§ Mr. Matthew BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what provision he is making for the additional costs being incurred by the English passenger transport authorities and their executives as a result of the restructuring of the railways. [29266]
§ Mr. WattsA special grant report has been laid before the house today for the payment of metropolitan railway grant in 1995–96 to English passenger transport authorities. The broad aim of MRG is to provide support to those PTAs for the additional costs failing to be met by the PTAs in the financial year 1995–96 for the railway passenger services provided by British Rail to those authorities' passenger transport executives, arising from the restructuring of railways in Great Britain in accordance with the Railways Act 1995.