To ask the Secretary of State for Transport by how much the grant to the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising has changed since the figure published in the Government's expenditure plans for transport in March 1996. [39933]

Parliament voted the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising £1,651,588k in the supply estimates for class V, vote 7 passenger rail services which is the figure set out in table 1 of the transport report. Any changes in funding will be through the normal parliamentary supply procedures.