§ Mr. HayesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents have been reported involving stationary vehicles on motorway hard shoulders in each of the years 1980 to 1989; and how many people were(a) injured and (b) killed.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe figures requested are in the following table; accident data for 1989 are currently unavailable.
§ Mr. PortilloSeparate figures for railways investment in Greater London alone are not available. BR plans to invest some £65 million in its Scottish region infrastructure over the next three financial years, and the region will also benefit from wider programmes of investment in new rolling stock.
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will make it his policy to encourage use of British Rail by increasing the public subsidy;
(2) if he will make it his policy to maintain the real value of the public subsidy to British Rail over the next five years;
347W(3) what assessment he has made of the environmental implications of a reduction in the public subsidy to British Rail; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PortilloOur policy on subsidies for British Rail remains as set out in the Government's response (HC420) to the Transport Select Committee report on the financing of rail services (HC 383). My right hon. Friend plans to announce shortly new three-year objectives for British Rail.