To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which companies made up Metronet in the period before it went into administration. (176785)

Before going into administration, Metronet Rail BCV Ltd. And Metronet Rail SSL Ltd. were owned by the same consortium of five shareholders, each shareholder holding 20 per cent. of each company. These five shareholders are:

Bombardier

Balfour Beatty

Atkins

EDF Energy

Thames Water