§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the ratio of road to public transport expenditure by his Department(a) nationally and (b) in London.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleComprehensive details of the Government's expenditure on transport for the three-year period 1993–94 to 1995–96 are contained in the Department of Transport report 1993, Cm 2206. In this period, planned spending on roads amounts to £8,181 million and on public transport £6,760 million, a ratio of 1.21 to 1. Expenditure on transport in London is not identified separately and it would be difficult to produce reliable and meaningful figures. However, it is clear that a much higher proportion of transport expenditure in London is on public transport than is the case nationally.