§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the answer of 22 November 2001,Official Report, column 423W, on rural public transport, if he will list (a) the local authorities that have received local transport capital funding, (b) the organisations that received central Government funding from the Rural Bus Challenge and (c) the organisations that received support from the Rail Passenger Partnership in 2001–02. [18835]
§ Ms KeebleAll local highway authorities in England (outside London) are allocated funding annually for local transport capital investment through the Local Transport Plan process. The allocation of the £1.36 billion capital funding made available for local transport in 2001–02 was announced in December 2000.
The following 34 English local authorities have received funding to date in 2001–02 from the Rural Bus Challenge Fund:
- Bedfordshire
- Cumbria
- Devon
- Dorset
- East Riding
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Milton Keynes
- Norfolk
- North Lincolnshire
- North Yorkshire
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Plymouth
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Shropshire
- South Yorkshire
- Staffordshire
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Suffolk
- Thurrock
- Torbay
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- Warwickshire
- West Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire.
The Rail Passenger Partnership scheme funds partnerships that may consist of local authorities, passenger transport executives, train operators or public transport consortia. To date, for 2001–02, funding for the following 21 partnership schemes have been approved by the Strategy Rail Authority:
- Vale of Glamorgan Rail Services
- Anglia Service Improvement Package
- Brentford Station Improvements
- Taff Corridor Rolling Stock
- Thornaby Station Facilities
- Additional Class 333 trailer vehicles
- Clitheroe and Blackburn Rail Services
- Carmarthen-Milford-Haven Services
- Swanage Rail Services
- Haverfordwest Station Improvements
- Burnham-on-Crouch Station Refurbishment
- Heart of Wales Rail Services
- Hexham-Carlisle Passenger Information
- Waterbeach Station Facilities
- Redruth Station Refurbishment
- Tamar Valley (Winter Sunday Service)
- Tees Valley Cycle Spaces
- Liskeard Station Refurbishment
- Southminster Branch Line
- FGE Cycle Spaces
- Traintaxi—national scheme.