§ Lord Gainfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they will announce the allocation of the transport supplementary grant and credit approvals for capital expenditure on local roads and transport in England for 1994–95.
The Earl of CaithnessThis year we are taking all local expenditure together, in accordance with the new package approach to funding. A total of £1,008 million is to be allocated to local highway authorities and passenger transport authorities in England for capital expenditure on their local transport infrastructure in 1994–95. This consists of £329 million in transport supplementary grant—TSG—plus £666 million in annual capital guideline—ACG—and supplementary142WA credit approval—SCA, and £13 million in public transport facilities grant. With the help of capital reserves and developer contributions we therefore expect authorities to be able to spend considerably over £1,000 million in total.
The attached tables 1, 2 and 3 deal with the roads element of the settlement. Table 1 sets out the national totals for different types of expenditure. Table 2 shows the total amounts of TSG, credit approval and gross approved expenditure for each of the 108 local highway authorities. The department's regional offices are notifying them today of their allocations.
The government resources available for local roads are some 11 per cent. less than in 1993–94, but are comparable with those for 1992–93. We are glad to announce that authorities will be able to make a start on 35 important road schemes. Thirty-one will he accepted for TSG and four will be supported with only credit approvals.
The new major schemes will, like the 234 others that continue to receive support, relieve communities from the burden of heavy through traffic, and help economic regeneration in towns.
Road safety remains a high priority. Within the reduced overall total, the level of funding for local safety schemes has been maintained at the record 1993–94 level of £50 million. Local authorities continue to make good use of the funds. The 1994–95 allocation should finance schemes with potential to save over 60 lives and prevent about 750 serious injuries and some 4,000 other casualties in a 12-month period.
The £137 million accepted expenditure for bridge maintenance—the same level as last year—should allow authorities to keep up the momentum of this vital work. It has not yet been possible to establish a satisfactory way to help British Rail fund their share of the cost of assessing their road bridges. To avoid further delay on this important work it has been decided that in 1994–95 it should be funded from allocations to local highway authorities. Within the unchanged total for bridges, the distribution of allocations for 1994–95 takes account of this extra responsibility.
This is the first year in which urban transport packages have featured in the local transport settlement. The submission of packages has been optional in this settlement: but from next year packages are expected to become the norm for urban areas. In submitting a package bid, authorities are required to base proposals on a coherent transport strategy which covers all relevant modes of transport.
The settlement will allow a number of packages to get off to a strong start. Two packages submitted this year for metropolitan areas—the West Midlands and Leeds—have been allocated significant levels of funding. In addition, we are giving substantial support to a number of shire town packages.
The public transport settlement makes £103.577 million available, in addition to the funds provided for 143WA packages, and cover for ERDF. The Government's substantial commitment to the South Yorkshire Supertram continues, and there is continued funding for the Leeds/Bradford electrification. New starts include the next phase of the Robin Hood Line in Nottinghamshire and renewal of the electrical and traction equipment of the Blackpool tramway.
Table 1 £ million Existing commitments 391.305 New major TSG schemes 46.954 Maintenance of principal roads 151.000 Bridges 137.000 Non-grant-aided Local safety scheme SCA 50.000 Block SCA for minor works 60.254 Packages SCA 10.000 Scheme-specific SCA 20.675 ERDF SCA 18.600 TOTAL 894.488
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Table 2 Local authority capital expenditure on roads 1994–95 £million Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending Counties Avon 7.320 10.230 18.750 Bedfordshire 1.910 3.127 5.037 Berkshire 2.426 5.699 10.203 Buckinghamshire 0.945 2.311 3.256 Cambridgeshire 2.244 4.362 6.716 Cheshire 8.794 11.433 21.989 Cleveland 4.216 6.710 12.702 Cornwall 5.036 6.202 11.260 Cumbria 1.803 2.946 4.927 Derbyshire 1.811 3.115 5.175 Devon 4.066 5.854 9.920 Dorset 2.258 3.700 5.958 Durham 4.607 5.921 11.203 East Sussex 3.154 4.676 8.260 Essex 7.757 11.561 19.318 Gloucestershire 2.595 4.542 8.302 Hampshire 10.192 16.236 28.264 Hereford and Worcester 1.179 2.328 3.647 Hertfordshire 5.019 6.984 12.011 Humberside 5.822 9.749 17.385 Isle of Wight 0.363 2.619 2.982 Kent 43.616 48.157 94.074 Lancashire 9.550 14.368 26.351 Leicestershire 1.257 4.635 7.603 Lincolnshire 2.611 4.821 7.432 Norfolk 4.902 8.256 14.275 Northamptonshire 2.457 3.678 6.135 Northumberland 3.569 4.207 7.776 North Yorkshire 4.298 8.904 15.614 Nottinghamshire 4.326 6.292 10.715 Oxfordshire 0.000 3.096 5.167 Shropshire 1.262 2.940 4.481 Somerset 3.271 5.615 10.460 Staffordshire 5.861 8.555 14.416 Suffolk 3.579 5.758 9.337 Surrey 10.863 14.282 26.095 Warwickshire 1.611 2.893 4.504 West Sussex 2.625 4.043 7.013 Wiltshire 0.705 2.518 4.000 Metropolitan Districts Bolton 1.424 2.032 3.694
Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending Bury 0.860 1.406 2.266 Manchester 9.654 14.013 24.684 Oldham 1.360 2.881 5.115 Rochdale 0.874 1.546 2.420 Salford 1.032 1.917 2.949 Stockport 2.141 2.606 4.834 Tameside 0.712 1.214 1.929 Trafford 3.827 5.857 11.399 Wigan 0.336 0.904 1.414 Knowsley 3.764 10.130 19.498 Liverpool 2.572 3.446 6.018 St. Helens 0.209 0.513 0.722 Sefton 0.274 0.848 1.122 Wirral 0.963 1.980 3.083 Barnsley 2.674 3.619 6.667 Doncaster 2.437 3.428 6.248 Rotherham 1.613 2.606 4.802 Sheffield 5.286 10.369 20.146 Gateshead 0.000 0.939 1.351 Newcastle upon Tyne 3.442 4.801 9.255 North Tyneside 0.529 1.163 1.692 South Tyneside 0.350 0.880 1.319 Sunderland 0.569 2.144 3.733 Birmingham 15.749 18.912 36.093 Coventry 3.835 7.462 14.401 Dudley 4.408 5.441 9.849 Sandwell 2.288 2.792 5.080 Solihull 1.428 1.773 3.201 Walsall 7.854 8.742 17.034 Wolverhampton 7.483 9.790 18.857 Bradford 2.817 4.230 7.215 Calderdale 1.442 1.970 3.412 Kirklees 1.857 5.222 7.079 Leeds 6.981 10.647 18.507 Wakefield 1.344 2.077 3.421 London Boroughs City of London 0.305 1.444 1.749 Barking and Dagenham 0.269 0.863 1.132 Barnet 0.330 2.272 2.602 Bexley 3.342 4.322 8.022 Brent 0.829 1.914 2.743 Bromley 0.556 1.339 1.895 Camden 1.542 2.522 4.064 Croydon 1.859 3.184 5.045 Ealing 0.000 2.234 3.269 Enfield 1.909 3.077 5.507 Greenwich 0.948 1.590 2.613 Hackney 0.648 2.059 3.347 Hammersmith and Fulham 1.457 4.059 5.516 Haringey 0.718 2.441 3.159 Harrow 1.760 4.462 8.594 Havering 0.154 0.714 0.868 Hillingdon 0.000 3.223 5.129 Hounslow 2.103 3.462 5.599 Islington 0.703 2.424 3.127 Kensington and Chelsea 0.061 0.798 1.153 Kingston upon Thames 1.251 2.104 3.505 Lambeth 0.501 1.227 1.728 Lewisham 1.675 5.553 9.877 Merton 0.000 1.345 1.727 Newham 4.033 6.368 11.174 Redbridge 0.546 1.143 1.689 Richmond upon Thames 0.331 1.605 1.936 Southwark 1.282 2.551 3.842 Sutton 0.373 1.836 2.318 Tower Hamlets 1.927 3.446 5.373 Waltham Forest 0.455 1.746 2.510 Wandsworth 2.132 4.269 6.401 Westminster 1.166 2.316 3.709 Note: Gross approved expenditure exceeds the sum of grant and borrowing approval if an authority holds unused grant from previous years.
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Table 3 Authority Scheme New TSG major schemes East Sussex A22 new route (Dittons to Seaside), Eastbourne Kent A289 Gillingham northern link Kent A289 Wainscott northern bypass Avon Avon ring road stage 2 (B4465 Shortwood to A420 Warmley) Cornwall A390 Probus bypass Devon A386 Hatherleigh bypass Somerset A39-A371 Wells relief road Wiltshire A350 East Knoyle bypass Birmingham A34-A435 South Birmingham improvements (phase 1) Staffordshire A50 Uttoxeter bypass (phases 1 and 2) Cheshire A533 Davenham bypass Salford A5063 Trafford road (The Quays-White City) Trafford A5063 Trafford road improvement Cleveland A173-A174 Skelton and Brotton bypass Durham A691 Witton Gilbert bypass Northumberland A189 Kitty Brewster bridge duplication Doncaster A630 Wheatley Hall road dualling Leeds Leeds city centre loop road (phase 3) Wakefield A628 Hemsworth bypass Derbyshire A6 London road diversion, Derby Northamptonshire A45-A605 dualling, Higham Ferrers-Stanwick Nottinghamshire A6096 Awsworth and Cossall bypass Nottinghamshire A6117 Mansfield eastern outer ring road (phase 2) Bedfordshire A507 Arlesey-Stotfold bypass Cambridgeshire A1123 Needingworth bypass Hertfordshire A121 Cheshunt link road Norfolk A143 Brockdish-Needham bypass Suffolk A143 Rickinghall-Botesdale bypass Greenwich A206 Woolwich road improvement Harrow A409 Sheepcote road widening Kingston A240 north-south corridor improvements, Kingston Other schemes (non TSG) Essex A134 Colchester eastern approaches (stage 1) Essex B1013 access road to Southend Lincolnshire Al6 Gosberton link to Spalding bypass Staffordshire A50 Victoria place link, Stoke on Trent
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Table 4 £ million West Midlands 193.579 Leeds/West Yorkshire PTA 93.628 Bournemouth and Poole 20.5 Brighton 0.5 Exeter 0.4 Oxford 0.8 Shrewsbury 0.6 Staines 0.3 Swindon 0.6 Winchester 0.6 Hull 0.1 Canterbury 0.05 Ipswich 0.05 1 The figures for the West Midlands and Leeds packages include existing commitments to major schemes in the package area. 2 Figures for shire town packages are in addition to the normal allocations for the relevant shires, as shown in Table 2.
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Table 5 Local authority capital expenditure on public transport Metropolitan Districts and Passenger Transport Authorities Scheme Approved expenditure £ million Greater Manchester Bury bus priority 0.050 Manchester Victoria Arena—transport aspects 0.750 Salford bus priority 0.075 Stockport bus priority 0.100 Trafford bus priority 0.150 PTA new signalling centre 1.000 other works 3.400 Merseyside Knowsley bus priority 0.330 Wirral bus priority 0.040 PTA New signalling centre 1.800 City Challenge-related work 2.500 other works 2.537 South Yorkshire Doncaster bus priority 0.070
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Scheme Approved expenditure £ million PTA South Yorkshire Supertram 54.712 other works 2.500 Tyne and Wear Gateshead bus priority 0.075 Newcastle-upon-Tyne bus priority 0.003 PTA general works 2.539 West Midlands package1 West Yorkshire Leeds package1 PTA West Yorks electrification 11.810 Class 308 refurbishment 2.030 other works 2.500 County councils Avon bus priority 0.230 Cleveland bus priority 0.825 Cornwall minor projects 0.085 Derbyshire Ivanhoe rail re-opening 0.110 Devon bus priority 0.008 package1 Dorset package1 East Sussex package1 Hampshire bus priority 0.080 package1 Humberside package1 Kent noise measures 0.600
scheme Approved expenditure £ million bus priority 0.300 package1 Lancashire Blackpool Tramway re-cabling 1.460 bus priority 0.420 Leicestershire Ivanhoe rail re-opening 2.684 Nottinghamshire Robin Hood rail re-opening2 6.500 bus priority 0.225 Oxfordshire bus priority 0.085 minor projects 0.024 package1 Shropshire bus priority 0.100 package1 Suffolk bus priority 0.850 package1 Surrey package1 Wiltshire package1 1 See table 4. 2 Provisional.