§ Sir Donald ThompsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will announce the allocation of capital resources for expenditure on local roads and transport in England for 1996–97. [7543]
§ Sir George YoungThis year a total of about £830 million is to he allocated to local highway authorities and passenger transport authorities in England for capital expenditure on their local transport infrastructure in 1996–97. This Consists of £236 million in transport supplementary grant and around £594 million in annual 1035W capital guideline, supplementary credit approval, grant under section 56 of the Transport Act 1968, and grant under section 13 of the Industrial Development Act 1982.
In this year's settlement, I am funding 53 packages of measures proposed by authorities outside London to encourage public transport, cycling and walking and to offer attractive alternatives to car use. We were pleased to announce last week the successful bids in our cycle challenge competition at a value of £1.89 million. I am providing funding for a number of measures in London, including further support for the London bus priority network and the London cycle network.
I am increasing funding for local safety schemes from £50 million in 1995–96 to £55 million in 1996–97. I am also accepting five new bypasses for funding. These are designed to remove congestion and bring environmental relief to rural communities.
I am setting aside resources for two new major public transport schemes—a new transport interchange to serve Luton airport, and concourse improvements at Stratford station in east London—which are expected to begin construction during 1996–97. I am continuing to fund the Midland Metro light rail project and, subject to satisfactory bids being received, Croydon Tramlink. Some £187 million is being allocated for the assessment, strengthening and maintenance of bridges and the structural maintenance of principal road carriageways. As for previous years, local authorities will be free to vire resources between bridges and carriageways according to local priorities.
Table 1 sets out the national totals for different types of expenditure. Table 2 shows the total amounts of grant, credit approvals and gross approved expenditure for each of the 118 local highway authorities, and the six passenger transport authorities. The Department's government offices for the regions are notifying them today of their allocations. Table 3 details the package allocations, and table 4 lists the new major road and public transport schemes accepted this year.
Table 1 £ million Existing commitments 420.379 New major schemes 5.620 Maintenance of principal roads 85.894 Assessment and strengthening of bridges 100.900 IDA grant 4.000 Local safety schemes 55 .000 Packages minor works 78.700 Block SCA for minor works 39.583 ERDF SCA 37.600 Cycle challenge 1.890 Total 829.566 Key:
IDA—Industrial Development Act.
SCA—Supplementary Credit Approval.
ERDF—European Regional Development Fund.
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Table 2: Local authority capital expenditure 1996–97 (£ million) Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending London Boroughs City of London 0.311 0.377 0.688 Barking and Dagenham 0.162 0.599 0.761 Barnet 0.159 0.852 1.011 Bexley 4.414 5.214 9.628 Brent 0.000 1.783 2.151 Bromley 0.074 9.983 10.206 Camden 0.557 1.478 2.035 Croydon 0.000 1.705 2.215 Ealing 0.000 0.608 0.740 Enfield 0.000 1.960 3.092 Greenwich 2.973 3.964 7.029 Hackney 0.016 1.010 1.275 Hammersmith and Fulham 0.218 2.892 3.382 Haringey 0.372 1.518 1.890 Harrow 0.558 3.102 5.646 Havering 0.000 0.685 0.875 Hillingdon 0.000 2.294 3.922 Hounslow 1.163 2.102 3.265 Islington 0.725 1.440 2.165 Kensington and Chelsea 0.382 1.021 1.504 Kingston upon Thames 1.551 6.745 8.805 Lambeth 0.150 1.099 1.567 Lewisham 1.975 2.695 4.705 Merton 0.000 0.870 1.018 Newham 1.211 3.508 5.105 Redbridge 0.253 0.887 1.140 Richmond upon Thames 0.198 1.443 1.641 Southwark 0.000 1.435 2.250 Sutton 0.067 1.135 1.438 Tower Hamlets 0.000 1.215 1.744 Waltham Forest 0.215 1.049 1.467 Wandsworth 0.596 1.638 2.234 Westminster 1.697 2.614 4.405 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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Local authority capital expenditure 1996–97 (£ million) Metropolitan Districts Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending Bolton 0.061 1.570 2.338 Bury 0.504 1.169 1.673 Manchester 2.713 4.811 7.615 Oldham 1.656 2.694 4.608 Rochdale 1.433 2.250 3.683 Salford 3.271 4.310 7.581 Stockport 1.107 1.726 2.898 Tameside 0.575 1.214 1.789 Trafford 5.569 6.835 13.226 Wigan 0.333 1.080 1.556 Knowsley 1.379 3.951 6.708 Liverpool 0.000 3.165 3.996 St. Helens 0.898 1.548 2.446 Sefton 1.331 2.531 3.862 Wirral 0.442 1.856 2.442 Barnsley 0.579 3.799 6.637 Doncaster 2.257 3.455 5.712 Rotherham 0.705 1.891 2.596 Sheffield 3.762 10.206 14.033 Gateshead 0.297 1.482 1.779 Newcastle upon Tyne 1.608 3.337 5.784 North Tyneside 0.427 1.188 1.741 South Tyneside 0.340 1.105 1.445 Sunderland 0.988 2.210 3.365 Birmingham 13.457 17.692 31.149 Coventry 3.674 6.641 12.669 Dudley 0.573 3.937 4.510 Sandwell 1.679 2.864 4.543 Solihull 0.630 1.874 2.559 Walsall 1.725 3.854 6.260
Local authority capital expenditure 1996–97 (£ million) Metropolitan Districts Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending Wolverhampton 2.170 4.592 7.859 Bradford 1.045 3.638 4.826 Calderdale 0.900 2.576 3.476 Kirklees 1.053 2.543 3.596 Leeds 4.374 11.470 16.743 Wakefield 1.990 3.037 5.027
Local authority capital expenditure 1996–97 (£ million) Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending Counties Bedfordshire 1.684 4.220 5.904 Berkshire 0.333 3.353 4.770 Buckinghamshire 3.442 5.353 8.795 Cambridgeshire 3.577 6.942 10.519 Cheshire 11.367 12.910 24.535 Cornwall 2.836 4.775 7.611 Cumbria 2.441 3.704 6.145 Derbyshire 2.763 4.230 7.023 Devon 2.806 6.354 9.160 Dorset 1.099 2.879 3.978 Durham 2.932 4.486 7.418 East Sussex 3.695 7.590 11.834 Essex 0.793 5.868 7.629 Gloucestershire 2.209 3.918 6.714 Hampshire 7.037 12.646 19.683 Hereford and Worcester 5.349 6.133 11.482 Hertfordshire 3.370 6.723 10.291 Kent 36.313 43.384 81.609 Lancashire 2.452 9.920 15.291 Leicestershire1 0.934 5.316 6.694 Lincolnshire 4.545 6.660 11.205 Norfolk 3.136 7.036 10.172 Northamptonshire 2.172 3.866 6.387 Northumberland 3.371 4.230 7.601 Nottinghamshire 2.685 6.168 9.003 Oxfordshire 0.000 3.680 5.061 Shropshire 1.001 3.296 4.328 Somerset 3.880 6.187 11.039 Staffordshire 8.557 11.015 19.572 Suffolk 1.487 5.811 7.355 Surrey 6.897 10.038 16.935 Warwickshire 1.113 2.792 3.905 West Sussex 1.718 3.518 5.467 Wiltshire 1.095 2.418 3.513 Note:
Gross approved expenditure exceeds the sum of grant and borrowing approval if an authority holds unused grant from previous years.
1 Includes £125,000 Public Transport Grant (s56).
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Local authority capital expenditure 1996–97 (£ million) Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending Unitary Authorities Isle of Wight 0.329 2.545 2.874 Bath and North East Somerset 0.506 1.156 1.662 Bristol 0.652 2.427 3.079 North Somerset 0.000 0.950 1.480 South Gloucestershire 1.399 4.838 7.143 Hartlepool 0.150 1.820 1.970 Middlesbrough 0.423 1.053 1.476 Redcar and Cleveland 1.006 1.675 2.815 Stockton-on-Tees 0.000 1.232 1.949 East Riding of Yorkshire 0.689 1.761 2.735 Kingston upon Hull 2.413 4.463 7.055 North East Lincolnshire 0.224 1.194 2.040
Local authority capital expenditure 1996–97 (£ million) Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending North Lincolnshire 0.362 0.640 1.002 North Yorkshire 2.031 4.448 7.399 York 1.284 2.056 3.340 Note:
Gross approved expenditure exceeds the sum of grant and borrowing approval if an authority holds unused grant from previous years.
Passenger Transport Executives Government grant (s56) Total borrowing approval Greater Manchester PTE 0.000 4.500 Merseyside PTE 0.000 5.779 South Yorkshire PTE 1.876 1.375 Tyne and Wear PTE 0.000 2.693 West Midlands PTE 12.500 15.461 West Yorkshire PTE 0.000 0.000 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: Package minor works allocations (£ million) Current packages: Greater Manchester 9.000 Merseyside 10.000 West Midlands 11.000 Bradford 1.450 Calderdale 1.350 Kirklees 0.950 Leeds 3.800 Wakefield 0.700 Ashford 0.200 Avon 2.600 Bedford/Kempston 0.800 Bounemouth/Poole 0.500 Brighton/Hove 0.850 Cambridge 1.500 Canterbury 0.200 Dartmoor 0.150 Exeter 0.700 Hull 1.200 Ipswich 1.300 Central Leicester 2.600 Macclesfield 0.200 New Forest 0.200 North Staffordshire 0.800 Norwich 1.300 Greater Nottingham 1.300 Oxford 1.100 Plymouth 0.850 Preston/South Ribble 0.600 Reading 0.700 Shrewsbury 0.750 Southampton 0.500 Staines 0.350 Swindon 0.300 Teeside 1.100 Warwick/Leamington/Kenilworth 0.350 Winchester 0.800 Winchester 0.800 York 0.600 Total 62.650
Table 3: Package minor works allocations (£million) New Packages South Yorkshire 5.500 Tyne and Wear 4.500 Cheltenham 0.300 Colchester 0.600 Falmouth 0.300 Gloucester 0.350 Hartlepool 0.150 Hope/Derwent 0.100 Maidstone 0.250 Northampton 0.450 Northwich 0.250 South-east Essex 0.700 South-west Hertfordshire 1.000 Worcester 0.350 Worthing 0.350 Wycombe 0.450 Total 15.600 Other package-related allocations Lancaster 0.300 Surrey Rural (star) 0.150 Grant Total 78.700
Table 4: New major schemes Authority Scheme Bedfordshire Luton Airport Interchange Buckinghamshire A421 Tingewick Bypass Cornwall A39 Trispen Bypass Hereford and Worcester A44 Broadway Bypass Kent A228 Hale Street Bypass Lincolnshire A15/A16 Deepings Bypass London Borough of Newham Stratford Station Concourse Improvements