Transport Supplementary Grant

HC Deb 01 December 1983 vol 49 cc545-9W

Sir Dudley Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in the Official Report for each local authority in England the value of the bids he has received for transport supplementary grant for the following items of expenditure in 1984–85 (a) highways: new construction and improvement, (b) public transport investment, (c) highway maintenance and (d) public transport revenue support and in each case compare the bid with the 1983–84 bid and the latest forecast of actual expenditure in 1983–84.

Mrs. Chalker

This information is given in the following tables. The forecasts for actual expenditure in 1983–84 are those made by the county councils in their recent transport policies and programme submissions:

Table A: Capital Expenditure—Highways Etc.*
	Bid for 1984–85	Bid for 1983–84	Latest forecast for 1983–84
	£ million cash	£ million cash	£ million cash
Greater London Council	140.853	124.547	98.887
Greater Manchester Council	30.084	21.762	19.921
Merseyside	19.816	18.875	17.296
South Yorkshire	19.591	14.682	14.695
Tyne and Wear	15.400	6.700	2.319
West Midlands	37.829	33.925	33.858
West Yorkshire	28.900	21.812	15.766
Avon	4.156	6.467	4.099
Bedford	5.137	6.940	7.773
Berkshire	23.378	10.679	11.588
Buckingham	10.534	7.098	6.480
Cambridge	8.517	6.153	6.905
Cheshire	7.621	6.335	6.660
Cleveland	12.648	13.404	9.368
Cornwall	7.858	6.885	6.332
Cumbria	6.473	3.695	3.747
Derbyshire	6.910	4.974	5.142
Devon	11.631	10.770	10.279
Dorset	14.200	12.518	12.166
Durham	8.081	6.177	5.502
East Sussex	9.904	5.431	5.893
Essex	20.160	17.257	13.471
Gloucester	6.563	6.119	4.955
Hampshire	18.615	16.137	16.035
Hereford and Worcester	9.252	9.266	7.238
Hertford	10.150	11.479	8.190
Humberside	12.316	11.173	11.130
Isle of Wight	3.455	2.395	1.876
Kent	19.562	16.593	14.388
Lancashire	24.168	17.712	14.798
Leicester	15.035	12.846	9.888
Lincoln	5.820	5.102	5.041
Norfolk	8.338	8.159	6.732
Northampton	19.220	12.115	6.925
Northumberland	3.834	3.619	2.695
North Yorkshire	9.895	8.572	6.720
Nottingham	12.617	11.892	10.646
Oxford	7.759	4.855	3.920
Shropshire	5.599	4.203	5.388
Somerset	7.166	7.100	6.590
Stafford	13.120	10.053	8.751
Suffolk	10.009	9.213	7.888
Surrey	9.349	9.638	11.349
Warwick	1.839	6.643	4.847
West Sussex	9.570	7.312	6.785
Wiltshire	8.718	4.789	5.563
* This table includes capital bids for highway construction and improvement, parking depots and other minor items.

Table B: Capital Expenditure—Public Transport*
	Bid for 1984–85	Bid for 1983–84	Latest forecast for 1983–84
	£ million cash	£ million cash	£ million cash
Greater London Council	186.648	156.846	132.986
Greater Manchester Council	11.578	6.734	5.551
Merseyside	24.740	4.401	5.200
South Yorkshire	2.215	.704	.554
Tyne and Wear	13.680	27.100	15.450
West Midlands	10.121	5.542	4.383
West Yorkshire	2.887	1.438	1.250
Avon	.158	.113	.161
Bedford	.037	.011	.012
Berkshire	0.000	.684	.472
Buckingham	1.326	.726	.493
Cambridge	.579	.460	.053
Cheshire	.674	.929	.620
Cleveland	.454	.494	.841
Cornwall	0.000	.085	0.000
Cumbria	.074	.065	.083
Derbyshire	.465	.559	.601
Devon	.958	.729	.588
Dorset	.300	.170	.070
Durham	.591	.532	.192
East Sussex	.022	0.000	0.000
Essex	.088	.037	.024
Gloucester	.095	.030	.030
Hampshire	.435	.247	.839
Hereford and Worcester	.138	.046	0.000
Hertford	.200	.200	0.000
Humberside	.212	.221	.206
Isle of Wight	.165	1.241	.018
Kent	.052	.054	.049
Lancashire	.675	1.371	1.450
Leicester	.625	0.000	0.000
Lincoln	.213	.195	.296
Norfolk	.071	.015	.011
Northampton	.015	0.000	.005
Northumberland	.055	.085	.010
North Yorkshire	.396	.450	.020
Nottingham	.790	.041	.091
Oxford	.379	.083	.021
Shropshire	.045	.012	.035
Somerset	0.000	0.000	0.000
Stafford	.280	.075	.050
Suffolk	0.000	0.000	0.000
Surrey	0.000	0.000	0.000
Warwick	0.000	0.000	0.000
West Sussex	0.000	0.000	0.000
Wiltshire	.213	.793	1.139
* Expenditure on new buses is not included.

Table C: Highway Maintenance*
	Bid for 1984–85	Bid for 1983–84	Latest forecast for 1983–84
	£ million cash	£ million cash	£ million cash
Greater London Council	165.307	147.407	138.032
Greater Manchester Council	43.257	46.988	41.011
Merseyside	28.800	29.801	24.600
South Yorkshire	34.935	31.014	29.279
Tyne and Wear	22.665	23.110	21.360
West Midlands	52.262	48.605	46.776
West Yorkshire	44.688	53.690	36.823
Avon	18.975	17.920	15.506
Bedford	10.744	8.773	8.078
Berkshire	9.388	12.159	8.720
Buckingham	11.399	10.003	10.003
Cambridge	10.851	10.564	10.982
Cheshire	19.378	18.477	15.968
Cleveland	13.906	12.332	10.796
Cornwall	12.455	11.995	11.829
Cumbria	15.053	14.195	13.294
Derbyshire	19.759	18.394	16.572

	Bid for 1984–85	Bid for 1983–84	Latest forecast for 1983–84
	£ million cash	£ million cash	£ million cash
Devon	26.839	27.120	26.704
Dorset	13.540	12.396	11.660
Durham	13.568	13.324	12.842
East Sussex	9.959	11.291	9.577
Essex	27.987	26.721	24.338
Gloucester	10.608	10.214	9.808
Hampshire	22.365	23.186	21.170
Hereford and Worcester	14.687	12.624	10.874
Hertford	18.085	18.068	16.058
Humberside	19.772	18.786	18.582
Isle of Wight	3.974	3.754	3.013
Kent	28.915	30.044	24.461
Lancashire	36.761	34.339	28.695
Leicester	18.140	17.030	15.914
Lincoln	16.596	16.341	15.868
Norfolk	13.538	14.002	12.798
Northampton	10.592	10.085	8.216
Northumberland	9.115	8.919	8.101
North Yorkshire	21.799	21.547	18.809
Nottingham	18.804	16.726	16.525
Oxford	8.602	8.458	8.387
Shropshire	9.568	9.452	7.878
Somerset	11.403	11.199	11.245
Stafford	18.561	15.363	15.313
Suffolk	12.801	11.845	11.030
Surrey	19.016	17.687	16.123
Warwick	10.305	11.367	10.184
West Sussex	12.764	12.794	11.869
Wiltshire	10.958	10.822	10.117
* This also includes small amounts of other current expenditure.

Table D: Public Transport Revenue Support
	Bid for 1984–85	Bid for 1983–84	Latest forecast for 1983–84
	£ million cash	£ million cash	£ million cash
Greater London Council	235.803	240.062	235.594
Greater Manchester Council	63.900	49.570	49.109
Merseyside	70.690	58.800	54.255
South Yorkshire	68.200	50.800	63.500
Tyne and Wear	22.500	21.700	19.150
West Midlands	38.750	48.974	30.226
West Yorkshire	53.807	55.100	44.000
Avon	4.900	4.760	4.592
Bedford	.963	1.000	.918
Berkshire	1.701	1.572	1.522
Buckingham	2.035	1.888	1.423
Cambridge	.810	.834	.804
Cheshire	6.354	6.568	5.500
Cleveland	8.139	8.710	7.159
Cornwall	1.530	1.450	1.450
Cumbria	3.797	2.495	2.563
Derbyshire	6.011	5.729	5.340
Devon	1.515	1.952	1.398
Dorset	1.610	1.300	1.300
Durham	2.374	2.050	1.905
East Sussex	2.624	3.097	2.506
Essex	3.859	3.426	3.426
Gloucester	.701	.646	.664
Hampshire	3.819	3.616	3.336
Hereford and Worcester	1.387	1.549	1.081
Hertford	8.404	8.530	7.620
Humberside	4.108	2.815	2.798
Isle of Wight	.526	.692	.437
Kent	3.253	3.041	2.708
Lancashire	11.522	9.166	9.323
Leicester	2.564	2.040	2.040
Lincoln	.921	.883	.783
Norfolk	1.118	1.009	1.049
Northampton	1.390	1.370	1.266
Northumberland	.700	.689	.540
North Yorkshire	1.700	1.600	1.600

	Bid for 1984–85	Bid for 1983–84	Latest forecast for 1983–84
	£ million cash	£ million cash	£ million cash
Nottingham	4.189	3.374	2.644
Oxford	.331	.275	.256
Shropshire	.934	.948	.778
Somerset	.582	.497	.497
Stafford	4.380	4.191	4.191
Suffolk	.576	.449	.381
Surrey	5.073	5.191	4.800
Warwick	.650	.615	.650
West Sussex	2.361	1.988	1.761
Wiltshire	.904	.882	.855