§ 4. Mr. Sedgemoreasked the Secretary of State for Transport what criteria are used in determining the level of grants for public transport in metropolitan areas.
§ Mr. David MitchellRate Support Grant for the metropolitan counties and for the passenger transport authorities that will succeed them will depend on their GREAs and on their actual expenditure. For the first three years, the new PTAs will be constrained by precept control under the Rates Act 1984 and I am currently considering the authorities' applications for redetermination of their expenditure levels. Other grants are available for public transport capital projects under section 56 of the Transport Act 1968.