§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much funding has been awarded to projects affecting the Buckingham constituency from the(a) Rural Transport Partnership, (b) Parish Transport Grant scheme, (c) Rural Bus Challenge Fund, (d) Rural Transport Development Fund, (e) Rural Bus Subsidy Grant and (f) Urban Bus Challenge fund in each year since their inception; and what the nature of the project and level of funding was in each case. [24844]
§ Ms KeebleOf the funds mentioned,(b) the Parish Transport Fund and (f)the Urban Bus Challenge were launched in 2001 by the Countryside Agency and DTLR respectively. No funds have been awarded in Buckinghamshire by the Parish Transport Fund, and Buckinghamshire county council did not submit a bid for Urban Bus Challenge.
Details of awards within the county of Buckinghamshire for the other grants or funds mentioned are set out in the tables. Records are not kept of awards by individual parliamentary constituencies.
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Year Amount (£) Purpose (a) Rural Transport Partnership1 2000–01 31,448 Establishment of the Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Rural Transport Partnership 2001–02 27,562 Support for the RTP for 2001–02 25,990 Dial-a-ride services 12,034 Car sharing schemes 3,376 Internet based alternative transport guide for socially excluded groups 10,000 Delegated fund to support small-scale projects (c) Rural Bus Challenge2 1998–99 985,000 County wide project to provide wheelchair accessible buses to operate new and enhanced services for the mobility impaired, school transport for children with disabilities and the general public, including dial-a-ride on Saturdays 1999–2000 100,500 Community minibus service for Winslow area 2000–01 0 No award to Buckinghamshire in 2000 (d) Rural Transport Development Fund 1999–2000 7,136 Support for a community transport officer in Buckinghamshire 2000–01 2,356 Support for dial-a-ride services 1The Rural Transport Development Fund was merged with the Rural Transport Partnership fund in April 2001 2The results of the 2001–02 Rural Bus Challenge will be announced shortly.
Amount (£) (e) Rural Bus Subsidy Grant1 1998–99 561,112 1999–2000 561,112 2000–01 561,112 2001–02 716,497 2002–03 820,087 1RBSG is primarily for the support of new or enhanced rural bus services. In 2000–01 Buckinghamshire provided 28 services with the aid of the grant.