Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 47386, on railways: finance, what the remaining 74 pence is spent on.

Pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 47386, figures^[1] collated by the private company, Rail Delivery Group, evidence the following breakdown for the remaining 74 pence:

• 22 pence on maintaining track and trains;
• 25 pence on industry staff costs;
• 11 pence on leasing trains;
• 9 pence on interest payments and other costs;
• 4 pence on fuel for trains; and
• 3 pence on train company profits.

^[1] http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/83871.aspx