§ 48. Mr. Peter BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the distribution of the rural bus partnership fund in England. [39554]
§ Dr. StrangI refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave earlier to my hon. Friend the Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Mr. Wyatt). Subject to Parliamentary approval, the detailed provisional allocation to local authorities of additional funding for rural bus services is as follows:
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Rural population estimate (1991 Census) Provisional allocation £ Shire Counties Bedfordshire 81,363 450,000 Buckinghamshire 103,062 570,000 Cambridgeshire 145,152 800,000 Cheshire 112,558 620,000 Cornwall 224,279 1,230,000 Cumbria 175,847 970,000 Derbyshire 128,373 700,000 Devon 258,468 1,420,000 Dorset 104,894 580,000 Durham 111,568 610,000 East Sussex 102,716 560,000 Essex 192,326 1,060,000 Gloucestershire 145,853 800,000 Hampshire 164,291 900,000 Hertfordshire 81,499 450,000 Kent 234,521 1,290,000 Lancashire 134,618 740,000 Leicestershire 102,842 560,000 Lincolnshire 219,378 1,200,000 Norfolk 286,356 1,570,000 North Yorkshire 253,516 1,390,000 Northamptonshire 125,196 690,000 Northumberland 87,380 480,000 Nottinghamshire 96,004 530,000 Oxfordshire 168,830 930,000 Shropshire 115,780 640,000 Somerset 186,942 1,030,000
Rural population estimate (1991 Census) Provisional allocation £ Staffordshire 147,094 810,000 Suffolk 219,920 1,210,000 Surrey 109,417 600,000 Warwickshire 109,541 600,000 West Sussex 106,407 580,000 Wiltshire 144,395 790,000 Worcestershire 103,905 570,000 Passenger Transport Authorities Greater Manchester 24,304 130,000 Merseyside 15,332 84,000 South Yorkshire 62,223 340,000 Tyne and Wear 15,070 83,000 West Midlands 15,820 87,000 West Yorkshire 104,032 570,000 Unitaries Bath & NE Somerset 25,709 140,000 Blackburn with Darwen 7,168 39,000 Bracknell Forest 7,354 40,000 Bristol 1,198 7,000 Darlington 8,881 49,000 East Riding 98,149 540,000 Halton 2,330 13,000 Hartlepool 3,099 17,000 Herefordshire 95,963 530,000 Isle of Wight 29,254 160,000 Medway 16,067 88,000 Middlesbrough 2,120 12,000 Milton Keynes 13,132 72,000 NE Lincolnshire 7,834 43,000 North Lincolnshire 47,287 260,000 North Somerset 24,402 130,000 Peterborough 15,436 85,000 Plymouth 1,792 10,000 Poole 1,363 7,000 Redcar & Cleveland 10,377 57,000 Rutland 19,655 110,000 South Gloucestershire 34,613 190,000 Stockton-on-Tees 5,393 30,000 Stoke-on-Trent 996 5,000 Swindon 10,244 56,000 Telford and the Wrekin 9,452 52,000 Thurrock 7,012 38,000 Torbay 1,540 8,000 Warrington 10,955 60,000 West Berkshire 42,723 230,000 Windsor & Maidenhead 9,291 51,000 Wokingham 14,223 78,000 York 13,448 74,000 Total 5,919,532 32,500,000 In the table authorities that would have received less than £5,000 under a strict application of the formula have been eliminated from the distribution. Any discrepancy in the total is because of rounding.