§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list(a) the allocation of funding and (b) the number of schemes under Safe Routes to Schools by LEA. [69486]
§ Mr. JamiesonAside from major local transport schemes (ie those with a gross cost exceeding £5 million) capital funding to local authorities for road maintenance and smaller scale integrated transport measures such as safe routes to school are provided in the form of a single block allocation. It is for the authorities to decide upon the use of such funds in line with the priorities and objectives established in their plans.
We therefore do not allocate funding for specific safe routes to school projects. However, the table shows the information provided within the local transport plan Annual Progress Reports submitted in August 2001 by those English authorities outside London who estimated the number of schools implementing their first safe route scheme, established wholly or partly using local transport plan capital funding.
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Authority 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 Bath and NE Somerset 4 6 6 6 6 Barnsley 4 3 2 3 3 Bedfordshire 3 4 5 5 5 Birmingham 31 15 16 15 15 and (b) responded to his consultation on (i) joint consultation with DTI and DEFRA, (ii) road traffic and (iii) electromagnetic compatibility. [69459]
§ Mr. JamiesonAs well as the individually directed invitations to comment that are counted in the table, full consultation papers were available on the Department's website and supplied to enquirers on request.
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Authority 2001—02 2002—03 2003—04 2004—05 2005—06 Blackburn 4 2 2 2 2 Blackpool 2 2 2 2 2 Bolton 3 2 3 3 3 Bournemouth 2 2 2 2 2 Bracknell 7 7 6 5 2 Bradford 30 6 8 8 8 Brighton 1 2 3 3 2 Bristol 8 8 8 9 10 Buckinghamshire 9 11 10 10 10 Calderdale 6 6 6 6 6 Cambridgeshire 14 13 10 10 10 Cheshire 15 20 30 30 30 Cornwall 8 8 10 10 10 Coventry 11 11 11 11 11 Darlington 4 2 2 2 2 Derby 4 5 5 5 5 Derbyshire 0 4 3 2 2 Devon 5 9 9 8 8 Doncaster 2 2 2 2 2 Dorset 6 6 6 5 6 Dudley 3 3 3 3 3 Durham 15 15 20 20 20 East Sussex 2 2 2 2 2 East Riding 0 2 2 3 3 Essex 58 40 40 40 40 Gateshead 12 12 12 12 12 Gloucestershire 4 4 2 2 2 Halton 2 2 2 2 2 Hampshire 12 9 8 6 5 Hartlepool 5 5 5 6 6 Herefordshire 4 4 4 4 4 Isle of Wight 6 7 8 9 10 Kent 3 3 3 3 3 Kingston upon Hull 9 10 10 10 10 Kirklees 0 2 2 4 6 Knowsley 6 12 18 24 30 Lancashire 5 15 20 20 20 Leeds 1 0 0 0 0 Leicester 11 4 4 4 5 Leicestershire 29 28 27 27 30 Lincolnshire 2 2 2 3 2 Liverpool 3 3 3 3 3 Luton 7 6 6 6 6 Manchester 20 20 20 20 20 Medway 2 2 2 4 4 Middlesbrough 2 4 3 3 3 Milton Keynes 6 10 10 10 10 North East Lincolnshire 1 2 3 1 1 North Lincolnshire 2 2 2 2 5 North Somerset 3 6 6 6 6 North Tyneside 14 10 10 10 10 Newcastle 10 10 10 14 14 Norfolk 10 10 10 6 6 Northamptonshire 16 21 21 21 21 Northumberland 7 10 10 10 10 Nottingham 8 10 10 10 10 Nottinghamshire 6 19 20 21 21 Oldham 16 0 0 0 0
Authority 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 Oxfordshire 19 29 0 0 0 Peterborough 4 3 3 3 3 Plymouth 4 4 4 4 4 Poole 4 4 4 0 0 Portsmouth 2 2 2 2 2 Reading 4 5 5 5 5 Redcar and Cleveland 2 4 4 4 4 Rochdale 4 2 2 1 1 Rutland 7 4 5 5 0 South Gloucestershire 4 5 7 10 15 South Tyneside 9 7 6 6 6 Salford — 1 1 2 2 Sandwell 6 6 6 7 7 Sefton 7 4 4 4 4 Sheffield 6 0 0 0 0 Shropshire 12 14 14 17 12 Slough 2 4 5 5 6 Solihull 3 2 4 5 5 Somerset 8 0 0 0 0 Southampton 2 9 5 5 5 Southend 6 6 6 6 6 St. Helens 3 4 4 4 4 Staffordshire 4 4 4 4 4 Stockton on Tees 1 2 2 2 2 Stoke on Trent 12 8 8 8 8 Suffolk 13 13 13 13 13 Sunderland 9 5 5 5 5 Surrey 12 19 28 35 37 Swindon 12 5 5 5 5 Tameside 2 2 2 2 2 Telford and Wrekin 3 4 4 4 4 Thurrock 10 5 5 5 5 Torbay 4 4 4 4 4 Trafford 20 10 10 10 10 West Sussex 21 13 17 23 17 Wakefield 10 10 10 10 10 Warrington 3 4 4 5 5 Warwickshire 19 20 20 20 20 Wiltshire 19 20 12 12 12 Wirral 10 10 10 10 10 Wokingham 8 15 15 10 10 Wolverhampton 3 3 3 3 3 Worcestershire 30 60 60 60 60 York 10 10 10 10 10 Source
LTP Annual Progress Reports 2001
§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make it a requirement that transport for schoolchildren and pre-school children should be fitted with seat belts. [69545]
§ Mr. JamiesonAll minibuses and coaches used specifically for school transport have since 1998 been required to be fitted with seat belts. This requirement would also apply to pre-school transport for children over three.
In addition, all new cars and buses (apart from buses designed for urban use and standing passengers) are now required to be fitted with seat belts.