HC Deb 30 January 1989 vol 146 cc51-2W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in theOfficial Report those incidents in 1988 requiring assistance from each coastguard rescue station in Scotland.

Mr. Portillo

Figures for 1988 are not yet available. The number of incidents where assistance was co-ordinated by coastguard rescue centres in Scotland during 1987 are as follows:

Number
Aberdeen 53
Clyde 167
Forth 66
Moray 71
Oban 140
Pentland 56
Shetland 65
Stornaway 42

Income received by London Regional Transport (1987–88 prices)
11984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 21988–89 31989–90
Total income

(£ million)

1,203.7 1,070.3 1,046.5 997.4 957.5 1,086.9
Source
Traffic Income

(£ million)

802.0 683.3 693.5 710.6 726.4 778.7
Per cent. of total 66.6 64.3 66.3 71.2 75.9 71.6
Other Income

(£ million)

39.4 33.8 45.9 47.8 51.9 51.0
Per cent. of total 3.3 3.2 4.4 4.8 5.4 4.7
Grant (including GLC grant in 1984–85)(£ million) 362.3 348.2 307.1 239.0 179.2 257.2
Per cent. of total 30.1 32.5 29.3 24.0 18.7 23.7
Grant recovered from levy on London ratepayers

(65.63 per cent. of total grant)

n/a 228.5 201.6 156.9 117.6 168.8
1 15 month accounting period 1 January 1984 to 31 March 1985. Audited figures for the fiscal year 1 April 1984 to 31 March 1985 are not available.
2 Estimated outturn (as published in Annual Business Plan for 1989–90), deflated using an inflation rate for the financial year 1988–89 based on the 1988 RPI and an average of independent forecasts for 1st quarter 1989.

Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many representations he has received against the proposed closure of the Moray coastguard rescue centre.

Mr. Portillo

The Department has received a number of representations including 13 letters from hon. or right hon. Members.

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