asked the Secretary of State for Transport if will list the additional functions and responsibilities undertaken by his Department of a temporary or permanent kind as a result of the abolition of the Greater London council, stating the total estimated cost to public funds in 1986–87 and the total number of officials involved.

These are set out in the Local Government Act 1985 and the associated statutory instruments. They were extensively discussed during the passage of the legislation. The total estimated cost to public funds and the total number of officials involved are not separately identifiable.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the action he has taken since the abolition of the Greater London council to ensure that the functions and responsibilities of his Department and its related non-departmental public bodies dealing with the Greater London area are co-ordinated with each other.

Appropriate arrangements for co-ordination between this Department, the British Railways Board, London Regional Transport and the London Regional Passengers Committee existed before abolition of the GLC.