Written question asked by Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 16 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 January 2004. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Monday, 26 January 2004 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Strategic Rail Authority will set new targets to achieve their earlier target of delivering £370 million improvements to 1000 stations by 2004.

Answer: John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Strategic Rail Authority will set new targets to achieve its earlier target of delivering £370 million improvements to 1,000 stations by 2004. [149711] Mr. McNulty: The current programme for providing new facilities under the Modern Facilities at Stations Scheme (MFAS) covers 68 stations. Work on these is scheduled for completion by 31 March 2005. Any extension of the scheme will depend on the availability of future funding following the Government's Spending Review later this year.

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