asked the Minister of Transport (1) if she will list the annual subventions paid to individual public service vehicle operators following the closure of the Whitchurch-Oswestry railway line;(2) if she is satisfied that the annual subventions paid to individual public service operators following the closure of the Whitchurch-Oswestry railway line will ensure adequate public transport.
Where additional bus services are required as a condition of Ministerial consent to the withdrawal of a passenger rail service, the obligation to secure the provision of these services rests on the Railways Board. The amount of any subvention which the Board may have to pay to a bus operator to provide such services is essentially a matter of management for which the Board are responsible.If the hon. Member has any specific evidence that the needs of former rail travellers are not being met by the alternative services in the case which he quotes, we shall be glad to consider it.
| Works | 1948–50* | 1959* | Mid-1962† | 1·1.1964* | 1·1.1965 | 1·1.1966 |
| Ashford | 2,400 | 2,333 | 1,446 | 1,397 | 1,404 | 1,377 |
| Barassic | 750 | 702 | 528 | 599 | 633 | 652 |
| Bow | 290 | 228 | — | — | — | — |
| Brighton | 640 | 290 | — | — | — | — |
| Bromsgrove | 390 | 359 | 225 | 135 | 4 | — |
| Caerphilly | 740 | 597 | 443 | — | — | — |
| Crewe | 7,430 | 6,980 | 5,970 | 6,583 | 6,449 | 6,181 |
| Darlington | 3,550 | 3,543 | 2,870 | 2,283 | 1,523 | 1,160 |
| Derby (Locomotive Works) | 4,360 | 3,648 | 3,330 | 3,711 | 3,472 | 3,447 |
| Derby (Carriage and Wagon Works) | 5,130 | 5,186 | 4,297 | 4,113 | 4,249 | 4,277 |
| Doncaster | 5,460 | 4,950 | 3,747 | 5,856 | 3,720 | 3,732 |
| Earlestown | 1,800 | 1,772 | 1,494 | 1,004 | 33 | — |
| Eastleigh | 3,680 | 3,712 | 2,887 | 3,199 | 3,115 | 3,067 |
| Faverdale | 570 | 617 | 379 | — | — | — |
| Germiston | 420 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glasgow | 6,910 | 5,999 | 4,592 | 3,542 | 3,328 | 3,072 |
| Gorton | 3,370 | 2,433 | 1,522 | — | — | — |
| Horwich | 3,090 | 3,202 | 2,819 | 2,738 | 2,774 | 2,559 |
| Inverurie | 650 | 699 | 547 | 584 | 633 | 647 |
| Kilmarnock | 240 | 73 | — | — | — | — |
| Lancing | 1,780 | 1,844 | 1,698 | 1,152 | 529 | — |
| Shildon | 2,670 | 3,090 | 2,263 | 2,404 | 2,548 | 2,953 |
| Swindon | 10,610 | 9,593 | 7,470 | 5,991 | 5,770 | 5,591 |
| Temple Mills and Stratford | 3,530 | 2,968 | 2,372 | 504 | 547 | 559 |
| Townhill | — | — | 68 | 101 | 136 | 166 |
| Walkergate | 510 | 539 | 379 | 169 | — | — |
| Wolverhampton | 670 | 564 | 410 | 117 | — | — |
| Wolverton | 3,960 | 3,753 | 3,014 | 2,935 | 2,840 | 2,757 |
| York | — | 3,008 | 2,188 | 2,065 | 2,210 | 2,434 |
| * The figures in these columns include certain salaried and administrative staff, but exclude accounts and supplies staff. | ||||||
| † The figures in this column relate to wages grades only and exclude supplies staff. | ||||||
asked the Minister of Transport what was the value of the output of British Railways Workshops in each of the last five years.
The British Railways Board have supplied the following information:
| Million | ||||
| £ | ||||
| 1961 | … | … | … | 120 |
| 1962 | … | … | … | 106 |
| 1963 | … | … | … | 85 |
| 1964 | … | … | … | 83 |
| 1965 | … | … | … | 90 |