HC Deb 16 January 1996 vol 269 c501W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of his Department's transport research budget is devoted to investigating transport by(a) rail and (b) road; and what sums his Department has spent on these areas in the last year for which figures are available. [8604]

Mr. Watts

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him on 9 January 1996,Official Report, column 49. It is primarily for the rail industry to commission research particular to its needs. In 1994–95 my Department spent £69,000 on research devoted to investigating transport by rail and £33,800,000 on research devoted to investigating transport by road.