§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much subsidy has been paid to(a) rail freight operations and (b) passenger train operating companies in each year since 1997. [91532]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe table provides the amounts paid in freight Track Access Grants. Details of the subsidy paid to each train operating company, in each year, are set out in the Strategic Rail Authority's annual report, copies of which have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
£ million 1997–98 21.3 1998–99 19.3 1999–2000 17.2 2000–01 13.9 2001–02 19.9