§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the regional distribution of spending by his Department over the three most recent financial years.
§ Mr. Atkins[holding answer 12 March 1990]: Two thirds of the Department of Transport's own expenditure on transport is spent on the national roads system; that expenditure can be broken down between the Department's own administrative regions, as shown in table 1.20 of "Transport Statistics Great Britain". Transport supplementary grant, though paid to local authorities rather than regions, can be broken down according to the geographical location of those authorities in DTp regions. Statistics for the three most recent available financial years are shown in the table.
The balance of central Government expenditure, as shown in table 7.1 chapter 7 of the "Government's Expenditure Plans 1990–91 to 1992–93" (CM 1007) is neither planned nor controlled on a regional basis, so a comparable breakdown cannot he made.
Regional expenditure on motorway and trunk roads by DTp region 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 £ million £ million £ million Northern 24.0 24.5 53.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 47.6 65.1 83.1 North West 54.1 83.4 88.9 West Midlands 117.1 122.5 116.1 East Midlands 73.4 72.9 65.2 Eastern 197.2 171.2 118.6 South West 47.0 64.5 98.2 South East 136.0 86.3 183.8 London 43.8 60.3 82.2 Notes:
1. Figures include some estimates
2. Sum of figures for England, differ from those voted in the Supply Estimates because of differences in sources.
Transport supplementary grant by DTp region 1986.87 1987.88 1988.89 £ million £ million £ million Northern 9.76 10.70 12.24 Yorkshire and Humberside 14.46 14.69 12.91 North West 23.31 24.28 15.15 West Midlands 17.21 18.72 21.30 East Midlands 12.93 13.13 12.03 Eastern 5.27 7.52 6.15 South West 14.31 15.68 19.05 South East 34.49 36.45 40.37 London 32.27 38.78 41.78
The sums involved are as follows: £000s Privatisation 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 11989–90 11990–91 Sales of Shares in National Freight Corporation 151 — — — — — — — — — Sale of Shares in Associated British Ports — 1,809 260 1,494 — — — — — — Sale of Shares in British Airways plc — — 50 1,012 674 20,804 11,364 72 570 3 Sale of Shares in BAA plc — — — — — 564 41,149 3,095 17 1,500