HC Deb 30 March 1983 vol 40 c176W
Mr. Booth

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what proportions of English local authorities accepted expenditure for transport supplementary grant purposes have been allocated to (a) bus revenue support, (b) railway revenue support, (c) maintenance, (d) other current and (e) capital for each year from 1978–79 to 1983–84.

Mr. David Howell

The information requested is as follows:

Transport Supplementary Grant
Percentage of total for England for each year
GLC Metropolitan counties Shire counties
1978–79 35.1 39.0 25.9
1979–80 35.9 31.5 32.6
1980–81 37.7 28.3 34.0
1981–82 41.5 29.4 29.1
1982–83 39.6 26.0 34.4
1983–84 44.6 26.7 28.7