§ Mr. Roger Kingasked the Secretary of State for Transport when payments will be made to passenger transport executives and district councils in reimbursement for the liabilities for redundancy compensation which they incurred during 1986–87 in respect of their bus operations.
§ Mr. David MitchellMy right hon. Friend announced on 4 June 1986 at column598 that passenger transport executives and those shire districts with municipal bus companies would be reimbursed for additional costs resulting specifically from the effects which bringing forward the abolition of redundancy rebate would have on the special circumstances of their bus operations. Parliamentary approval for these payments will be sought in a Supplementary Supply Estimate for the local roads and transport vote (VIII, 5), and in respect of payments in Scotland for the roads, transport and environmental services Scotland vote (XVI, 6). Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £7.255 million will be met by repayable advances from the Contingencies Fund.