Rail Passenger Partnership (Merseyside)

HC Deb 24 January 2000 vol 343 cc132-3W

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the applications he has received in connection with the Rail Passenger Partnership from Merseyside. [105890]

Mr. Hill

The first two successful bids under the Rail Passenger Partnership scheme, together worth more than £3.5 million, were announced on 8 December 1999. The Franchising Director will make further announcements on bids already received and those he is expecting to receive in due course. These include at least one from Merseyside.