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Mr. Eldon Griffiths
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment by how much in money terms and as a percentage of railway staff wages and salaries rose in the years 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974, respectively; what approximate proportion these costs represented in each
| 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | ||
| Staff expenses—£ million | … | 338·5 | 359·2 | 416·7 | 455·9 | * |
| Staff expenses—Percentage increase on previous year | 9·9 | 6·1 | 16·0 | 9·4 | * | |
| Staff expenses as a proportion of expenditure on operating account—Percentage | 63·0 | 62·0 | 67·0 | 66·0 | * | |
| Subsidies—Capital grants (£ million) | … | 0·4 | 0·7 | 9·2 | 14·3 | 23·7 |
| Subsidies—Operating grants (£ million) | … | 77·6 | 74·1 | 100·4 | 104·7 | 147·6 |
| Subsidies—Special grants (£ million) | … | — | — | 32·0 | 72·0 | 215·0 |
| Corporate surplus/(deficit) before tax and special grants | 9·5 | (15·4) | (26·2) | (51·6) | * | |
| * Comparable information for 1974 not yet available. | ||||||