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Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library the report prepared by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority with regard to a contaminated flask containing irradiated research reactor fuel from India which arrived in the United Kingdom on 30 January 1991.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Health and Safety Executive fully reported on this incident in its statement of incidents at nuclear installations for the first quarter of 1991, announced in a news release of 2 July 1991. Release of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority documents should be for the authority.
Red Route (Islington)
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received concerning the operation of the red route through the London borough of Islington.
Mr. Chope : I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 28 November 1991, Official Report, column 575. There has been very little correspondence since then.
Rail Investment
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out (a) the level of investment by Network SouthEast in each year since 1962 at current prices and (b) the total operating grant paid to (i) British Rail and (ii) Network SouthEast in each year since 1962 at current prices.
Mr. Freeman [pursuant to his reply, 11 March 1992, c. 535] : The information is as in the tables.
Column 672
Network SouthEast Investment
(Capital and revenue)
|£ million
|at 1991-92
|prices
---------------------------------
<1>1982 |192
1983 |181
<2>1984-85 |168
1985-86 |162
1986-87 |183
1987-88 |305
1988-89 |381
1989-90 |414
1990-91 |323
<3>1991-92 |380
<1> Network SouthEast was formed
in 1986. Previous comparable
figures are available only from
1982.
<2> 1984-85 was a 15-month
period. The figures quoted is
the 12-month
equivalent.
<3> Estimated.
Source: Network SouthEast.
(b) Grants paid to British Rail:
1969 to 1991-92<1>
£ million at 1991-92 prices
|PSO |Level |PTE |Other |Total
|grant<2> |crossing |grant |grants<3>
|grant
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1969 |512.1 |- |- |125.7 |637.8
1970 |490.7 |- |- |95.6 |586.3
1971 |462.1 |- |- |55.0 |517.1
1972 |404.1 |- |55.3 |452 |911.4
1973 |506.6 |- |63.0 |466.7 |1,036.3
1974 |899.4 |- |84.6 |- |984.0
1975 |850.8 |38.3 |99.4 |323.1 |1,311.6
1976 |1,005.7 |35.3 |97.0 |152.6 |1,290.6
1977 |1,009.3 |31.9 |112.9 |- |1,154.1
1978 |1,040.1 |32.3 |119.4 |- |1,191.8
1979 |1,101.0 |31.8 |126.4 |- |1,259.2
1980 |1,111.4 |32.0 |131.4 |- |1,274.8
1981 |1,328.1 |32.8 |120.4 |- |1,481.3
1982 |1,336.2 |32.8 |125.2 |- |1,494.2
1983 |1,337.0 |32.4 |130.1 |- |1,499.5
<4>1984-85 |1,272.3 |28.8 |125.7 |- |1,426.8
1985-86 |1,161.4 |29.2 |110.8 |- |1,301.4
1986-87 |944.8 |27.5 |101.3 |- |1,073.6
1987-88 |989.2 |30.0 |102.8 |- |1,122.0
1988-89 |647.9 |27.9 |93.8 |- |769.6
1989-90 |568.2 |29.8 |106.0 |- |704.0
1990-91 |642.0 |30.9 |107.2 |- |780.1
<5>1991-92 |900.0 |29.2 |129.0 |- |1,058.2
<1>Grant is paid to British Rail as a whole. It is for British Rail to
allocate it between sectors. British Rail did not receive direct
Government grants prior to 1969.
<2>Prior to 1975, grant was paid under section 39(1) of the
Transport Act 1968.
<3>This comprises:
(1) Transitional freight grant-paid 1975-76.
(2) Grant paid under Transport Grant Act to compensate for
Government pricing controls-paid 1972.
(3) Special grants-paid 1972-73.
(4) Grant paid under section 40 of the Transport Act 1968 for
temporary maintenance of surplus track and signalling
-paid 1969-1973.
<4>1984-85 was a 15-month year. 12-month equivalents given.
<5>Department of Transport estimates.
Source: British Railways Board annual accounts.
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