HC Deb 03 May 1994 vol 242 cc463-4W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Dartford (Mr. Dunn) of 4 February,Official Report, column 1004, if he will make a statement regarding the various departmental transfers; what they were; and how much cost was involved.

Mr. Norris

The various interdepartmental transfers were:

  1. (i) £500,000 from the Department of National Heritage to cover the cost of archaeology surveys and excavations;
  2. (ii) £30,000 from the Department of the Environment, £473,000 from Property Holdings and £247,000 from Defence Research Agency for hard charged repayment services; and
  3. (iii) £1,376,000 refunded from the Department of the Environment in respect of the discontinuance of the scheme to improve Lower Road, Southwark.