§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 1 July 2003,Official Report, column 190W, on freight grants, how much the Track Access Grants with a Scottish element awarded by (a) his Department and (b) the Strategic Rail Authority were at (i) current prices and (ii) outturn prices for each year since 1996. [125660]
§ Mr. McNultyThe value of Track Access Grants (TAGs) with a Scottish element awarded by either the Department or the Strategic Rail Authority and their value at 2002–03 prices is listed in the table.
£ Value of TAGs TAGs at 2002–03 1996–97 355,000 415,730 1997–98 386,954 440,760 1998–99 1,177,560 1,302,639 1999–2000 579,708 626,496 2000–01 — — 2001–02 1,722,240 1,775,798 2002–03 2,466,176 2,466,176