Rail Services (Budget Document)

HC Deb 30 March 1988 vol 130 cc501-2W

Mr. Buchan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has made or intends to make any payment to British Rail for the publication and distribution on inter-city services of a document entitled "Summary of the Budget Proposals"; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Brooke

[holding answer 28 March 1988]: No. I understand that a Budget summary was published by a private firm and made available to inter-city passengers at no cost to British Rail.