§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the local transport settlement in December 1995 was spent on(a) measures to improve walking and (b) traffic calming measures. [18177]
§ Mr. NorrisThis information is not available. Pedestrian and traffic calming schemes generally cost less than £2 million each. Local authorities have discretion to allocate resources to schemes costing less than £2 million according to their own priorities. It is therefore up to them to decide, in drawing up their plans for 1996–97, what proportions of the resources allocated to them in the December 1995 settlement should be allocated to pedestrian and traffic calming schemes.