§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Transport for each of the last two available financial years, what was the grant related expenditure assessment level for public transport subsidy and the actual level of such subsidies for each of the six metropolitan county council areas.
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§ Mrs. ChalkerThere is no separate grant related expenditure assessment for revenue support for public transport. Revenue support for public transport and expenditure on road maintenance and road safety are eligible for transport supplementary grant. There is a single GRE for this expenditure net of TSG, which also covers the proportion of general administration expenditure attributed to transport. These GRE's, and the provisional outturn and the budgets for rate fund contributions to passenger transport in 1982–83 and 1983–84 respectively are as follows:
Gross* GREs Provisional† Out-turns Gross* GREs Budgers‡ £ million £ million £ million £ million Greater London 130.889 161.7 132.295 235.0 Greater Manchester 45.834 45.9 51.434 49.1 Merseyside 26.408 51.5 31.053 54.0 South Yorkshire 22.657 60.9 24.211 61.8 Tyne and Wear 20.085 21.7 20.994 19.2 West Midlands 46.724 34.8 49.898 30.2 West Yorkshire 35.940 46.0 39.334 44.0 Sources: * As published in the "Technical Handbook of Grant-Related Expenditure". † Revenue out-turn returns (provisional). ‡ Return of expenditure and rates (RER 84).