§ Mr. Chris DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the estimated sums to be paid by way of subsidy in the financial year ending 31 March 1997 to the British Railways Board and each of the companies formerly owned by the board which have been privatised or franchised in the past five years. [11427]
§ Mr. WattsMy current estimate of the net payments of support, excluding payments under the performance regime, to be made by the franchising director to the British Railways Board and to franchise operators in the financial year 1996–97 is listed in the table.
Estimated payments in 1996–97 Payments to franchise operators £ million Anglia Railways Train Services Ltd. 8.777 Cardiff Railway Co. Ltd. 10.014 CrossCountry Trains Ltd. 30.675 Gatwick Express Railway Co. Ltd. -4.192 Great Eastern Railway Ltd. 5.778 Great Western Trains Co. Ltd. 61,825 InterCity East Coast Ltd. 61.468 Island Line Ltd. 0.937 LTS Rail Ltd. 25.146 Merseyrail Electrics Ltd. 7.703 Midland Main Line Ltd. 16.188 Network SouthCentral Ltd. 73.610 South Wales and West Railway Ltd. 37.625 South West Trains Ltd. 63.207 Thames Trains Ltd. 18.780 The Chiltern Railway Co. Ltd. 11.650 The South Eastern Train Co. Ltd. 59.257 West Anglia Great Northern Railway Ltd. 14.208 Total Payments to Franchise Operators 502,655 Payments to British Rail 1,260.367 Total Payments 1,763,022