Written question asked by Graham Stringer (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 May 2006. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 8 May 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Railways

Question: (2) what the public expenditure was on all forms of national rail services for (a) London, (b) each of the English Passenger Transport Executive areas and (c) each of the English regions in each of the last 10 years.

Answer: The Department of Transport does not hold information on Government spending and investment at a regional level. This is primarily because franchise areas often encompass two or more regions and Network Rail is structured on a route by route basis which also serves more than one region.Historic Government support to individual franchises is contained in the Annual Reports of the Strategic Rail Authority and in National Rail Trends, copies of which are in the Library of the House.My right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State, made a written statement to Parliament on 10 February 2005, Official Report, columns 93-96WS setting out Government spending plans for rail as a whole to 2008-09.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 68659; 446 c22W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Written Statement on rail spending
Thursday, 10 February 2005
Written statements
House of Commons
Subjects: Railways
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk