HC Deb 16 December 1998 vol 322 cc543-4W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list(a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure by programme by his Department in Scotland on areas covered by the exception under (i) E.1, (ii) E.2 and (iii) E.3 of Head E in Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998. [63805]

Mr. Meale

[holding answer 15 December 1998]: Expenditure by the Department in 1997–98 on research and development, grants and consultancies related to road safety, which is the subject of the exception listed in Head El of Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998, was £4.2m. The Department does not record separately how much of this expenditure takes place in Scotland.

In 1997–98, the Department undertook the following programme expenditure' on grants relating to railway services which are the subject of exceptions listed in Head E2 of Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998;

£ million
DETR expenditure Total GB Scotland
Payments by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising to train operating companies 1,425 2136
Freight Facilities Grant 8 3nil
Track Access Grant 21 not separately recorded
1 These figures include any expenditure incurred in relation to those areas listed in Schedule 5, Head E2 (a-c), to which the exception does not apply, on which separate information is not recorded.
1 Payments made to Scotrail.
1 Freight Facilities Grants in Scotland paid by Scottish Office.

Mr. Swinney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list (a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure by programme over £50,000 by his Department in Scotland on areas covered by each exception under Head D in Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998. [63798]

Mr. Meale:

[holding answer 15 December 1998]: Expenditure by the Department on the regulation of the energy supply industry under Part 1 of the Environment Protection Act 1990 and the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, which are the subject of the exceptions listed in Heads D1, D2, D3 and D4 of the Scotland Act 1998, is not separately recorded. The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions is not responsible for funding the relevant regulatory authorities in Scotland.

Expenditure by the Department in 1997–98 on the Energy Saving Trust, which is the subject of the exception listed in Head D5 of Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998, was £19.7m, of which £1.23m was expenditure in Scotland.