§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the estimated expenditure that will be incurred in running the new office of the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising established by the Railways Act 1993.
§ Mr. MacGregorParliamentary approval to the administrative and other expenditure of the director and his Office will be sought in a new estimate to establish a passenger rail services vote—class VI, vote 7. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £350,000 will be met by repayable advances from the Contingencies Fund.