§ Mrs. ShephardTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding has been allocated(a) by the Countryside Agency and (b) from other sources for new Rural Transport Partnership projects for the financial year 2003–04; and whether these allocations vary from sums previously announced. [125857]
§ Alun MichaelA total of £12.3 million has been allocated by the Countryside Agency to the Rural Transport Partnership scheme in 2003–04.
The Rural Transport Partnership grant scheme is run by the Agency on behalf of Defra and provides funding to Rural Transport Partnerships to help develop local transport schemes on a match funding basis.