HC Deb 14 July 1989 vol 156 cc654-5W
Mr. Roy Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the debt outstanding on the Severn bridge for each year since the bridge opened and the toll revenue collected each year since it opened.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The figures are as follows:

Income £million Debt £million
1966–67 0.33 13.62
1967–68 0.74 14.55
1968–69 0.81 14.97
1969–70 0.87 15.29
1970–71 0.93 15.62
1971–72 1.00 15.91
1972–73 1.19 16.17
1973–74 1.21 16.92
1974–75 1.21 17.94
1975–76 1.22 19.66
1976–77 1.25 21.13
1977–78 1.24 23.70
1978–79 1.33 25.93
1979–80 2.13 27.54
1980–81 2.76 28.91
1981–82 2.75 30.97
1982–83 2.85 36.79
1983–84 2.84 46.07
1984–85 2.98 56.03
1985–86 5.31 65.07
1986–87 4.40 76.77
1987–88 9.07 85.23