Railways: Scotland
(asked on 11th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of overall revenue received through fixed track access charges derives from payments relating to rail infrastructure solely in Scotland for (a) each rail operator and (b) all rail operators.
The below table shows the total Network Rail revenue over the period 2016/17 to 2021/22 and how much of that total revenue comes from fixed track access charges and how much comes from fixed track access charges attributable to Scotland in both £m and % terms.
£m, cash prices | ||||||||
16/17 | 17/18 | 18/19 | 19/20 | 20/21 | 21/22 (1) | Ref | ||
Overall Network Rail revenue (2) | 6,763 | 7,132 | 8,837 | 8,981 | 9,601 | 9,980 | A | |
Total fixed track access charges | 392 | 519 | 1,038 | 1,254 | 1,279 | 1,293 | B | |
Fixed track access charges attributable to Scotland | 93 | 157 | 255 | 267 | 281 | 292 | C | |
Total fixed track access charges % of overall Network Rail revenue | 6% | 7% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 13% | D = B / C | |
Fixed track access charges attributable to Scotland % of overall Network Rail revenue | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | E = C / A | |
Breakdown of Scotland FTAC | ||||||||
Scotrail | 89 | 150 | 244 | 263 | 276 | 288 | ||
Serco Sleeper | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
Accounting adjustments (3) | (0) | 0 | 1 | (0) | 1 | (0) | ||
Total | 93 | 157 | 255 | 267 | 281 | 292 | C | |
Notes | ||||||||
(1) 21/22 figures have yet to be published and are subject to year end assurance and audit | ||||||||
(2) This is the revenue definition used by ORR and included in Network Rail's published Regulatory Financial Statements | ||||||||
(3) Accounting adjustments relate to some centrally managed items not attributable to an individual operator | ||||||||