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London Underground

Volume 448: debated on Tuesday 4 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much Government subsidy was paid to London Underground in each year between 1997 and responsibility passing to Transport for London. (81743)

London Underground Limited (LUL) was transferred from central Government to Transport for London (TfL) on 15 July 2003. The following table sets out the grant paid to London Regional Transport (LRT), the subsequent amount provided to LUL from that grant including funding for the Jubilee line extension.

£ million (cash)

London Regional Transport Grant1,2

Of which for London Underground capital and operations1

Of which for Jubilee Line extension construction

1997-98

630

544

506

1998-99

411

313

267

1999-2000

816

637

498

2000-01

315

227

2001-023

483

460

2002-033

767

742

2003-044,5

867

1,218

1 Up to July 2000 (when TfL was established) a single grant was paid to LRT to support LUL, London Buses, Croydon Tramlink etc. LUL grant was not recorded separately by the Department and figures for LUL are provided by their accounts. 2 Between July 2000 and July 2003 the grant provided to LRT was primarily for LUL, but see 3 as follows. 3 In 2001-02 LRT spent £24 million and in 2002-03 £25 million on restructuring and re-organising LT Group, principally on LUL prior to the implementation of the Public Private Partnership (PPP). 4 In 2003-04 the grant for LUL was paid to LRT until July 2003 when LUL transferred to TfL. The remaining balance of £351 million for LUL in 2003-04 was paid as part of the GLA Transport Grant from August 2003 and is not included in the LRT Grant total for that year. 5 LRT Grant for 2003-04 included £182 million deferred payment from 2002-03 due to the delayed start of the PPP contracts.