§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will indicate, in respect of the graph entitled UK Transport Spending on page 3 of the leaflet 2002 Spending Review, how much spending in each year is(a) subject to the decisions of devolved Administrations and (b) central Government's own investment. [71608]
§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 19 July 2002]: The information requested is set out in table 8.1 of the Spending Review 2002 White Paper, "Opportunity and Security for All: Investing in an Enterprising Fairer Britain".
There was a misprint in the table as set out in the White Paper. A corrected version of the table is as follows. The Treasury will be issuing a corrigendum shortly.
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Table 8.1: Key figures £million 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 Department for Transport Resource budget 4,960 7,632 7.749 8,650 Capital budget 2,948 3,369 3,811 3,391 Total departmental expenditure limit1 7,661 10,692 11,197 11,640 Near-cash spending in DfT DEL2 7,843 10,829 11,333 11,774 UK transport spending (estimated)2 11,962 15,347 15,827 16,406 1Full resource budgeting basis, net of depreciation.
2Consistent with previous control basis.
3Subject to spending decisions of local authorities and devolved Administrations.