asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish national statistics in the Official Report for the markets under the control of British Railways in the same form as done by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in his reply to the hon. Member for Maidstone, Official Report, 4th May, columns 268–9.

The British Railways Board says the only full time market it manages is at Stratford, London E15, at which the average annual rent per square foot is £0·75p—under revision—and expenditure on maintenance was £6,250 in 1976. The other details requested are not readily available.