HC Deb 21 June 1996 vol 279 cc638-48W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out for each local authority in England the value of the bids made in their 1995 transport policies and programmes submissions for the award of transport supplementary grant for 1996–97 and the value of transport supplementary grant awarded by his Department for(a) major highway schemes eligible for transport supplementary grant, (b) major highway schemes not eligible for transport supplementary grant, (c) structural maintenance on carriageways, (d) structural maintenance on bridges, (e) major public transport projects, (f) minor works: highways, (g) minor works: public transport, and (h) minor works: local safety schemes and (i) parking. [33301]

Mr. Norris

Department of Transport support for local authority capital expenditure on transport infrastructure may be given as transport supplementary grant, TSG, grant under section 56 of the Transport Act 1968, or credit approvals.

TSG is given for major highway scheme on roads of more than local importance, structural maintenance on the carriageways of principal roads and assessment, strengthening and other structural maintenance of bridges and highway structures. It is payable at a rate of 50 per cent. of accepted expenditure. Section 56 grant is given to major public transport schemes only. Credit approvals are given to match TSG and section 56 payments and for any worthwhile expenditure ineligible for grant.

Local transport capital settlement 1996–97
All figures in £000
Major highway schemes Structural maintenance
TSG Eligible Non-eligible Principal RDS Bridges
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted
City of London 0 0 0 0 0 1,067 622
Barking 0 0 0 0 1,000 178 284 146
Barnet 960 0 0 0 500 178 555 140
Bexley 8,439 7,650 840 150 1,500 720 633 458
Brent 0 0 399 300 1,000 516 725 220
Bromley 500 0 17,245 9,135 650 265 930 180
Camden 0 0 0 0 4,335 794 1,711 320
Croydon 0 0 0 0 1,431 794 1,130 225
Ealing 50 0 0 0 142 142 373 123
Enfield 521 400 1,541 0 2,912 794 2,885 1,070
Greenwich 9,245 5,500 0 0 698 345 674 284
Hackney 1,052 0 0 0 629 284 1,975 245
Hammersmith 0 0 3,631 1,667 1,025 450 597 530
Haringey 1,350 0 2,453 450 625 328 1,027 416
Harrow 5,540 4,400 0 0 481 292 1,295 395
Havering 0 0 0 0 115 102 277 277
Hillingdon 3,669 2,010 0 0 673 216 2,826 1,030
Hounslow 1,586 1,100 0 0 1,860 436 1,808 790
Islington 0 0 0 0 1,542 543 1,007 907
Kensington 1,344 400 133 133 301 266 967 300
Kingston 1,600 1,050 4,012 4,000 1,037 510 5,562 2,560
Lambeth 0 0 300 125 727 351 765 585
Lewisham 5,864 3,300 1,411 58 1,052 310 650 410
Merton 44 0 0 0 200 177 120 120
Newham 2,180 1,250 800 800 390 345 4,360 1,600
Redbridge 0 0 0 0 800 356 200 150
Richmond 0 0 650 650 239 211 387 185
Southwark 2,923 306 258 50 1,375 577 1,758 747
Sutton 1,850 200 0 0 183 161 1,074 244
Tower Hamlets 0 0 263 200 1,050 323 1,390 734
Waltham Forest 111 100 0 0 400 354 556 382
Wandsworth 0 0 780 108 1,013 427 1,715 765
Westminster 750 490 5,760 125 383 306 6,650 2,786
Bolton 0 0 388 243 1,208 546 4,530 990
Bury 0 0 0 0 1,089 524 1,400 484
Manchester 8,664 3,575 1,100 0 2,719 767 3,303 1,266
Oldham 2,608 2,000 0 0 1,842 638 4,736 1,190
Rochdale 0 0 0 0 902 474 2,872 2,392
Salford 9,673 4,950 0 0 1,924 682 1,595 910

All figures in £000
Major highway schemes Structural maintenance
TSG eligible Non-eligible Principal RDS Bridges
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted
Stockport 200 200 0 0 2,704 766 4,805 1,378
Tameside 770 0 0 0 1,240 566 1,520 584
Trafford 13,409 11,403 0 0 723 244 1,400 1,134
Wigan 1,798 0 0 0 1,266 441 1,038 510
Knowsley 5,500 4,500 0 0 3,650 692 390 322
Liverpool 3,425 0 0 0 2,100 936 1,725 726
St. Helens 1,967 947 0 0 200 134 1,883 715
Sefton 2,560 1,960 0 0 658 192 1,479 510
Wirral 325 325 0 0 400 264 1,985 583
Barnsley 4,588 4,444 0 0 1,860 669 2,275 562
Doncaster 12,447 2,850 0 0 928 502 1,497 1,162

The introduction of the package approach means that resources allocated for minor works may be used flexibly for either highway or public transport infrastructure works. No allocations were made specifically for parking.

Tables showing the bids from, and allocations of grants and credit approvals to, the local authorities in England for 1996–97 have been placed in the Library.

All figures in £000
Major highway schemes Structural maintenance
TSG eligible Non-eligible Principal RDS Bridges
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted
Rotherham 0 0 300 200 806 426 1,760 984
Sheffield 7,731 4,375 5,400 4,300 4,110 1,334 5,334 1,945
Gateshead 10 0 1,000 400 430 286 631 308
Newcastle 6,940 2,640 0 0 2,450 740 3,341 1,514
North Tyneside 250 0 0 0 1,500 549 1,183 557
South Tyneside 0 0 100 100 276 184 1,066 496
Sunderland 3,116 850 0 0 2,810 878 1,260 582
Birmingham 32,541 24,572 604 0 6,000 1,258 3,770 1,084
Coventry 11,010 11,010 0 0 535 305 868 741
Dudley 15,600 0 7,190 2,000 1,722 692 1,300 454
Sandwell 1,840 1,300 0 0 3,705 953 5,087 1,105
Solihull 1,900 900 0 0 750 200 281 271
Walsall 9,212 3,304 0 0 1,073 522 4,226 986
Wolverhampton 6,814 4,535 0 0 3,620 898 3,300 1,100
Bradford 1,690 0 0 250 3,782 1,271 8,569 1,106
Calderdale 200 0 0 0 3,626 1,306 1,826 494
Kirklees 50 0 80 0 6,095 1,550 2,100 556
Leeds 10,185 8,220 2,926 1,650 3,000 1,306 4,814 1,020
Wakefield 4,809 2,535 15 0 2,016 765 2,434 680
Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 866 461 430 197
Bath and North
East Somerset 0 0 0 0 695 277 1,263 735
Bristol 3,156 58 681 600 552 312 2,156 934
North Somerset 479 469 0 0 1,133 287 390 304
South Gloucester 11,321 4,155 2,683 1,500 740 294 175 162
Hartlepool 0 0 4,156 1,500 289 282 10 18
Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0 291 144 1,013 702
Redcar and Cleveland 2,265 1,500 503 200 1,152 542 265 237
Stockton 8,823 986 0 0 716 247 220 200
East Riding 1,200 0 675 550 3,055 1,430 700 518

All figures in £000
Major schemes Public transport Minor works Other minor works Local safety schemes Parking
(PT) Packages Roads PT Roads and PT
(e) (parts f and g) Roads (part f) (part g) (parts f and g) (h) (i)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid
City of London 0 0 0 0 885 0 66 0 0 5
Barking 0 0 0 0 174 0 175 507 262 100
Barnet 0 0 0 0 3,177 150 375 1,155 318 0
Bexley 0 0 0 0 1,446 0 263 750 387 65
Brent 0 0 879 0 4,117 0 578 2,880 537 0
Bromley 0 0 0 0 1,480 135 370 335 255 171
Camden 0 0 1,140 0 2,053 95 603 771 318 516
Croydon 0 0 1,050 0 4,653 0 541 1,408 655 0
Ealing 0 0 2,021 0 1,975 0 325 150 150 184
Enfield 0 0 290 0 1,200 0 326 921 502 0
Greenwich 0 0 77 0 2,912 1,055 513 856 387 150
Hackney 0 0 0 0 4,060 275 277 644 468 0
Hammersmith 0 0 4,468 0 1,776 0 348 700 387 800
Haringey 0 0 653 0 2,111 0 359 425 337 260
Harrow 0 0 0 0 2,046 0 291 300 268 0
Havering 0 0 0 0 1,064 0 281 550 214 1,074
Hillingdon 200 0 0 0 1,995 0 443 1,229 223 500
Hounslow 0 0 2,200 0 2,293 100 363 869 576 690
Islington 0 0 513 0 5,734 150 453 1,040 262 230
Kensington 0 0 0 0 2,234 300 178 390 227 0
Kingston 0 0 0 0 342 0 342 683 343 1,170
Lambeth 0 0 0 0 3,290 10 341 392 165 200
Lewisham 0 0 0 0 1,561 150 327 1,338 300 0
Merton 0 0 0 0 2,344 450 452 960 270 300
Newham 0 0 0 0 808 50 453 742 657 0

All figures in £000
Major schemes Public transport Minor works Other minor works Local safety schemes Parking
(PT) Packages Roads PT Roads and PT
(e) (parts f and g) (part f) (part g) (parts f and g) (h) (i)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid
Redbridge 0 0 0 0 6,543 0 254 534 380 40
Richmond 0 0 430 0 732 171 253 389 342 145
Southwark 0 0 0 0 1,554 640 266 750 304 0
Sutton 0 0 620 0 3,342 70 488 994 345 550
Tower Hamlets 0 0 1,102 0 1,503 90 268 450 218 1,000
Waltham Forest 0 0 540 0 1,314 0 385 570 246 25
Wandsworth 0 0 0 0 6,625 3,970 513 1,780 421 500
Westminster 0 0 0 0 3,022 0 330 940 368 855
Bolton 0 0 2,719 311 0 15 0 393 248 0
Bury 0 0 1,368 418 0 0 0 340 247 150
Manchester 0 0 9,887 1,219 0 0 0 1,300 788 338
Oldham 0 0 5,003 351 1,952 0 0 680 429 130
Rochdale 0 0 1,967 549 0 0 0 275 268 0
Salford 0 0 4,695 409 0 0 0 713 630 0

All figures in £000
Major schemes Public transport Minor works Other minor works Local safety schemes Parking
(PT) Packages Roads PT Roads and PT
(e) (parts f and g) (part f) (part g) (parts f and g) (h) (i)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid
Stockport 0 0 7,790 320 0 0 0 1,017 234 0
Tameside 0 0 3,122 329 0 0 0 360 310 0
Trafford 0 0 1,847 203 2,000 0 0 356 242 100
Wigan 0 0 2,501 391 0 0 0 250 214 0
Knowsley 0 0 2,995 900 400 0 0 419 294 0
Liverpool 0 0 5,080 1,720 0 0 0 1,200 614 150
St. Helens 0 0 1,561 540 0 0 0 175 110 15
Sefton 0 0 2,798 1,000 0 0 0 525 200 100
Wirral 0 0 3,655 870 0 0 0 400 400 0
Barnsley 3,500 0 2,875 711 595 0 0 310 250 0
Doncaster 250 0 3,125 936 0 0 0 600 262 0
Rotherham 0 0 2,020 816 135 90 0 170 170 0
Sheffield 150 0 4,680 1,662 4,770 0 0 550 417 0
Gateshead 0 0 1,635 460 1,820 0 0 400 325 350
Newcastle 0 0 2,207 565 0 0 0 400 325 0
North Tyneside 0 0 2,249 440 450 0 0 300 195 0
South Tyneside 0 0 1,032 355 0 0 0 378 310 600
Sunderland 100 0 2,840 680 428 15 0 530 375 340
Birmingham 0 0 7,802 3,085 65 0 0 2,350 1,150 340
Coventry 0 0 785 413 20 0 0 308 200 0
Dudley 0 0 0 994 2,115 0 0 750 370 1,000
Sandwell 0 0 3,432 945 0 0 0 441 240 130
Solihull 0 0 695 658 0 0 0 1,205 530 425
Walsall 0 0 4,010 988 0 0 0 852 460 400
Wolverhampton 0 0 5,200 956 0 0 0 690 370 300
Bradford 20 0 5,694 1,450 0 0 0 1,076 750 0
Calderdale 750 0 1,670 1,350 0 0 0 330 326 0
Kirklees 0 0 3,012 950 845 0 0 864 520 100
Leeds 35,500 0 5,875 3,800 6,147 0 0 1,400 747 909
Wakefield 0 0 3,947 700 2,230 0 0 589 347 106
Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 4,590 10 1,952 486 264 100
Bath and North East Somerset 1,176 0 1,186 500 0 0 0 375 150 0
Bristol 670 0 3,039 850 0 0 0 617 325 0
North Somerset 0 0 1,736 400 0 0 0 50 20 0
South Gloucester 236 0 2,015 850 0 0 0 345 182 0
Hartlepool 0 0 413 150 0 0 0 30 20 0
Middlesbrough 0 0 903 355 0 0 0 445 275 0
Redcar and Cleveland 0 0 704 280 0 0 0 93 55 0
Stockton 0 0 1,186 465 0 0 0 79 50 0
East Riding 0 0 301 0 613 10 100 140 137 0

All figures in £000
Major highway schemes Structural maintenance
TSG eligible Non-eligible Principal RDS Bridges
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted
Hull 4,500 4,500 436 350 500 145 2,000 538
North East Lincoln 4,223 1,000 0 0 1,085 516 200 176
North Lincoln 0 0 0 0 1,915 322 720 402
North Yorkshire 7,532 2,777 0 0 10,606 1,382 6,300 1,744
York 2,262 2,262 0 0 1,021 100 221 206
Bedfordshire 3,087 1,567 0 0 2,560 815 3,585 986
Berkshire 7,447 998 0 0 2,260 722 2,665 1,114
Buckinghamshire 10,361 5,204 0 0 2,100 922 2,500 758
Cambridgeshire 7,114 4,571 0 0 3,668 1,150 5,622 1,433
Cheshire 23,610 17,820 1,300 0 11,155 3,090 6,265 2,341
Cornwall 5,098 3,386 0 0 3,202 946 4,610 1,340
Cumbria 4,550 2,830 0 0 3,000 796 3,300 1,256
Derbyshire 3,631 3,541 0 0 2,469 750 1,996 1,294
Devon 4,932 2,689 82 0 6,203 1,633 4,519 1,290
Dorset 4,850 451 0 0 1,005 587 2,735 1,160
Durham 9,670 3,233 1,519 700 2,210 904 3,700 1,727
East Sussex 9,291 6,330 2,290 1,500 4,786 1,013 3,365 1,144
Essex 5,950 431 695 200 6,300 1,551 4,967 1,540
Gloucestershire 6,843 3,763 0 0 2,854 799 1,900 1,030
Hampshire 13,518 10,679 2,210 2,000 10,386 2,064 3,027 1,331
Hereford/Worcestershire 12,014 8,817 0 0 5,400 1,122 1,490 759
Hertfordshire 6,800 4,800 400 200 4,000 1,050 4,500 1,286
Kent 128,902 71,242 4,198 2,000 16,168 3,752 7,550 1,456
Lancashire 12,056 6,375 203 0 10,202 2,010 17,995 2,356
Leicestershire 7,529 516 0 0 4,482 1,067 2,374 922
Lincolnshire 8,158 6,837 75 75 3,050 992 3,590 1,261
Norfolk 6,756 2,651 2,843 1,000 8,741 1,600 7,669 2,021
Northants 4,183 3,023 42 0 5,260 1,129 2,350 890
Northumberside 9,685 4,005 0 0 5,000 1,189 6,000 1,548
Nottinghamshire 6,472 2,655 235 175 6,977 1,435 6,124 1,580
Oxon 3,442 336 7,852 0 3,987 1,354 2,544 1,071
Shropshire 6,638 0 0 0 4,520 1,009 3,082 1,055
Somerset 9,135 7,332 200 200 2,390 886 3,396 1,487
Staffordshire 22,442 14,364 0 0 8,000 1,786 2,400 964
Suffolk 3,288 340 1,360 1,000 6,447 1,500 5,000 1,249
Surrey 24,627 9,680 0 0 8,694 2,473 10,152 1,641
Warwicks 579 0 0 0 3,234 956 3,470 1,270
West Sussex 4,863 2,171 2,507 0 2,428 776 1,622 951
Wiltshire 991 291 0 0 2,295 734 2,937 1,165

All figures in £000
Major schemes Public transport Minor works Other minor works Local safety schemes Parking
(PT) Packages Roads PT Roads and PT
(e) (parts f and g) (part f) (part g) (parts f and g) (h) (i)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid
Hull 0 0 3,039 1,200 150 0 0 647 322 0
North East Lincoln 0 0 0 0 917 70 151 341 197 211
North Lincoln 0 0 0 0 820 150 149 129 129 0
North Yorkshire 0 0 2,261 0 1,774 0 725 1,726 772 0
York 0 0 1,918 600 329 0 0 249 172 120
Bedfordshire 1,110 500 4,416 800 563 135 456 1,542 780 0
Berkshire 0 0 4,974 700 3,032 159 451 1,607 785 0
Buckinghamshire 0 0 753 450 2,035 200 827 1,000 634 720
Cambridgeshire 0 0 4,212 1,500 1,378 339 685 3,551 1,180 115
Cheshire 0 0 706 450 3,545 381 118 900 716 0
Cornwall 0 0 865 300 2,592 45 722 900 609 562
Cumbria 0 0 0 0 4,985 165 813 600 450 260
Derbyshire 12,128 0 1,977 100 5,306 250 568 1,837 770 750
Devon 70 0 5,234 1,700 5,238 118 1,126 1,373 722 372
Dorset 0 0 1,230 500 2,726 0 1,036 464 244 0
Durham 0 0 2,671 0 2,463 0 534 540 320 100
East Sussex 4,000 0 1,985 850 2,005 0 368 870 628 0
Essex 0 0 4,612 1,300 8,281 0 1,050 4,690 1,557 0
Gloucestershire 0 0 2,311 650 1,935 350 114 1,189 358 254
Hampshire 0 0 7,775 1,500 2,470 540 689 2,359 1,420 2,500

All figures in £000
Major schemes Public transport Minor works Other minor works Local safety schemes Parking
(PT) Packages Roads PT Roads and PT
(e) (parts f and g) (part f) (part g) (parts f and g) (h) (i)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid
Hereford/Worcestershire 0 0 1,728 350 3,919 0 114 540 320 108
Hertfordshire 0 0 4,067 1,000 3,815 1,475 925 2,500 1,030 0
Kent 0 0 3,067 650 4,953 227 1,286 5,779 1,223 0
Lancashire 1,215 1,000 5,034 900 6,457 1,140 1,153 2,796 1,497 60
Leicestershire 2,148 125 6,841 2,600 3,988 124 710 1,937 753 0
Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 3,315 525 1,556 750 484 300
Norfolk 0 0 3,251 1,300 4,727 602 730 3,565 870 846
Northants 0 0 1,235 450 1,715 35 120 1,100 775 495
Northumberside 0 0 380 0 2,335 0 369 790 490 385
Nottinghamshire 5,351 0 4,085 1,300 5,409 1,317 988 1,607 870 324
Oxon 0 0 0 1,100 1,722 993 561 2,179 639 238
Shropshire 0 0 2,297 750 5,893 275 1,114 873 400 0
Somerset 0 0 136 0 3,779 0 632 955 502 0
Staffordshire 0 0 3,305 800 3,495 0 1,058 1,000 600 0
Suffolk 0 0 3,880 1,300 6,420 1,480 1,187 1,250 780 195
Surrey 0 0 2,152 500 8,023 717 1,181 10,022 1,460 4,244
Warwickshire 0 0 1,235 350 563 210 419 1,500 910 4
West Sussex 0 0 1,200 350 2,787 734 551 1,781 668 2,603
Wiltshire 0 0 954 300 3,096 63 495 1,314 528 0

All figures in £000
Major highway schemes Structural maintenance
TSG eligible Non-eligible Principal RDS Bridges
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Accepted
Greater Manchester PTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merseyside PTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Yorkshire PTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyne and Wear PTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Midlands PTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Yorkshire PTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All figures in £000
Major schemes Public transport Minor works Other minor works Local safety schemes Parking
(PT) Packages Roads PT Roads and PT
(e) (parts f and g) (part f) (part g) (parts f and g) (h) (i)
Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid Bid Accepted Bid Accepted Bid
Greater Manchester PTE 19,940 0 9,250 4,500 0 0 0 0 0 540
Merseyside PTE 9,423 809 15,550 4,970 0 8,338 0 0 0 0
South Yorkshire PTE 13,828 1,876 0 1,375 0 1,150 0 0 0 0
Tyne and Wear PTE 1,047 693 5,769 2,000 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Midlands PTE 54,860 25,000 13,170 2,961 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Yorkshire PTE 0 0 0 0 0 200 0 0 0 0

Mr. Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many package bids for transport supplementary grant have been submitted to his department since their introduction; how many of these bids have been successful; and what is the total level of package-based funding awarded to date. [33302]

Mr. Norris

The figures are given in the table.

Settlement Year Number of package bids submitted Number of package bids accepted Funding for package minor works (£ million)
1994–95 46 13 13
1995–96 82 39 64
1996–97 83 53 79

In addition to the funding for package minor works, we expect all new major schemes in package areas to be justified in the context of the package. Total package funding—including new major schemes—comes to £79 million in 1995–96 and £119 million in 1996–97.