§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when in each of the last 10 years he received the accounts of income and expenditure of the Mersey tunnels. [118465]
§ Mr. JamiesonThese details are provided in Merseytravel's Revenue Outturn forms which are submitted annually to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (and in previous years to its predecessor departments).
§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the extent to which central Government funds given to the Mersey Tunnels have been spent on(a) the Mersey Ferries and (b) other purposes in the last five years. [119499]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Government do not provide funding direct to the Mersey Tunnels. Central Government funding is provided to Merseytravel as the passenger transport authority for Merseyside.