§ Mr. AdleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list all British Rail current investments approved by his Department which are being delayed or deferred due to falling British Rail revenue.
§ Mr. FreemanThe timing and implementation of investment schemes are matters for British Rail within the overall funds available to the board. But I am not aware of any schemes that we have previously approved which are currently being delayed for financial reasons.
§ Mr. SpeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will state the number of investment proposals over £100,000 submitted to him by British Rail which await decision; and if he will give the date of submission of each proposal.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 13 May 1991]: In general, only certain British Rail investment projects costing over £10 million require specific approval of the Secretary of State. We have just approved 86 class 466 Networker electric vehicles for south-east London and north-west Kent services. We ate currently considering proposals for a further 188 class 465 Networkers and for Ashford international station, both originally submitted in January, in the light of subsequent information from British Rail.