§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out the timescale for achievement of the delivery reform measures to which transport funding increases announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 15 July are linked. [71258]
§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 19 July 2002]: The White Paper makes clear that action is already under way under the Government's 10-year plan for Transport to improve mechanisms for the delivery of transport improvements.
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§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out the criteria to be used in assessing whether the connection between national objectives for transport and local delivery have been strengthened. [71257]
§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 19 July 2002]: My Department will monitor the extent to which local transport authorities' local targets reflect the national targets in our 10-year plan and the progress they make in delivering against those targets.
§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out the delivery reform measures to which the transport funding announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 15 July is linked. [71256]
§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 19 July 2002): These reforms are set out in the White Paper on the 2002 Spending Review published by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 15 July.