HC Deb 30 March 2001 vol 365 cc824-5W
Mr. Stunell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Hazel Grove constituency, the effects on Hazel Grove of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156178]

Ms Armstrong

The principal kinds of funding which this Department has provided to Stockport in 1997–98 to 2000–01 are shown in the table. These include grants and borrowings approvals for revenue and capital expenditure.

It is not possible to determine how much money has been spent on Hazel Grove. It is for the local authority to decide where within its boundary these resources are invested.

£ million
Nature of funding 1997–98 1998–99 1959–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Transport Annual Capital Guideline 0.9 0.5 0.6
Transport Block Supplementary Credit Approval 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.9 3.2
Capital Challenge:
Supplementary Credit 0.7 0.5
Basic Credit Approvals 1.5 1.0
1 These figures have not been adjusted to make year on year comparisons possible