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Mr. Spearing
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will tabulate in the Official Report, for the most recent year available, his estimate of total national expenditure on passenger movement by rail, freight movement by rail, railway capital expenditure, railway maintenance and his estimate of passenger rail revenue not arising from taxed individual income.
Dr. Gilbert
The latest available information is in the Board's Annual Report and Accounts for 1974. This is shown in the attached table. From the National Travel Survey 1972–3, I estimate that about 20 per cent, of passenger receipts arose from business journeys; how much of this was paid from taxed personal income is not known.
| £m. | |
| Passenger receipts | 328·8 |
| Grants by the Secretary of State for un-remunerative passenger services under Section 39, Transport Act 1968 | 139·7 |
| Payments by Passenger Transport Executives under agreements made under Section 20, Transport Act 1968 | 14·5 |
| Grants by the Secretary of State towards capital expenditure on public transport facilities under Section 56, Transport Act 1968 | 22·7 |
| Freight receipts (including parcels and mails) | 280·8 |
| Cash shortfall grant paid by Secretary of State | 215·0 |
| Railway capital expenditure | 121·0 |
| Expenditure on railway maintenance (excluding preparation and cleaning of rolling stock) | 266·1 |