§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the total transport 10-year plan financial envelope has been increased by £2.2 billion additional money; and whether it represents new money resulting from discussions between the Treasury and the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions; [33768]
(2) when he allocated an additional £2.2 billion of funding for the 10-year transport plan; and if he will make a statement. [33928]
§ Mr. Andrew Smith[holding answer 5 February 2002]: In April 2001 an additional provision of £1.962 billion was made to the 10-year transport plan, for payment over the years 2001–02 to 2005–06.
£770 million has been made available in the Spending Review 2000 period. Decisions on funding the remaining £1.2 billion, due to become payable 2003–04 to 2005–06, will be taken in Spending Review 2002.
DTLR has allocated £290 million additional funding to the 10-year transport plan from unused rail provision in 2000–01.
Therefore, as things stand, an additional £2.252 billion has been allocated to the 10-year transport plan since the plan was published in July 2000.