§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much (i) British Rail and (ii) Railtrack expect to spend this year on(a) lobbying Parliament and (b) press and public relations.
§ Mr. WattsBR's headquarters public affairs department has a budget of £2.4m, but information in respect of individual business units, who have their own public affairs budgets as part of their overall management costs, is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Railtrack's headquarters press and public relations office has a budget of some £1 million. Neither has a special budget for lobbying Parliament.