§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what funding has been provided for the maintenance of local highways in the north east of England in each of the last 10 years. [146823]
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§ Mr. HillFunding through Local Transport Capital Settlement (Transport Policies and Programmes and Local Transport Plans) and Revenue Support Grant has provided the following for the maintenance of local highways in the north east of England over the last 10 years:
£ Year Capital funding Revenue funding Total 1991–92 4,107,000 104,479,000 108,586,000 1992–93 8,404,000 107,506,000 115,910,000 1993–94 18,090,000 102,938,000 121,028,000 1994–95 17,720,000 102,973,000 120,693,000 1995–96 15,984,000 103,184,000 119,168,000 1996–97 13,584,000 102,308,000 115,892,000 1997–98 15,960,000 101,612,000 117,572,000 1998–99 13,331,000 100,086,000 113,417,000
Housing £ million Programme 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Total Main HIP 14.602 4.285 5.342 12.113 5.251 31.593 Capital Receipts Initiative 0.916 3.141 2.894 — — 6.951 Additional PSR support2 0.3 1.238 0.117 — — 1.655 Indicative Major Repair Allowance — — — — 11 11 Capital Challenge3 2.15 2.374 2.523 — — 7.047 Total 7.968 11.038 10.876 12.113 16.251 58.246 1 The HIP figure for 1997–98 was already allocated by the previous Government. 2 PSR = Private Sector Renewal. From 2000–01 onwards these became part of the Housing Single Capital pot and separate allocations are no longer provided. 3 Capital Challenge was not a specific housing programme but the resources could be used for any capital priority. It was a three year pilot programme introduced by the previous Administration; the present Government continued the commitments.
Local transport expenditure £ million Year Total Block allocation Maintenance Major schemes 2000–01 3.361 2.200 1.161 0 1999–2000 4.529 1.887 2.642 0 1998–99 2.520 0.874 1.646 0 1997–98 2.573 1.071 1.502 0
Five year LTP allocation £ million Year Total Block allocation integrated transport Maintenance 2001–02 6.373 5.100 1.273 2002–03 5.860 4.700 1.160 2003–04 5.670 4.800 0.870 2004–05 5.770 4.900 0.870 2005–06 5.670 4.800 0.870 Major schemes:
Hanley Bentilee Link1
- 2001–02: £0.300 million
- 2001–05: £6.7 million
1 Timing depends upon completion of Statutory Procedures Stoke City Centre Link—Awaiting full appraisal July 2001
Total LTP expenditure2
2001–06: more than £36.343 million2 Depends upon progress of Stoke City Centre Link
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£ Year Capital funding Revenue funding Total 1999–00 18,272,000 104,036,000 122,308,000 2000–01 29,694,000 106,112,000 135,806,000