HC Deb 20 March 2002 vol 382 cc350-1W
Dr. Starkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the bids, and their value submitted from Britain to the European Union since 1997 for funding as part of the Trans European Network for (a) road and (b) rail projects. [43048]

Mr. Jamieson

Information on UK bids for funding under the trans-European Network grants regime is commercially sensitive. The attached table shows the amount of grant that has been allocated to the UK since 1997, for the improvement of road and rail infrastructure.

UK TENS allocation
euro million
1997 award 1998 award 1999 award 2000 award 2001 award Total
Trans-Pennine freight upgrade study — — — — 3.500 3.500
Total 33.000 35.000 42.500 46.000 31.000 187.500
Road projects
Ireland-UK-Benelux road link (Studies in England) 1.700 — — — — 1.700
Traffic management studies—Wales 0.400 — — — — 0.400
A75 The Glen improvement 1.300 — — — — 1.300
Trans-Pennine strategic environmental assessment study 0.145 0.100 — — — 0.245
RDS-TMC1 implementation in the UK — 0.400 — — — —
Telematics and traffic management on the TERN2 — 1.000 — — — 1.000
Stranraer area integrated transport package — 1.000 — — — 1.000
N. Ireland—Larne to Newry studies — — — 0.500 — 0.500
A120 Stansted—Braintree upgrade — — — — 5.000 5.000
Total 3.545 2.500 0.000 0.500 5.000 11.145
1 Radio data system—traffic message channel.
2 Trans-European road network.