§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is his current estimate of his Department's expenditure on(a) national roads, (b) local roads and parking, (c) transport grants and (d) public transport in (i) the current financial year and (ii) the following two financial years. [46773]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe table gives my Department's expenditure plans for the current financial year in as close to the requested format as I am able to provide. The Government will publish their expenditure plans for the rest of the Parliament in the Summer, after the completion of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
A more detailed breakdown of my Department's planned transport expenditure for 1998–99 can be found in the 1998 Annual Report (Cm 3906).
Planned transport expenditure for 1998–99 £ million National roads 1,349 Local transport (local roads and public transport) 1623 Other public transport 2,220 o/w Support for national railways2 1,659 London Transport 523 Support for rural buses 38 Other transport grants3 42 1 Of this total, £449m has been allocated solely for local roads and £63m for public transport. The remaining £111m can be used on either roads or public transport according to local discretion. (DETR figures) 2Includes Metropolitan Railway Passenger Services Grant, support for residual British Rail activities, Deeds of Assumption Ltd. and support paid by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising 3To prevent double counting, only includes those transport grants not included in other sections of the table. Total comprises £40m rail freight grants and £2m grants to local authorities for pre-DVLC pensions Note:
Unless otherwise indicated, the source of data is the DETR 1998 Annual Report