annual Report and Accounts 1974–1984.
* Gross income includes turnover, income from investments, revenue grants for Public Service Obligation, concessionary fares and additional bus services.
†Expenditure includes net depreciation.
‡Profit/(Loss) after taxation and extraordinary items.
463W║Government grants exclude—
- (i) bus and fuel duty rebate
- (ii) airport security grants
- (iii) grants payable in respect of pensions and compensation payable to former employees of the Belfast Corporation Transport Department and Ulster Transport Authority.