§ Mr. Keith HillTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the(a) total grants, (b) core business capital grants, (c) new lines and extensions capital grants and (d) revenue support grants, excluding the docklands light railway, awarded to London Transport in each year since 1978; and what is the planned expenditure for each year between 1996–97 and 1999–2000 in (i) cash prices and (ii) 1996–97 prices. [16027]
§ Mr. BowisThe information requested is set out in the following tables.
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At 1996–97 Year Core business capital grant Core business revenue support grant New lines and extensions capital grant Total grant 1978 211 156 — 367 1979 278 134 — 412 1980 306 177 — 483 1981 273 165 — 438 1982 358 232 — 590 1983 301 315 — 616 1984–851 235 319 — 554 1985–86 296 203 — 499 1986–87 354 104 — 458 1987–88 238 66 — 304 1988–89 211 28 — 239 1989–90 268 58 — 326 1990–91 445 90 54 589 1991–92 463 118 74 655 1992–93 599 279 91 969 1993–94 540 70 128 738 1994–952 380 10 433 823 1995–96 453 — 471 924 1996–973 4 5 Breakdown of figures not yet available for these years 973 1997–984 5 6 687 1998–994 5 6 338 1999–20005 6 154 1 15 months accounting period. 2 In addition to grant in 1994–95 LT benefitted substantially from proceeds from the sale of the subsidiaries of London Buses Ltd. 3 1996–97 outturn figure subject to end-year flexibility arrangements. 4 Apportionment of grant between LT core business and the JLE will be determined by LT in the light of emerging requirements. 5 Includes Croydon Tramlink. 6 £30 million grant carried forward from 1995–96 not yet allocated to a particular year.