Freight Facilities Grant

HC Deb 21 January 2003 vol 398 c205W

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much Freight Facilities Grant was paid in each year since 1997; and how much is planned to be paid in each year under the 10 year plan(a) at current prices and (b) at outturn prices, broken down by organisations in receipt of such grants. [91647]

Mr. Jamieson

The following table shows UK Freight Facilities Grants for the five years from 1997 and the next three years at current and outturn prices:

£million
	Current	Outturn
1997–98	9.3	8.4
1998–99	10.3	9.6
1999–2000	12.7	12.1
2000–01	20.4	19.9
2001–02	59.5	159.5
2002–03	56.5	257.9
2003–04	63.9	267
2004–05	62.6	267.2
2005–06	61.8	268
12001–02 and 2002–03 include some rephasing for change to resource accounting.
2Indicative budgets.

Note:

GDP deflator 2001–02 applied.

The FFG scheme is demand led and it is not therefore possible to say how much will be paid to individual organisations over the period of the 10 year plan.