§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what sums have been invested by the Government under the Railways Act section 36 freight facilities grants system since 1993; and if he will make a statement. [9897]
§ Mr. WattsThe sum of £415,000 in November 1993 to the Huntsman Chemical Company Ltd. These environmental grants are awarded under section 140 of the Railways Act 1993 to help defray the capital costs of inland waterway freight facilities. In this instance, grant will enable the company to carry styrene monomer by water from Baglan bay, south Wales to its processing plant at Carrington near Manchester for the next 10 years, thereby removing some 6,000 lorry journeys a year from the roads.