§ Mr. LesterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what allocations will be made from his Department in 1993–94 to allow local authorities to undertake public transport capital works.
§ Mr. FreemanIn addition to the allocations for measures to promote bus use announced on 15 December,Official Report columns 134–35, we shall be making available £119.7 million for local authority public transport capital works in 1993–94.
The allocations are as follows.
Public transport capital works 1993–94: local authority Annual capital guidelines £ million Supplementary credit approvals £ million Grant (estimated) £ million Passenger transport authorities Greater Manchester 4.165 0.840 Merseyside 8.865 6.113 South Yorkshire 26.940 13.000 14.500 Tyne and Wear 2.085 2.073 West Midlands 2.000 3.007 West Yorkshire 1.600 25.543 Metropolitan district councils Manchester 0.750 County councils Avon 0.150 Cambridgeshire 0.075 Cornwall 0.135 Devon 0.005 Essex 0.018 Gloucestershire 0.015 Kent 1.000 Hampshire 0.100 Humberside 0.020 Lancashire 0.069 Leicestershire/Derbyshire jointly 1.967 1.966 2.000 North Yorkshire 0.057 Nottinghamshire 0.367 Oxfordshire 0.020 Surrey 0.250 Warwickshire 0.035 48.252 54.978 16.500