§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give details of the grants made by his Department to local authorities and certain transport and port undertakings.
§ Mr. David HowellI expect my Department to make the following grants in 1982–83: 415W
£ million Grants Local authorities and passenger transport executives Nationalised industries Private sector Port undertakings Roads Local roads to be included in trunk road network 15 — — — Principal roads (remanet) 2 — — — Local Employment Act 1 — 1 — Travel concessions — — 2 — New buses 20 12 4 — Freight facilities — 1 5 — British Rail passenger service obligations — 842 — — Normalisation of railway accounts — 20 — — Railway research 2 4 — — Bus fuel duty rebate 55 45 6 — Port of London Authority and Mersey Docks and Harbour Company — — — 88 Driver and vehicle licensing 1 — — — Transport supplementary grants 457 — — — Agency payments on behalf of the European Community (European Regional Development Fund grants) 12 1 — 4 The basis of the various grants is explained in the Supply Estimates (Class VI, Votes 1–5 and Class XVIII, Vote 19).