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Mr. Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the proportion of (a) Scotland's and (b) the whole of Britain's network which is electrified.
Mr. Freeman
As at 31 March 1991, British Rail had some 1,705 route miles in Scotland, of which some 23 per cent. were electrified or in the process of being electrified by projects approved or under construction. BR had 10,305 route miles in Great Britain, 30 per cent of which were or will be electrified.