§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the South Yorkshire County Council must now take to qualify for the transport supplementary grant settlement for 1978–79, made in accordance with the provisions of the Rate Support Grant Order in the light of the fact that the supplementary grant £4 million 1977–78 was not granted on 14th January 1977 in accordance with the Rate Support Grant Order 1976 (S.I., 1976, No. 2203).
§ Mr. William RodgersAll countries, including South Yorkshire, have been notified of their expenditure guidelines for the purposes of the 1978–79 transport supplementary grant settlement. South Yorkshire County Council should submit, in the normal way, its TPP document setting out its transport programme for
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£ Arthur Andersen & Co. Advice on disposal of overseas subsidiaries of the National Freight Corporation. 36,000 Arthur Andersen & Co. Crew costs of bus operators 35,000 Binder Hamlyn Singleton Fabian Monitoring financial situation of French Kier companies. 29,400 Binder Hamlyn Singleton Fabian Report on commencing capital debt of the National Freight Corporation. 1,000 Binder Hamlyn Singleton Fabian Examination of financial viability of Drake and Cubitt building contractors. 700 Coopers and Lybrand Associates Limited. Cost-benefit analysis of the Channel Tunnel project 62,000 Coopers and Lybrand Associates Limited. International cross-channel transport studies 4,800 Coopers and Lybrand Associates Limited. Review of the financial position and prospects of the National Freight Corporation. 123,000 Economists Advisory Group Port investment and pricing 11,700 Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Financial advice on affairs of the ports industry 4,800 Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Review of attribution of costs to the rail freight business 12,800 Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Study of information requirements associated with the provision of passenger grants to British Rail. 6,600 Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Audit of rail passenger grant claims under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968. 53,000 Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Audit of grant claims under EEC Regulations 1191/69 and 1192/69. 30,800 Price Waterhouse & Co. Review of the financial position and prospects of the Port of London Authority. 87,200 Touche Ross & Co. Protection of the Exchequer interest in the termination of the Channel Tunnel project. 11,700 TOTAL *510,500 * Net of VAT at appropriate rate. the next five years and constructed with these guidelines in mind.