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Public Transport, London

Volume 222: debated on Thursday 2 April 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each year since 1983 the capital and revenue support given to public transport in London by central and local Government at constant prices.

Grants to London Transport are as follows at 1993–94 prices: (for 1984–85, they were made by the GLC; since that year, they have been made by the Department of Transport).

£ million
YearCapitalRevenue
1984–85192236
1985–86297187
1986–8733394
1987–8826965
1988–8922228
1989–9029158
1990–9150294
1991–92557130
1992–93579241
Amounts up to 1991–92 include grant for the Docklands light railway. In 1992–93 the Department of the Environment paid grant of £149 million for the Docklands light railway.Public service obligation grant allocated by British Rail to Network SouthEast was as follows, in 1993–94 prices:

£ million
1986–87288
1987–88290
1988–89168
1989–9097
1990–91162
1991–92367
No separate figures are available for London services. No comparable figures are available for pre-1986. Figures for 1992–93 are not yet available.These figures exclude financial support by local authorities for concessionary fares in London.