§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding London Underground has received over the past 10 years; what assessment he has made of the amount of money which will need to be invested in the underground to bring its services to a reasonable standard; and what assessment he has made of whether safety work on the Underground is being delayed because of lack of investment.
§ Mr. NorrisThe Government do not fund London Underground Ltd. (LUL) directly, but makes an annual grant to LUL's parent body, London Transport (LT). London Transport's grant settlement for the three years from 1994–95 was announced on 30 November, and it is currently in the process of allocating this settlement between its subsidiaries. Decisions on the need for and the timing of investment projects are for LUL to make, but safety remains a key priority, and there is no question of it being jeopardised. The amounts LUL has spent on investment over the last 10 years are shown in the table.
LUL investment 1984–85—1993–94 £ million 1993–94 prices Year LUL (CORE) JLE Crossrail Total 1984–85 188 0 0 188 1985–86 206 0 0 206 1986–87 253 0 0 253 1987–88 298 0 0 298 1988–89 269 0 0 269 1989–90 376 0 0 376 1990–91 470 45 6 521
Pay Non-pay Accommodation Administrative capital £ million £ million £ million £ million Construction programme division OUs 18.255 2.567 3.712 0.392 Network management and maintenance OUs 16.588 3.822 4.290 0.380 London regional office 6.756 0.333 1.648 0.052 HQ directorates 23.492 3.971 6.064 11.800 1 The administrative capital figure for HQ directorates includes the IT budget of El.5 million which is held centrally for use throughout highways safety and traffic command. Budgets for individual operating units (OUs) are not now monitored centrally as the directors in charge of the construction programme divisions, network management divisions, London regional office and HQ directorates have discretion to switch funds between OUs in the interests of efficient administration. The figures shown vary during the course of the year as directors switch funding into or out of other budgets.