British Rail (Hansard, 24 February 1997)

§ Mr. Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many British Rail employees have(a) been made redundant and (b) had their employment terminated for reasons other than disciplinary reasons; and how much has been paid out in redundancy and other severance payments (i) in total and (ii) in York since the Railways Act 1993 came into force. [16641]
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§ Mr. Watts
The information requested is set out in the table. It is available only for financial years:

1994–95 1995–96 1996–97(40 weeks) Totals

BR employees redundant 6,322 3,568 1,405 11,295

Terminated for other reasons¹ 7,585 3,673 1,446 12,704

Redundancy and other severance payments (£000s) 141 92 30 263

¹ Includes those who retired, left due to ill-health, resigned, and deaths in service.

Separate details relating to British Rail employees based in York are not available.

§ Mr. Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the dates of privatisation of all the York-based British Rail businesses which have been sold or franchised since 18 June 1996, the number of employees in each business at the time of privatisation and the amount of money received or paid out by the Government to transfer the business into the private sector. [16619]

§ Mr. Watts
The following British Rail businesses, whose headquarters were based in York, have been sold or franchised since 18 June 1996.

Business sold/franchised Date of sold/franchise awarded Number of employees at date of sale/franchise award Money received/subsidy granted (£ million)¹

Regional Railways North East Franchise 7 February 1997 Approximately 3,000 Subsidy of 224.5 in year 1 declining to 145.6 in 2003/4

¹ Franchises are awarded as contracts to run passenger train services in return for the payment of support, where necessary, and may not generate receipts.

	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97(40 weeks)	Totals
BR employees redundant	6,322	3,568	1,405	11,295
Terminated for other reasons¹	7,585	3,673	1,446	12,704
Redundancy and other severance payments (£000s)	141	92	30	263
¹ Includes those who retired, left due to ill-health, resigned, and deaths in service.

Business sold/franchised	Date of sold/franchise awarded	Number of employees at date of sale/franchise award	Money received/subsidy granted (£ million)¹
Regional Railways North East Franchise	7 February 1997	Approximately 3,000	Subsidy of 224.5 in year 1 declining to 145.6 in 2003/4
¹ Franchises are awarded as contracts to run passenger train services in return for the payment of support, where necessary, and may not generate receipts.