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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 7 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 March 2001. It was answered by Keith Hill (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 March 2001 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much departmental money was spent (a) from 1st January 1989 to 30th April 1997 and (b) from 1st May 1997 to 31st December 2000 in connection with the Lewes-Polegate railway line. - Including tables and fact that information not available in form requested. (Holding answer 12 March 2001).
Answer

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much departmental money was spent (a) from 1 January 1989 to 30 April 1997 and (b) from 1 May 1997 to 31 December 2000 in connection with the Lewes-Polegate railway line. [153434] Mr. Hill: [holding answer 12 March 2001]: This information is not available in the form requested. Between 1 January 1989 and 25 May 1996, passenger rail services on the Lewes-Polegate railway line were operated by the British Railways Board, to which the following amounts of central Government grant were paid in 1988-89 to 1996-97. Central Government grants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cash prices £ million 1988-89 551 1989-90 479 1990-91 637 1991-92 902 1992-93 1,194 1993-94 926 1994-95 1,783 1995-96 1,650 1996-97 1,257 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Between 26 May 1996 and 31 December 2000, passenger rail services on the Lewes-Polegate railway line were operated by Connex South Central, to which the following amounts of franchise support were paid by the Franchising Director in 1996-97 to 1999-2000. Franchise support _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cash prices £ million 1996-97 76 1997-98 76 1998-99 58 1999-2000 50 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Franchise support for Connex South Central is the Franchising Director's contribution to the company's total expenditure on the provision of all its passenger services. The company is responsible for the detailed allocation of that expenditure between services on particular railway lines.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
364 c529-30W; 153434
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Finance Expenditure East Sussex Railways Connex Rail Lewes Polegate
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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