HC Deb 18 February 1997 vol 290 c491W
Mr. Hall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list(a)the total budget for the current year allocated to freight facilities grants, (b)the amount spent so far and (c)the estimated year-end spending. [16231]

Mr. Watts

The information is as follows:

  • (a) £5,423,000
  • (b) £923,528
  • (c) £3,604,700.

Mr. Hall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what virement there was of the unspent budgets for freight facilities grants for the years 1994–95 and 1995–96; and what this surplus was spent on. [16457]

Mr. Watts

Unspent freight facilities grant provision in 1994–95 and 1995–96 served to offset spending pressures generally elsewhere on the administration and transport services vote. An overall surplus arising on the vote in each year was surrendered to the Consolidated Fund.