HC Deb 06 July 1998 vol 315 c339W
Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the public subsidies Ulsterbus has received for the purchase of vehicles, indicating the amounts and dates of the subsidies paid. [47872]

Mr. Paul Murphy

The public subsidies paid to Ulsterbus for the purchase of new buses from 1993–94 to 1997–98 are:

  • 1993–94: £2.216m;
  • 1994–95: £1.722m;
  • 1995–96: £2.137m;
  • 1996–97: £0.225m and
  • 1997–98: nil.