asked Her Majesty's Government:What has been the cost for each of the last 10 years of: (
a) current subsidies; ( b) capital grants; ( c) writing off of capital; and, ( d) PDC for each nationalised industry; all figures to be shown both in current prices and in 1979 survey prices.
Following are the estimated outturn figures for 1980–81. For the information in respect of the previous nine years I would refer the noble Lord to the Answer I gave him on 23rd March (Official Report, Vol. 418, No. 56, cols. 1043–1050).
NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES 1980–81 ESTIMATED OUTTURN
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£ million
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Current (outturn) prices
| 1979 survey prices | |||||||
Current Grants
| Capital Grants
| Capital Write-offs
| Issues of PDC
| Current Grants
| Capital Grants
| Capital Write-offs
| Issues of PDC
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| National Coal Board | 251 | — | — | — | 213 | — | — | — |
| Electricity (England and Wales) | 5 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Electricity (Scotland) | 16 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| British Gas Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| British National Oil Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| British Steel Corporation | — | — | — | 1,223* | — | — | — | 1,039* |
| Post Office | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| British Airways Board | — | — | 160 | 10 | — | — | 136 | 8 |
| British Airports Authority | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| British Railways Board | 673 | — | — | — | 571 | — | — | — |
| British Transport Docks Board | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| British Waterways Board | 26 | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — |
| National Freight Company Ltd. | 2 | 4 | 100 | — | 2 | 3 | 85 | — |
| National Bus Company | 41 | 25 | — | — | 35 | 21 | — | — |
| Scottish Transport Group | 15 | 6 | — | — | 13 | 5 | — | — |
| British Shipbuilders | 42 | — | — | 123 | 36 | — | — | 104 |
*Including subscriptions of capital issued to BSC under Section 18 of the Iron and Steel Act 1975. | ||||||||