§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the potential change in level of take up of freight facilities grant if the contract period were reduced to a period of(a) five and (b) three years. [56631]
§ Ms Glenda Jackson19 out of the 27 Freight Facilities Grants awarded in 1997 and 1998 have been for a period of five years or less. The number of applications has greatly increased and the £30 million budget for 1997–98 was substantially taken up. The budget for 1998–99 is £40 million, reflecting the recent success of the scheme.