§ Mr. Tony Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in the Official Report, for the last two years, all local authority bids to his Department for bridge maintenance work, together with the grants finally provided by his Department.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyLocal authority bridge maintenance work is generally classed as current expenditure. Support is provided within the rate support grant mechanism. It is not the subject of specific bids. Bids for transport supplementary grant (TSG) are made for some capital expenditure on bridges. Where TSG is paid it will generally be towards a block of eligible expenditure within which individual bridgeworks are not separately identifiable.