HC Deb 03 December 2002 vol 395 c673W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much(a) the staffing and (b) the overall budget of the SRA has changed in each year since its inception. [84271]

Mr. Jamieson

For staffing, I refer the hon. Member to the reply to the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster) on 2 December 2002,Official Report, column 500W.

The budget for 2001–02 at the start of the year was £ 1,280,619,000. During the financial year, the budget increased to £ 1,871,992,000. The budget for 2002–03 at the start of the year was £ 2,166,535,000. That total was recently increased to £ 2,351,535,000. These increases reflect increases in the scope of SRA expenditure.