Transport Supplementary Grant

HC Deb 14 July 1992 vol 211 cc647-8W

Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the level of transport supplementary grant in(a) Wiltshire and (b) Thamesdown in each of the last 10 years for which figures arc available.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

The figures for Wiltshire county council are:

Year	Transport Supplementary Grant (£ million)
1983–84	1.399
1984–85	2.488
1985–86	1.391

Year	Transport Supplementary Grant (£ million)
1986–87	1.448
1987–88	1.429
1988–89	0.361
1989–90	0.109
1990–91	2.985
1991–92	2.688
1992–93	1.493

Transport supplementary grant has not been paid to Thamesdown. It is paid to local highway authorities. The local highway authority for Thamesdown is Wiltshire county council.