§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) for what purpose the funding budgeted but not used in the 2000–01 financial year for transport has been used subsequently; [39431]
(2) what his latest estimate is of the final figure for underspend in the 2001–02 transport budgets. [39430]
§ Dr. WhiteheadAmounts carried forward into 2001–02 under end year flexibility arrangements were published in the Public Expenditure 2000–01 Provisional Outturn White Paper (Cm 5243). Amounts taken up, and the programmes for which they were taken up, were announced in written answers preceding supplementary estimates on 22 June 2001,Official Report, columns 12–13W; 28 November 2001, Official Report, columns 948–52W and 13 February 2002, Official Report, columns 398–401W.
Estimated outturn for 2001–02 in respect of transport budgets will be published in my Department's annual report after the end of this financial year.