§ 19. Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his oral answer of 25 July 2000,Official Report, column 886, if he will make a further statement on freight facility grants in Scotland. [136339]
§ Dr. ReidAdministration of the Freight Facilities Grant Scheme for railways in Scotland is the responsibility of the Scottish Executive. The Scottish Executive recently announced a doubling of expenditure on Freight Facility Grants (FFG) to £36 million in the period from April 2001 to March 2004 and an increased target of removing 18 million lorry miles from Scottish roads.