§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will present in the Official Report a comparison of the bids made for transport spending eligible for transport supplementary grant in 1983–84 with the accepted level of spending for each of the following items: (a) revenue support bus and so on, (b) revenue support rail, (c) maintenance, (d) other current, (e) capital and (f) total, for the following counties: (i) the Greater London council, (ii) all metropolitan areas, (iii) all shires and (iv) England.
§ Mr. David HowellThe information requested is as follows: 413W
Expenditure accepted for TSG for 1983–84 as percentages of BIDS Revenue support County Bus etc. Rail Road maintenance Other current Capital Total GLC 47 — 80 100 81 69 GMC 81 92 82 100 66 80 Merseyside 53 83 87 100 82 73 South Yorkshire 27 85 74 100 56 49 Tyne and Wear 65 83 86 100 40 61 West Midlands 52 51 87 100 67 69 West Yorkshire 56 87 68 100 73 66 Total Mets. 53 81 80 100 63 67 Avon 75 — 87 100 57 78 Bedford 100 — 92 100 84 89 Berkshire 100 — 85 — 84 86 Buckingham 85 — 98 100 89 93 Cambridge 100 — 93 100 89 92 Cheshire 80 — 94 100 68 85 Cleveland 39 — 83 100 61 63 Cornwall 100 100 99 100 83 93 Cumbria 100 100 97 100 100 98 Derbyshire 96 100 95 100 92 95 Devon 86 — 80 100 81 81 Dorset 100 — 94 100 86 90 Durham 100 100 94 100 94 94 East Sussex 100 — 90 100 89 91 Essex 100 100 90 100 75 86 Gloucester 88 — 89 100 90 89 Hampshire 100 — 91 100 84 89 Hereford and Worcester 91 100 88 100 80 85 Hertford 79 100 83 100 81 82 Humberside 100 100 91 100 99 95 Isle of Wight 60 — 82 100 64 72 Kent 100 — 81 100 83 83 Lancashire 90 — 81 100 64 78 Leicester 100 — 88 100 92 91 Lincoln 100 100 95 100 94 95 Norfolk 100 — 90 100 78 86 Northampton 100 — 93 100 54 73 Northumberland 100 — 99 100 100 100 North Yorkshire 100 — 91 100 84 89 Nottingham 74 — 95 100 91 91 Oxford 100 — 99 100 76 91 Shropshire 100 — 86 100 91 89 Somerset 100 — 91 100 84 89 Stafford 100 — 100 100 86 95 Suffolk 68 100 86 100 77 82 Surrey 99 — 100 100 93 98 Warwick 100 — 82 100 77 81 West Sussex 100 — 100 100 100 100 Wiltshire 100 — 84 100 96 89 Total Shires 87 100 90 100 82 87 England 57 81 86 100 78 76 Note: All figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.